US History - Out of Many Ch 16

At the Battle of Gettysburg

Meade failed to pursue the retreating Confederates.

In August 1862, Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces of John Pope at the battle

2^nd Battle of Bull Run.

Lincoln's primary goal early on was to

Keep the Union together and reconcile the South as soon as possible.

The election of 1864

Turned in Lincoln's favor only after the fall of Atlanta.

Confederate forces and sympathizers were prevented from seizing Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah by

Colorado and California militias.

Lincoln was assassinated by the actor and Confederate sympathizer

John Wilkes Booth

The Thirteenth Amendment

Was advocated by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

The primary victims of the New York City Draft Riots were

African Americans.

The main goal of northern diplomacy during the Civil War was to

Keep Britain and France from extending diplomatic recognition to the Confederacy

Black volunteers in the Union Army constituted

10 percent of the army and 20 percent of them died.

This battle is still considered the single bloodiest day for the American military and it occurred on September 17, 1862, when Robert E. Lee invaded the North and was repulsed at

Antietam

The organization created by President Lincoln to promote healthier conditions at military camps and support the volunteer efforts to supply food and medicine was called the

United States Sanitary Commission.

The map of The Turning Point: 1863 shows

Meade's victory at Gettysburg.

The map of the final battles in Virginia in 1864-65 shows that

Grant chased Lee westward from Petersburg in April 1865.

Lincoln's reaction to the crisis at Fort Sumter was to

Try to resupply the fort with food and other non-essential military supplies

More Americans died in the Civil War than in the first and second World Wars combined because of all of the following EXCEPT

The use of artillery.

Which of the following was not a clear Union Victory

Cold Harbor

The Anaconda Plan would have been largely a policy of

Pressure on the South rather than invasion to subdue it

The major battles of 1862 showed that

North and South were deadlocked in the East.

The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac

Introduced iron plating and revolving turrets.

The war began at Fort Sumter because

The Confederates needed to control their territory as a sign of sovereignty.

Union General George B. McClellan's failed campaign of 1862, which involved ferrying troops to the mouth of the James River in an effort to take Richmond,

Peninsular campaign.

The public attack on the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment in Baltimore was important because

It moved Lincoln to curtail civil rights in the name of national security.

When black soldiers were denied the same pay as white soldiers they

Refused the pay.

How many states left the Union during the first wave of secession between December 1860, and February 1861

Seven

What was the first battle of the Civil War, which occurred in Virginia in July 1861, known as

First Bull Run

Because of his defensive strategy of using trenches, Robert E. Lee's troops called him the

King of Spades

William Seward's Civil War diplomacy

Kept the Laird ironclads from being delivered to the South.

The most famous and effective of the British-made Confederate ships that destroyed Union ships during the Civil War was the

Alabama

Which of the following states seceded during the second wave of secession?

Virginia

A part of a seceded state rejoined the Union in 1863 as a separate state. What name did this new state take?

West Virginia

African Americans serving as soldiers in the Union Army

Came from many places including the South, Canada, and Africa.

The Union officer Benjamin Butler

Declared escaped slaves "contraband of war" thereby attracting slaves to Union lines.

Which of the following set aside land to be given to freed slavers in 40 acre plots

Sherman's Special Field Order 15

Sherman's Special Field Order 15

Set aside 400,000 acres to be given to freedmen in 40-acre parcels.

General Robert E. Lee defeated McClellan's forces outside of Richmond in 1862 in a series of battles known as the

Seven Days

The deadliest battle of the war in the campaign for the Mississippi in 1862 was known as

Shiloh

The Sanitary Commission

Was inspired by the volunteer Women's Central Association of Relief

Clara Barton was best known for

Organizing nursing care and advocating reforms in army medical practices

Lee surrendered to Grant at

Appomattox Court House

The Emancipation Proclamation

Freed the slaves only in Confederate controlled territory.

At the peace conference at Hampton Roads

Jefferson Davis insisted on southern independence.

Grant and Sherman, to convince the South to surrender and not choose war again, decided to conduct the war so as to affect civilians directly, what came to be known as

Total War

The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, with the Confederate attack on the Union fortress in Charleston harbor,

Fort Sumter.

In March 1864, Lincoln named as general-in-chief of all Union forces

Ulysses S. Grant

The New York City Draft Riots

Reflected the frustrations created by urban conditions and the gap between rich and poor.

On July 4, 1863, Grant and the Union forces took

Vicksburg

Southerners enlisted eagerly for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

They saw the war as a chance to reform the country.

The rising military leader for the Union in the western theater of the Civil War in 1862-63 was

Ulysses S. Grant

The high number of casualties in the Civil War led to

Nursing changing from a disreputable activity to suitable for middle-class women.

Lincoln's declaration that freed the slaves in the areas still in rebellion on January 1, 1863, is known as the

Emancipation Proclamation

Industries that expanded during the Civil war included all of the following EXCEPT

Inexpensive shoes.

An attack on St. Albans, Vermont, by Confederate sympathizers and their subsequent release by a Canadian court led to Union threats causing the British provinces to form

Dominion of Canada

The forced march of 8000 Navajos from Arizona to Bosque Redondo in New Mexico became known as the

"Long Walk"

All of the following resulted from the Civil War in the South EXCEPT

A rise in national consciousness and cooperative efforts to fight hunger.

The war in the Trans-Mississippi West included all of the following EXCEPT

The defeat of the Confederates under Henry H. Sibley at Santa Fe in 1862.

One of the primary reasons Lee moved north into Pennsylvania for what became the Battle of Gettysburg was to

Convince Britain and France to intervene in the war.

All of the following were results of blacks serving in the Union army EXCEPT

Blacks gained self-esteem because they were immediately treated as equals by the army.

The key to Sherman's success was the victory in

Atlanta.

The postwar world was foretold by all of the following developments EXCEPT

Manufacturers hiring blacks and immigrants as strikebreakers indicated better futures for the unskilled.

The faction within the Republican Party that wanted Lincoln to push harder and faster for the end of slavery and the reform of the South became known as the

Radical Republicans

The leader of the Peace Democrats in the North was

Clement Vallandigham

"Mother" Bickerdyke played a major role in the Civil War in all of the following ways EXCEPT

She obtained a commission and outranked most generals

Britain did not intervene in the Civil War to preserve its cotton supply as the South expected for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

British Conservatives wanted the North to win to prove democracy works.

The Confederacy's self-imposed difficulties included all of the following EXCEPT

Its emphasis on the states undermined morale in the army.

The map of the major battles in the Interior in 1862-63 shows that 

Farragut took the lower Mississippi after Grant survived Shiloh.

The South's actual advantages in the Civil War included all of the following EXCEPT

A belief that Britain would be forced to intervene for cotton.

Which paramilitary group sacked and burned Lawrence, Kansas?

William Quantrill's Raiders

All of the following are true of the North's effort to gain control of the Mississippi River EXCEPT

It had almost nothing to do with the Mississippi River itself.

What percentage of men called to serve in the Union armed forces who actually did serve

7 percent.

Which of the following helped inspire a systematic United States government program to deal with the health problems of a mass army?

Mary Ann Bickerdyk

The correct chronological order of the following events is

Morrill Tariff Act, Battle of Antietam, New York City Draft Riots, Fort Pillow massacre.

Grant, as general in chief, followed a policy of total war in all of the following ways EXCEPT

He allowed the burning of Vicksburg.

The working class looting of stores and lynching of blacks that occurred in New York City between July 13 and July 16, 1863 became known as the New York City

Draft Riots

Social tensions in the South during the Civil War

Deteriorated because runaway inflation raised prices significantly.

The paper bank notes issued by the federal government under the Legal Tender Act of February 1862 became known as

Greenbacks

Which of the following was the Union commander at the Battle of Chancellorsville

Joseph Hooker

Controversial actions Lincoln thought were justified by military necessity included all of the following EXCEPT

The declaration of martial law after First Bull Run.

The piece of mechanized farm equipment for harvesting grains for which demand increased substantially during the Civil War was the

McCormick reaper

Which of the following states seceded during the first wave of secession?

Alabama

Pickett's Charge is an example of

Problems with the Jomini Doctrine

Social tensions rose in the North during the Civil War for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

The vast majority of those drafted served in the army while a few profited.

Lincoln felt secure enough in the military situation and the course of the war to issue the Emancipation Proclamation as a result of the Battle of

Antietam

The vice president of the Confederacy, leader of the anti-Davis faction, and a supporter of a negotiated peace was

Alexander Stephens

The North's advantages in the Civil War included all of the following EXCEPT

Shorter supply lines.

Which of the following best describes Lincoln's feelings toward General Meade in the aftermath of Gettysburg?

He was frustrated that Meade did not pursue and utterly crush the Confederate army

The Republicans did all of the following during the Civil War EXCEPT

Keep the budget balanced and maintain fiscal responsibility.

All of the following resulted from hostilities during the Civil War EXCEPT

The division of the Choctaw into feuding bands.

As the Civil War progressed, the Confederacy faced all of the following EXCEPT

More unity in the government supporting Jefferson Davis.

The similarities between North and South at the beginning of the Civil War included all of the following EXCEPT

They were basically equal in terms of population and military capacity.

The document that freed all of the slaves in the United States was the

Thirteenth Amendment.

Which battle ended in mass panic as the Union forces and northern sightseers fled to Washington after Confederate forces routed Union troops?

First Bull Run

The border states' decision was important for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

It allowed the Confederacy to move its capital to Richmond.

Most soldiers who died in the Civil War died because of

Disease

The victory of Mexican forces over the invading French in 1862 is celebrated as a Mexican national holiday known as

El Cinco de Mayo

The South's plan in 1861 to force Britain and France to recognize the Confederacy by withholding cotton from the market was known as

Cotton diplomacy

Grant's strategy of engaging the enemy and pressing forward was made possible in the final analysis by

The greater population of the North.

The map of the major battles in the East in 1861-61 shows that

McClellan lost the Seven Days but won at Antietam.

The Democrats in the North who opposed the war, the draft, emancipation, and other acts by Lincoln were called Peace Democrats or

Copperheads

Other than winning the war, what was the primary goal of the Republicans in Congress during the Civil War?

Have the federal government promote economic development of the nation.