Question 1

Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus was used in Maryland to arrest and imprison Confederate sympathizers who might incite others.

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A) True 
 B)False

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 E)
G) A) and D) B

Question 3

Cutting the Confederacy off from sea-borne commerce proved difficult at first because

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A)   British merchant ships aggressively pushed through to Southern ports and challenged the Union's authority to block their trade.
B)   Confederates relied on allied coastal tribes to harass the Union navy with small attacks from the shore.
C)   the strategy of a naval blockade was new and had never been tried before.
D)   the Union only had 42 ships to patrol 3550 miles of Confederate coastline.
E)   Southerners did not need foreign imports anyway and happily ignored the Union occupation of New Orleans, for example.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 5

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 6

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) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

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) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

At the outset of the war,what did both northerners and southerners predict?

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A)   The war would be long and bloody.
B)   The outcome would be determined by whichever side could convince European countries to come to its aid.
C)   Slavery would be abolished.
D)   The war would not change their societies dramatically.
E)   None of these choices.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E) D

Question 9

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) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

Since one of the reasons for southern secession was to protect states' rights from a too-powerful federal government,it was ironic that

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A)   to prosecute the war, the Confederate government had to assume a great deal of centralized control.
B)   the Confederate army was placed under President Jefferson Davis.
C)   when the war ended, the South had a much larger bureaucracy than did the North.
D)   the North was able to protect states' rights better than the South could.
E)   Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, was not an especially strong supporter of states' rights.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

During the Civil War,the word "contraband" was applied not only to smuggled goods,but also to

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A)   runaway slaves.
B)   appropriated horses.
C)   freed slaves.
D)   stolen food and other supplies.
E)   any goods confiscated by the Union army in the South.F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 12

Which of the following did not happen as a result of the Civil War?

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A)   The power and size of the federal government increased.
B)   America increasingly moved toward becoming an industrialized nation.
C)   People's sense of individual and local identity was heightened.
D)   The philosophy of pragmatism was born.
E)   Christian religions divided along sectional lines.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 13

Discuss the historical significance of the Civil War.

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Question 14

For women,the Civil War meant all of the following  except

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A)   an opportunity to revolutionize the nursing profession.
B)   advances in women's suffrage during and after the war.
C)   some women defied gender roles and served as spies and soldiers for the army on both sides.
D)   a chance to fill previously male positions in munitions plants and government offices.
E)   loss of male providers.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

Inflation in the civil war South was so bad that the cost of living in the South had grown ____ over the course of the war.

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A)   threefold.
B)   fivefold.
C)   twelvefold.
D)   fifty-twofold.
E)   ninety-twofold.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B) E

Question 16

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Southerners had advantages,too,and one of the strongest was the fact that the North

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A)   did not believe people in the South had the stomach for a real fight.
B)   failed to realize how much gallantry was involved in southern fighting.
C)   underestimated the determination of the South to hold on to slavery.
D)   had to invade the South to win the war, while the South only had to wage a defensive battle.
E)   was not dedicated to the fight.F) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 18

The city that was most important to the Union for blockading the southern coast was

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A)   Savannah.
B)   Corpus Christi.
C)   New Orleans.
D)   Jacksonville.
E)   Mobile.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 19

The first battle of the Civil War took place at Manassas Junction near Washington,D.C.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In what ways did Abraham Lincoln tamper with Americans' civil liberties during the war? What comparable steps were taken by Jefferson Davis in the Confederacy?

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Exam 15: The Civil War

Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus was used in Maryland to arrest and imprison Confederate sympathizers who might incite others.

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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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Cutting the Confederacy off from sea-borne commerce proved difficult at first because

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

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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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The "20 Negro Law" stated that

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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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At the outset of the war,what did both northerners and southerners predict?

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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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Since one of the reasons for southern secession was to protect states' rights from a too-powerful federal government,it was ironic that

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During the Civil War,the word "contraband" was applied not only to smuggled goods,but also to

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Which of the following did not happen as a result of the Civil War?

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Discuss the historical significance of the Civil War.

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For women,the Civil War meant all of the following except

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Inflation in the civil war South was so bad that the cost of living in the South had grown ____ over the course of the war.

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

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Southerners had advantages,too,and one of the strongest was the fact that the North

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The city that was most important to the Union for blockading the southern coast was

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The first battle of the Civil War took place at Manassas Junction near Washington,D.C.

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In what ways did Abraham Lincoln tamper with Americans' civil liberties during the war? What comparable steps were taken by Jefferson Davis in the Confederacy?

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