Question 1

The Emancipation Proclamation was made into law by Congress.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Black fighting men captured by the Confederates were treated the same as white prisoners of war.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do,and how did it alter the Civil War?

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Question 4

As president,Jefferson Davis

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A)   deferred all major military strategy to RobertE. Lee.
B)   created an effective central command system.
C)   had virtually no knowledge at all of military tactics and strategy.
D)   relied heavily on the advice of Braxton Bragg.
E)   made clear to General Lee that he wanted to make all the basic war decisions.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

In the election of 1864,President Abraham Lincoln

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A)   emphasized the success of the Republican Party in fighting the Civil War.
B)   won by a narrow margin in the electoral vote.
C)   faced a Democratic opponent who was a former Union general.
D)   proposed a truce in the Civil War.
E)   was greatly aided by RobertE. Lee's surrender just before Election Day.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

The prominent commander who was wounded in the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and subsequently died from pneumonia was

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A)   George McClellan.
B)   Joseph Hooker.
C)   Ambrose Burnside.
D)   Thomas Jackson.
E)   George Meade.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D) D

Question 7

In the Confederacy during the Civil War,

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A)   Southern politicians were strongly united in supporting secession and the war.
B)   formal political parties quickly developed.
C)   President Jefferson Davis developed a reputation for reckless political action.
D)   many Southerners resisted efforts by the Davis government to exert its authority.
E)   the national government was almost completely impotent in its dealings with the states.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

The first state to secede from the Union,in 1860,was

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A)   Alabama.
B)   South Carolina.
C)   Georgia.
D)   Mississippi.
E)   Virginia.F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

The wartime South saw

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A)   an increase in the sale of cotton overseas.
B)   numerous bloody slave revolts.
C)   almost no black-market commerce.
D)   a significant decline in the production of goods.
E)   women forced out of the public sphere.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 10

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Ulysses S.Grant and RobertE.Lee as military commanders.

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Question 11

Why did the North have to effectively destroy much of the South in order to the win the Civil War?

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Question 12

The Confederate constitution was almost identical to the Constitution of the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 13

The battle at ________ proved to be a devastating defeat for McClellan's replacement,General AmbroseE.Burnside.

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Question 14

In 1861,President Abraham Lincoln realized that volunteer state militias

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A)   would have to do the bulk of fighting for the Union.
B)   could not wage an effective military campaign.
C)   would provide all the military manpower the Union would require.
D)   could not be counted on to serve longer than three months.
E)   would operate as a drag on the more efficient and experienced United States army.F) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 15

In 1861,the First Battle of Manassas

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A)   saw a much larger Union force oppose Confederate troops.
B)   was a victory for the Confederates.
C)   ended in a stalemate.
D)   was witnessed by President Lincoln.
E)   proved a severe blow to Confederate morale.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D) B

Question 16

The first ironclad ships to engage in a naval battle were the Merrimac (also known as Virginia)and the ________.

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Question 17

The United States Sanitary Commission,an organization of civilian volunteers,was led by Horace Greeley.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Wartime targets of military arrest in the North were Peace Democrats,also known as ________.

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Question 19

The Civil War helped transform nursing into a female profession,but these nurses encountered considerable resistance from male doctors.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Black enlistment in the Union military increased after the ________ was issued.

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The Emancipation Proclamation was made into law by Congress.

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Black fighting men captured by the Confederates were treated the same as white prisoners of war.

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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do,and how did it alter the Civil War?

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As president,Jefferson Davis

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Why did the North have to effectively destroy much of the South in order to the win the Civil War?

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The Confederate constitution was almost identical to the Constitution of the United States.

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The battle at ________ proved to be a devastating defeat for McClellan's replacement,General AmbroseE.Burnside.

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In 1861,President Abraham Lincoln realized that volunteer state militias

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The United States Sanitary Commission,an organization of civilian volunteers,was led by Horace Greeley.

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Wartime targets of military arrest in the North were Peace Democrats,also known as ________.

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The Civil War helped transform nursing into a female profession,but these nurses encountered considerable resistance from male doctors.

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Black enlistment in the Union military increased after the ________ was issued.

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