Question 1

Republicans generated the economic power they needed to fight a successful war in the early 1860s by

Accepted Answer

A)  creating special government bonds that paid investors a high rate of interest. 
B)  revolutionizing U.S.banking,monetary,and tax structures. 
C)  eliminating the federal income tax previously supported by Democrats. 
D)  negotiating to secure the complete cooperation of the Democrats. 
A)  creating special government bonds that paid investors a high rate of interest. 
B)  revolutionizing U.S.banking,monetary,and tax structures. 
C)  eliminating the federal income tax previously supported by Democrats. 
D)  negotiating to secure the complete cooperation of the Democrats. B

Question 2

What motivated so many Americans to fight and kill one another in the long and bloody American Civil War? What did they believe they were fighting for?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
White Southerners' Motivations: White southerners were fighting for their way of life and for its foundation,the institution of slavery.Slaveholders had a direct economic interest in the continuation of slavery.Non-slaveholding whites depended on slavery to raise their own status by degrading the status of blacks.White southerners fought for the Confederacy,which they saw as the true heir of the American Revolution.
White Northerners' Motivations: White northerners fought in the war because they believed that rebel "treason" on the part of the South was threatening to destroy the best government on earth.They pointed to the South's failure to accept a democratic election of the president and its firing on the nation's flag at Fort Sumter as a challenge to the rule of law,the authority of the Constitution,and the ability of the people to govern themselves.They were fighting to maintain the Union.
Free Blacks and Slaves' Motivations: Free blacks and slaves believed from the very beginning that they were fighting a war against slavery.Free blacks in the North volunteered to fight at the very beginning of the war and contributed in numerous other ways because they were interested in black liberation.Slaves,too,understood that the war had the potential to disrupt and destroy slavery,and they did whatever they could do to contribute to that effort,including running away and joining the Union cause.

Question 3

Lincoln justified the Emancipation Proclamation as

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A)  a military necessity. 
B)  a personal moral statement. 
C)  a response to the lobbying of abolitionists. 
D)  a way to appease the entire northern population. 
A)  a military necessity. 
B)  a personal moral statement. 
C)  a response to the lobbying of abolitionists. 
D)  a way to appease the entire northern population. A

Question 4

Why were northern Democrats opposed to turning the Civil War into a war for black liberation? What were their reactions to Lincoln's inclusion of emancipation in the war goals?

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Answer would ideally include:
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Question 5

Why did the South experience greater inflation than the North during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The South increased its taxes. 
B)  The Confederacy issued war bonds. 
C)  The South owed substantial debt to the North. 
D)  The Confederacy printed more money. 
A)  The South increased its taxes. 
B)  The Confederacy issued war bonds. 
C)  The South owed substantial debt to the North. 
D)  The Confederacy printed more money.

Question 6

What was the result of strikes by workers in northern industries during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  They increased workers' wages. 
B)  They undermined the patriotism of most workers. 
C)  They were more effective for women than for men. 
D)  They rarely succeeded. 
A)  They increased workers' wages. 
B)  They undermined the patriotism of most workers. 
C)  They were more effective for women than for men. 
D)  They rarely succeeded.

Question 7

Describe Abraham Lincoln's approach to the secession crisis when he became president on March 4,1861.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Lincoln's

Question 8

Why might have this federal recruiting poster have exclaimed: "Don't wait to be drafted!"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because being drafted was more shameful than enlisting 
B)  Because those who waited to be drafted were given more dangerous jobs 
C)  Because the instatement of a draft would signify that the Union was in grave danger of losing the war 
D)  Because the draft was associated with the South 
A)  Because being drafted was more shameful than enlisting 
B)  Because those who waited to be drafted were given more dangerous jobs 
C)  Because the instatement of a draft would signify that the Union was in grave danger of losing the war 
D)  Because the draft was associated with the South

Question 9

Why did the "twenty-Negro law" enrage many white southerners during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  It exempted from military service one white man on every plantation with twenty or more slaves. 
B)  It paid slaveholders scarce government funds for every twenty slaves they owned or supervised. 
C)  It forced every slaveholder with at least forty slaves to turn over twenty of them for use by the government. 
D)  It targeted for military service every slaveholder with at least twenty slaves. 
A)  It exempted from military service one white man on every plantation with twenty or more slaves. 
B)  It paid slaveholders scarce government funds for every twenty slaves they owned or supervised. 
C)  It forced every slaveholder with at least forty slaves to turn over twenty of them for use by the government. 
D)  It targeted for military service every slaveholder with at least twenty slaves.

Question 10

Why did President Lincoln criticize General George B.McClellan early in the war?

Accepted Answer

A)  McClellan had amassed a huge military force but refused to attack. 
B)  McClellan frequently requested to be reassigned. 
C)  McClellan took too many unnecessary risks on the battlefield. 
D)  Congress had appointed McClellan without Lincoln's approval. 
A)  McClellan had amassed a huge military force but refused to attack. 
B)  McClellan frequently requested to be reassigned. 
C)  McClellan took too many unnecessary risks on the battlefield. 
D)  Congress had appointed McClellan without Lincoln's approval.

Question 11

According to Map 15.1: Secession,1860-1861,which slave state seceded from the Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  Missouri 
B)  Arkansas 
C)  Kentucky 
D)  Maryland 
A)  Missouri 
B)  Arkansas 
C)  Kentucky 
D)  Maryland

Question 12

What was the purpose of the second Confiscation Act,passed by Congress on July 17,1862?

Accepted Answer

A)  It freed all slaves in Union and Confederate states. 
B)  It made it legal to use slaves as Union army laborers. 
C)  It freed the slaves of rebel masters. 
D)  It emancipated slaves in the border states. 
A)  It freed all slaves in Union and Confederate states. 
B)  It made it legal to use slaves as Union army laborers. 
C)  It freed the slaves of rebel masters. 
D)  It emancipated slaves in the border states.

Question 13

Explain why non-slaveholding white southerners were willing to risk their lives fighting in the Civil War.

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Answer would ideally include:
Southern W

Question 14

"I think the people will be bound to suffer for something to eat[;] the grain is all destroid and nearly all the fenses is burnt up from yorktown to Richmond: it looks distressing just to travel along the road: the wheat up waist hi some of it and horses and cattle has eat the most of it to the ground and I think the yankees will make a finish of the ballans [balance] that is left but the[y] cant doo much more damage than our army did[;] our own men killed all the cattle and hogs & sheep that the farmers had[,] even took ther chickens[;] every thing is totally destroid in this part of the State.... I hope and pray this awful war will soon come to a close some way or another[,] any way to get pease in the world wonst more[;] it seems to me I had drather be at home and live on bred and water than to have this war hanging over us but I pray god pease will soon be made[.] I dont think the war can last long."
Who did Marion Epperly accuse of destroying much of Virginia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Confederate soldiers 
B)  Union soldiers 
C)  Angry slaves 
D)  Disgruntled civilians 
A)  Confederate soldiers 
B)  Union soldiers 
C)  Angry slaves 
D)  Disgruntled civilians

Question 15

Women served which of the following roles during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  As government secretaries 
B)  As spies 
C)  As soldiers 
D)  As President Lincoln's advisors 
A)  As government secretaries 
B)  As spies 
C)  As soldiers 
D)  As President Lincoln's advisors

Question 16

Who led the Union forces to victory at the Battle of Shiloh?

Accepted Answer

A)  William Clarke Quantrill 
B)  "Bloody Bill" Anderson 
C)  Albert Sidney Johnston 
D)  Ulysses S.Grant 
A)  William Clarke Quantrill 
B)  "Bloody Bill" Anderson 
C)  Albert Sidney Johnston 
D)  Ulysses S.Grant

Question 17

How did President Lincoln attempt to stifle opposition to the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  He instituted martial law in all northern cities. 
B)  He disfranchised political opponents. 
C)  He imprisoned of a vast number of northern Democrats. 
D)  He suppressed free speech. 
A)  He instituted martial law in all northern cities. 
B)  He disfranchised political opponents. 
C)  He imprisoned of a vast number of northern Democrats. 
D)  He suppressed free speech.

Question 18

The Civil War devastated both the North and the South.What common experiences and struggles did both sides encounter as they tried to cope with the ravages of war?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Class Tens

Question 19

What happened in the loyal border states of Missouri and Kentucky during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  State leaders emancipated their slaves. 
B)  A violent pro-southern minority remained sympathetic to the southern cause. 
C)  Most soldiers refused to fight against the Confederates. 
D)  The citizens threatened to split off and create their own separate nation. 
A)  State leaders emancipated their slaves. 
B)  A violent pro-southern minority remained sympathetic to the southern cause. 
C)  Most soldiers refused to fight against the Confederates. 
D)  The citizens threatened to split off and create their own separate nation.

Question 20

Aside from leading to the legal destruction of slavery,the Civil War itself helped destroy slavery in practice because

Accepted Answer

A)  thousands of weary and disgusted slaveholders freed their slaves. 
B)  the discipline necessary to keep slavery intact was disrupted. 
C)  most male slaves joined the Union army. 
D)  slave owners increasingly realized the advantages of free labor. 
A)  thousands of weary and disgusted slaveholders freed their slaves. 
B)  the discipline necessary to keep slavery intact was disrupted. 
C)  most male slaves joined the Union army. 
D)  slave owners increasingly realized the advantages of free labor.

Republicans generated the economic power they needed to fight a successful war in the early 1860s by

What motivated so many Americans to fight and kill one another in the long and bloody American Civil War? What did they believe they were fighting for?

Lincoln justified the Emancipation Proclamation as

Why were northern Democrats opposed to turning the Civil War into a war for black liberation? What were their reactions to Lincoln's inclusion of emancipation in the war goals?

Why did the South experience greater inflation than the North during the Civil War?

What was the result of strikes by workers in northern industries during the Civil War?

Describe Abraham Lincoln's approach to the secession crisis when he became president on March 4,1861.

Why might have this federal recruiting poster have exclaimed: "Don't wait to be drafted!"?

Why did the "twenty-Negro law" enrage many white southerners during the Civil War?

Why did President Lincoln criticize General George B.McClellan early in the war?

According to Map 15.1: Secession,1860-1861,which slave state seceded from the Union?

What was the purpose of the second Confiscation Act,passed by Congress on July 17,1862?

Explain why non-slaveholding white southerners were willing to risk their lives fighting in the Civil War.

Women served which of the following roles during the Civil War?

Who led the Union forces to victory at the Battle of Shiloh?

How did President Lincoln attempt to stifle opposition to the Civil War?

The Civil War devastated both the North and the South.What common experiences and struggles did both sides encounter as they tried to cope with the ravages of war?

What happened in the loyal border states of Missouri and Kentucky during the Civil War?

Aside from leading to the legal destruction of slavery,the Civil War itself helped destroy slavery in practice because

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Republicans generated the economic power they needed to fight a successful war in the early 1860s by

What motivated so many Americans to fight and kill one another in the long and bloody American Civil War? What did they believe they were fighting for?

Lincoln justified the Emancipation Proclamation as

Why were northern Democrats opposed to turning the Civil War into a war for black liberation? What were their reactions to Lincoln's inclusion of emancipation in the war goals?

Why did the South experience greater inflation than the North during the Civil War?

What was the result of strikes by workers in northern industries during the Civil War?

Describe Abraham Lincoln's approach to the secession crisis when he became president on March 4,1861.

Why might have this federal recruiting poster have exclaimed: "Don't wait to be drafted!"?

Why did the "twenty-Negro law" enrage many white southerners during the Civil War?

Why did President Lincoln criticize General George B.McClellan early in the war?

According to Map 15.1: Secession,1860-1861,which slave state seceded from the Union?

What was the purpose of the second Confiscation Act,passed by Congress on July 17,1862?

Explain why non-slaveholding white southerners were willing to risk their lives fighting in the Civil War.

Women served which of the following roles during the Civil War?

Who led the Union forces to victory at the Battle of Shiloh?

How did President Lincoln attempt to stifle opposition to the Civil War?

The Civil War devastated both the North and the South.What common experiences and struggles did both sides encounter as they tried to cope with the ravages of war?

What happened in the loyal border states of Missouri and Kentucky during the Civil War?

Aside from leading to the legal destruction of slavery,the Civil War itself helped destroy slavery in practice because

Ancient America Before 1492

Europeans Encounter the New World 1492-1600

The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century 1601-1700

The Northern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century 1601-1700

Colonial America in the Eighteenth Century 1701-1770

The British Empire and the Colonial Crisis 1754-1775

The War for America 1775-1783

Building a Republic 1775-1789

The New Nation Takes Form 1789-1800

Republicans in Power 1800-1824

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