Question 1

So distraught was Lincoln by the summer of 1864 that he was sure he was going to lose the presidential election later that fall.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

The Union committed itself to a war of attrition due to its superior manpower and generalship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

This Confederate officer and his bushwhackers massacred pro-Union Jayhawkers living in Lawrence, Kansas on August 21, 1863.

Accepted Answer

A)  John Singleton Mosby 
B)  William Quantrill 
C)  William T. Anderson 
D)  Leonidas Polk B

Question 4

Radical Republicans met at the end of May, 1864 in Ohio to nominate this man as their presidential candidate.

Accepted Answer

A)  Andrew Johnson 
B)  John C. Fremont 
C)  Charles Sumner 
D)  Hannibal Hamlin

Question 5

George B. McClellan had the overwhelming support of Union soldiers during the 1864 Presidential election.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The lack of Union casualties during Grant's successful Overland Campaign boosted Lincoln's confidence in winning reelection.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

This Confederate General was the defeated by Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Chattanooga

Accepted Answer

A)  Joseph E. Johnston 
B)  Nathan Bedford Forrest 
C)  Braxton Bragg 
D)  Robert E. Lee

Question 8

Which of the following weakened Grant's ability to defeat Lee at the Battle of the Wilderness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Grant's army outnumbered Lee's army 
B)  The forest cover nullified Grant's artillery 
C)  Soldiers would be forced to engage in close combat that either side could ill afford 
D)  All of the above

Question 9

Andrew Johnson was the only senator from a seceding state not to resign his position.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Grant's strategy for defeating the Confederacy included which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Landing the Union army in Florida and driving northward 
B)  Laying siege to the major southern port cities to starve the Confederacy into submission 
C)  A multi-pronged attack that would drive the Union deep into the South 
D)  All of the above

Exam 9: The Union Grinds Toward Victory

So distraught was Lincoln by the summer of 1864 that he was sure he was going to lose the presidential election later that fall.

The Union committed itself to a war of attrition due to its superior manpower and generalship.

This Confederate officer and his bushwhackers massacred pro-Union Jayhawkers living in Lawrence, Kansas on August 21, 1863.

Radical Republicans met at the end of May, 1864 in Ohio to nominate this man as their presidential candidate.

George B. McClellan had the overwhelming support of Union soldiers during the 1864 Presidential election.

The lack of Union casualties during Grant's successful Overland Campaign boosted Lincoln's confidence in winning reelection.

This Confederate General was the defeated by Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Chattanooga

Which of the following weakened Grant's ability to defeat Lee at the Battle of the Wilderness?

Andrew Johnson was the only senator from a seceding state not to resign his position.

Grant's strategy for defeating the Confederacy included which of the following?