Deck 15: Disunion and War, 1861-1865

Question 1

Which of the following was NOT clearly stated by Lincoln in his inaugural address?

A)a vow to use all powers at his disposal to maintain the Union
B)a declaration of war
C)a pledge not to interfere with slavery where it already existed
D)an appeal to patriotism

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT one of the original seven states that seceded?

A)Tennessee
B)Florida
C)Georgia
D)Texas

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Both Union and Confederate leaders expected a

A)short and limited war.
B)short but extensive war.
C)long but limited war.
D)long and extensive war.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In the spring of 1862 Confederate general Earl Van Dorn launched a northward attack with regiments of

A)northerners who had defected to the South.
B)southern slaves.
C)free blacks.
D)Cherokee and other Indians.

Question 5

The First Battle of Bull Run ended in the retreat of Union soldiers largely because

A)McDowell withdrew his men to join McClellan's forces in Norfolk.
B)heavy fog set in,giving the Confederates a strategic advantage.
C)McDowell's troops moved too slowly,allowing Confederate reinforcements to arrive.
D)they faced a much larger Confederates force.

Question 6

Secession commissioners were representatives dispatched for the purpose of

A)encouraging southern states to return to the Union.
B)lobbying more states to secede.
C)promoting the Union cause.
D)rallying southerners to go to war.

Question 7

After the taking of Fort Sumter,the capital of the Confederacy became

A)Montgomery,AlabamA.
B)Charleston,South Carolina.
C)New Orleans,Louisiana.
D)Richmond,Virginia.

Question 8

Which of the following was NOT a reason that many states in the Upper South resisted secession?

A)Slaveholders made up a smaller percentage in those states.
B)They worried that their property would be less safe if the nation split in two.
C)Federal fugitive slave laws would be more effective.
D)Their economies would be adversely affected by secession.

Question 9

The Union's naval blockade was

A)a successful military strategy,and Britain respected the action under international law.
B)a successful military strategy,but it prompted Britain to extend recognition to the Confederacy.
C)an unsuccessful military strategy because it was broken by the Confederate ironclad warship.
D)an unsuccessful military strategy because it drew Britain into the war on the side of the Confederacy.

Question 10

At the outset of the war,the subject of slavery was

A)emphasized by the North and deemphasized by the South.
B)emphasized by the South and deemphasized by the North.
C)deemphasized by both the North and the South.
D)emphasized by both the North and the South.

Question 11

The soldiers that attacked Nashville in 1862 and those who fled the city

A)held conflicting views of the legacy of the American Revolution.
B)had divergent religious identities.
C)had a great deal in common.
D)belonged to alien cultures.

Question 12

In many parts of the country during the Civil War,particularly in border states,many people

A)switched sides.
B)suppressed their loyalties.
C)misrepresented their positions.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 13

The taking of Fort Sumter by General P.G.T.Beauregard had the effect of

A)provoking an immediate outpouring of indignation in the North.
B)shock and fear in the South.
C)the return to the Union of three of the original states that had seceded.
D)shock and fear in the North.

Question 14

The Crittenden Compromise was an effort to

A)persuade southern states to return to the Union.
B)promote the expansion of slavery to the North.
C)empower Congress to outlaw slavery in the national capital.
D)stem the tide of secession.

Question 15

Which of the following best describes candidate Lincoln's stance on the slavery issue?

A)He thought the issue should be decided by the Supreme Court.
B)He was committed to abolition.
C)He had no desire to restrict slavery where it was already legal.
D)He was open to opening up western territories to slavery.

Question 16

The Battle of Antietam in Maryland was

A)another victory in a long string of Union successes.
B)another victory in a long string of Confederate successes.
C)the first Confederate success on the eastern war front.
D)the first Union success on the eastern war front.

Question 17

The one crucial strategic advantage held by the Confederacy was that they had

A)a larger population.
B)a more established infrastructure.
C)better organized militias.
D)merely to defend their own soil.

Question 18

The seven rebellious states defended their right to leave the Union

A)in terms of state sovereignty.
B)because Lincoln's election was fraudulent.
C)over the issue of slavery.
D)on grounds that the interests of the South were not being represented in Congress.

Question 19

George B.McClellan was notoriously reluctant to bring his Army of the Potomac into battle for all the following reasons EXCEPT that

A)the force was relatively small and undisciplined.
B)he held Lincoln in low regard and aspired to replace him as president.
C)he clashed with the Republican leadership.
D)he was mindful of McDowell's failed offensive.

Question 20

The conflict that led to war in 1861 centered on the southern state of

A)South CarolinA.
B)Virginia.
C)North Carolina.
D)Tennessee.

Question 21

The Crittenden Resolution of 1861 affirmed that the United States was fighting

A)to defend the Constitution and overthrow slavery.
B)only to defend the Constitution,with no intention to overthrow slavery.
C)to overthrow slavery and destroy the South.
D)to defend states' rights and preserve the institution of slavery.

Question 22

Which of the following was NOT one of the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation?

A)decreased the recruitment of African Americans into the U.S.Army
B)convinced southern whites that Lincoln was calling for a slave insurrection
C)brought hope for emancipation to southern slaves
D)doomed the possibility that Britain would recognize the Confederacy

Question 23

The term Copperheads referred to

A)pro-Union Democrats.
B)antiwar Democrats.
C)antislavery Republicans.
D)antiwar Republicans.

Question 24

Which of the following does NOT describe the United States Sanitary Commission?

A)collected millions of dollars in private donations
B)compiled vital statistics and hospital records
C)stressed humanitarian sympathy
D)supported the Union war campaign

Question 25

Burying the battlefield dead was part of the burden of soldiering,usually borne by

A)the defeated.
B)the victors.
C)northern civilians.
D)local residents.

Question 26

Battlefields were connected to the home front in all the following ways EXCEPT

A)photography.
B)postal service.
C)phonograph records.
D)pictorial magazines.

Question 27

By mid-1863 Union authorities slowed their exchange of prisoners with the Confederacy because

A)there were simply not as many prisoners in custody at that point in the war.
B)the South was unwilling to negotiate further exchanges.
C)they knew that the South needed the exchange more than the North.
D)the latter insisted on according blacks the status of war prisoners.

Question 28

Georgia's Andersonville prison was an example of

A)the humane treatment afforded to enemy prisoners.
B)the frequent prisoner exchanges that took place during the war.
C)the South's code of honor in their treatment of fellow soldiers.
D)the misery and cruelty suffered by prisoners of war.

Question 29

In the infamous Fort Pillow Massacre of 1864,G.T.Beauregard in New Orleans.

A)Confederate troops in Tennessee slaughtered almost two hundred surrendering black soldiers.
B)Union troops annihilated the Confederate forces under General P.
C)Captain Andre Cailloux was killed while attacking Confederate soldiers in Louisiana.
D)Colonel Robert Gould Shaw led Union soldiers against a defenseless refugee camp in Alabama.

Question 30

The Second Confiscation Act

A)legalized the re-enslavement of confiscated slaves for service in non-combat military roles.
B)emancipated any slave who agreed to serve in the U.S.Army.
C)permitted the seizure of the slave of any master who supported the rebellion.
D)authorized the army to employ "persons of African descent" in suppressing the rebellion.

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT consistent with common wartime practices for the treatment and transportation of dead bodies?

A)wooden boxes
B)coffins filed with ice
C)metal caskets
D)embalming services

Question 32

Most men who fought in the Civil War,on both sides,were ________ when the war began.

A)either slaves or slaveholders
B)slaveholders
C)neither slaves nor slaveholders
D)None of these answers is correct.

Question 33

To be "jayhawked" meant to be the victim of looting attacks by

A)Union troops.
B)Bushwhackers.
C)Confederate troops.
D)Jayhawkers.

Question 34

In April 1862,Congress voted to abolish slavery in the

A)entire nation.
B)District of Columbia.
C)northern states.
D)rebellious southern states.

Question 35

General Benjamin Butler decided to classify enslaved men and women who escaped to Union camps in Virginia as "contraband of war," which meant that they were

A)to be returned to their southern owners.
B)not to be harbored nor detained.
C)subject to confiscation by the federal government.
D)now legally free.

Question 36

Twice as many soldiers died from

A)battle injuries as from prison deaths.
B)disease as from battle deaths.
C)prison deaths as from disease.
D)disease as from prison deaths.

Question 37

The reality of military occupation for the South's white population

A)was nearly always as devastating as they had expected.
B)typically exceeded their worst fears.
C)was generally quite acceptable to most.
D)rarely lived up to their worst fears.

Question 38

Bushwhackers who terrorized the Missouri countryside throughout the war period were

A)pro-Union guerrillas.
B)proslavery Confederates.
C)proslavery Union men.
D)pro-Confederate guerrillas.

Question 39

When war broke out,Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper became the magazine of record in many households due to its decision to

A)forsake its southern readers and assume a pro-Union stance.
B)expand its readership to southern audiences.
C)include images as well as text in its publications.
D)focus on the Confederate perspective of the war.

Question 40

On January 1,1863,Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation,which

A)applied to the Union and was later to be enforced in Confederate states.
B)applied only to those states that had seceded.
C)abolished slavery in the United States.
D)abolished slavery in the Upper and Lower South.

Question 41

As support for the war ebbed during the second half of his term,President Lincoln responded by

A)shifting his course away from the emphasis on emancipation.
B)engaging in a congressional debate over war strategy going forward.
C)delivering a series of patriotic speeches.
D)suppressing civil liberties.

Question 42

A controversial wartime law was the Conscription Act,which

A)instituted a federal draft.
B)took private land to build a railroad.
C)prohibited further westward expansion.
D)completely outlawed slavery.

Question 43

Explain the tensions that led to the secession of the first seven states and how that process unfolded amidst efforts to bring about compromise.

Question 44

The siege of Vicksburg ended in

A)the annihilation of the Confederate soldiers and town residents.
B)a stalemate after six weeks.
C)General John Pemberton's surrender.
D)Grant's retreat.

Question 45

On January 31,1865,Congress passed the ________,which banned slavery.

A)Fugitive Slave Act
B)Thirteenth Amendment
C)Emancipation Proclamation
D)Fifteenth Amendment

Question 46

Trace the shifting perspectives on slavery in the North during the course of the war among Lincoln's administration,the military leadership,and the public.

Question 47

The Republican Congress that came into power after the election of 1864 proceeded to

A)expand the federal government through taxation and welfare programs.
B)expand the federal government by encouraging business and western expansion.
C)reduce the scope of the federal government by decentralizing education and pension aid.
D)reduce the scope of the federal government though a more conservative monetary policy.

Question 48

Summarize the opening of the war at Fort Sumter and its repercussions throughout the first year of the war.

Question 49

The inconclusive fighting known as the Battle of the Wilderness pitted ________ against Lee's forces.

A)McClellan
B)Sherman
C)Meade
D)Grant

Question 50

Summarize the key Union victories and the northern war strategy toward the end of the war in 1963-1865.

Question 51

Compare and contrast the experience on the northern and southern home fronts,including that of occupied territory.

Question 52

Examine Lincoln's re-election in 1864,along with the priorities of the new Republican majority in Congress.

Question 53

The goal of Sherman's March to the Sea was to

A)assist the U.S.Navy in the taking of strategic port cities.
B)force General Lee into surrender at Appomattox.
C)dishearten the South through devastating destruction.
D)capture the city of Atlanta.

Question 54

Which of the following is NOT true of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

A)Lincoln avoided speaking of the Constitution.
B)Lincoln reminded his listeners that the nation began with the Declaration of Independence.
C)Lincoln was the main speaker for the event.
D)Lincoln paid homage to the men "who here gave their lives."

Question 55

Discuss the treatment of the imprisoned,the wounded,and the dead during the course of the war.

Question 56

Civil War photographs typically did NOT include

A)still scenes of camp life.
B)action shots on the battlefield.
C)short exposure times.
D)an emphasis on death.

Question 57

Which general led Confederate troops on a planned invasion of the North in 1863?

A)Pickett
B)Meade
C)Shaw
D)Lee