Question 1

One of the reasons that Lee's Confederate forces were able to push the Army of the Potomac northward and out of Virginia was that the Union general,George McClellan,was too

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A)   cowardly to fight.
B)   unprepared for battle.
C)   slow to react to the Confederate onslaught.
D)   strategically cautious and overly anxious about the discipline and fighting ability of his men.
E)   insecure in his ability to command.F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

Which of the following was not a tax measure used by the U.S.Congress to help finance the war?

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A)   A graduated income tax
B)   A flat 10% income tax
C)   Creation of the Internal Revenue Service
D)   Sin taxes on sales of tobacco and alcohol
E)   Stamp taxesF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

Which of the following was not a border state that had remained in the Union but nonetheless still retained slavery?

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A)   Missouri
B)   Kentucky
C)   Maryland
D)   Delaware
E)   TennesseeF) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 4

In the North,the most violent protest against the draft took place in the city of

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A)   Boston.
B)   New York City.
C)   Philadelphia.
D)   Chicago.
E)   Albany.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 5

All of the following are true statements about African American participation in the Civil War except

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A)   Free blacks and escaped slaves were admitted into the Union Army early in the war.
B)   The Emancipation Proclamation included a statement that blacks would now be admitted into the military.
C)   Eighty percent of the African Americans who enlisted in the Union Army were runaway slaves.
D)   Black soldiers served in segregated units and received half the pay of white soldiers.
E)   Some historians believe that black soldiers helped tilt the war's outcome toward Union victory.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freed

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A)   all American slaves.
B)   all slaves in the North.
C)   slaves in the border states.
D)   slaves that had joined the Union Army.
E)   slaves in rebel states that had not returned to the Union by January 1, 1863.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 7

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution

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A)   abolished slavery.
B)   was passed by Congress in January 1865, while the war was still continuing.
C)   was ratified by enough Union states during the war to make it part of the Constitution.
D)   All of these choices.
E)   None of these choices.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

The battle of Antietam was significant for all of the following reasons except

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A)   it ended with victory for the Confederacy, which boosted morale and kept its soldiers determined to win the war.
B)   it was the single bloodiest day-battle in history.
C)   afterwards, Union troops gained the upper hand in the pivotal regions of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
D)   it gave Lincoln the necessary victory that allowed him to issue his Emancipation Proclamation from a position of strength rather than desperation.
E)   it pushed Lee's army back into the Confederacy.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

The battle that gave the Confederacy the element of surprise over Ulysses S.Grant was the Battle of Shiloh,which was fought near the Tennessee-Mississippi border.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

At the beginning of the Civil War,most northerners

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A)   hoped that the war aims would explicitly include the end of slavery.
B)   were not very concerned about why the war was being fought.
C)   disliked slavery but did not want a large, free black population in the United States.
D)   wanted full emancipation and a return to Africa for all U.S. slaves.
E)   supported broad emancipation unconditionally.F) B) and D)
G) All of the above C

Question 11

More than half of Lee's Confederate army was lost at the Battle of Gettysburg.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) was important because

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A)   Northerners accomplished an astounding victory.
B)   Union soldiers proved that they would never retreat from Southern aggression.
C)   after this battle both sides realized that the war would be neither brief nor relatively small.
D)   the Union used African American soldiers for the first time.
E)   the battle gave Lincoln the advantage he wanted before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above C

Question 13

Which statement was true of the First Battle of Manassas?

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A)   The South suffered 10 percent casualties, and the North close to 20 percent.
B)   General Irvin McDowell's troops fought valiantly, even though greatly outnumbered.
C)   After the battle, Congress authorized the enlistment of 500,000 volunteers.
D)   After the battle, both sides boldly announced a brief war and certain victory.
E)   Stonewall Jackson was killed as he stood rallying his troops at Manassas.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 14

The Battle of Shiloh

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A)   ended with no clear victor.
B)   ended in victory for the Confederacy.
C)   resulted in 23,000 southern casualties.
D)   shocked the nation with the enormous number of northern and southern casualties.
E)   took place just before Grant's forces captured Forts Henry and Donelson.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 15

Northern "Peace Democrats" were dissenters against the war who believed that secession was legal and the southern states should have been let go.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Confederacy's policy of impressments authorized its armies to

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A)   seize food for the troops without any eventual payment.
B)   confiscate slaves for military use but pay their owners full market value for them.
C)   set up camps on private land whenever necessary.
D)   take necessary food and slaves from civilians and pay with Confederate currency.
E)   nationalize food production and war material industries.F) A) and D)
G) A) and B) D

Question 17

The North had a population that was more than twice the size of the South's.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Fort Pillow Massacre refers to the Confederate slaughter of black soldiers who were attempting to surrender.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

One strategy that both the Union and Confederacy used as the war progressed was

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A)   limited warfare.
B)   instituting an income tax.
C)   requiring slaves and former slaves to serve in combat.
D)   sending emissaries to negotiate a limited peace.
E)   mandating that all men serve in the military, regardless of class.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 20

The "20 Negro Law" stated that

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A)   for every twenty Negroes on a plantation, one white male could be exempt from the draft.
B)   wealthy landholders who owned at least twenty slaves could be exempted from military service to make sure that their valuable cotton got harvested.
C)   owners of factories using twenty or more Negro workers could remain at home to run their factories if they produced war materiel.
D)   those who owned fewer than twenty slaves could not receive an exemption from service if drafted.
E)   counties that contained fewer than twenty slaves were not required to send men to fight.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Exam 15: The Civil War

One of the reasons that Lee's Confederate forces were able to push the Army of the Potomac northward and out of Virginia was that the Union general,George McClellan,was too

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Which of the following was not a tax measure used by the U.S.Congress to help finance the war?

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Which of the following was not a border state that had remained in the Union but nonetheless still retained slavery?

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In the North,the most violent protest against the draft took place in the city of

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All of the following are true statements about African American participation in the Civil War except

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The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freed

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The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution

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The battle of Antietam was significant for all of the following reasons except

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The battle that gave the Confederacy the element of surprise over Ulysses S.Grant was the Battle of Shiloh,which was fought near the Tennessee-Mississippi border.

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At the beginning of the Civil War,most northerners

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More than half of Lee's Confederate army was lost at the Battle of Gettysburg.

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The First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) was important because

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Which statement was true of the First Battle of Manassas?

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The Battle of Shiloh

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Northern "Peace Democrats" were dissenters against the war who believed that secession was legal and the southern states should have been let go.

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The Confederacy's policy of impressments authorized its armies to

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The North had a population that was more than twice the size of the South's.

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The Fort Pillow Massacre refers to the Confederate slaughter of black soldiers who were attempting to surrender.

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One strategy that both the Union and Confederacy used as the war progressed was

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The "20 Negro Law" stated that

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