Question 1

The last-ditch effort by a Kentucky senator to avoid the Civil War was called the ________ Compromise.

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Question 2

The North printed paper currency, or ________, in order to finance the Civil War.

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Question 3

How did new technology change the strategy of war?

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Question 4

In the Civil War, the number of deaths for every 100,000 of the population was

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A)   500.
B)   1,000.
C)   2,000.
D)   4,000.
E)   5,000.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

What advantages and disadvantages did each side have when the Civil War began?

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Question 6

The Confederacy financed its war effort primarily through

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A)   selling bonds.
B)   printing money.
C)   foreign loans.
D)   an income tax.
E)   seizure of Northern assets.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 7

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 8

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

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Question 9

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

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Question 10

The Crittenden Compromise found its greatest support in

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A)   Republican senators.
B)   Southern senators.
C)   President Abraham Lincoln.
D)   abolitionists.
E)   the western territories.F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 11

Which of the following federally-chartered corporations did the Union create to build the transcontinental railroad?

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A)   Union Pacific
B)   Western Pacific
C)   Central Pacific
D)   Western Pacific and Central Pacific
E)   Union Pacific and Central PacificF) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 12

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 13

President Buchanan did not believe that a state had the legal right to secede from the Union.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Confiscation Act of 1861

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A)   saw the Confederate government claim the right to seize free blacks in the South.
B)   gave Union troops the authority to seize Confederate property.
C)   empowered banks in the Union to freeze the financial assets of all slaveholders.
D)   declared that slaves used by Confederate states in the war effort were free.
E)   abolished slavery in the District of Columbia and the western territories.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 15

Why was the South so confident of its "cotton diplomacy"? Why did it fail?

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The South was confident in its "cotton d...

Question 16

In the early part of the war, Ulysses S. Grant campaigned in the western theater.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Describe the debate in the North over the involvement of African Americans in the Civil War, and assess the significance of their participation in the war.

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Question 18

In the course of the Civil War,

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A)   the ruling classes of England and France strongly opposed the Confederacy.
B)   the English government consistently supported the Confederacy.
C)   the French government formally recognized the Confederacy.
D)   English textile workers thrown out of jobs came to resent and oppose the Union.
E)   popular support for the Union was strong in England.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 19

In his capacity as commander in chief, President Abraham Lincoln

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A)   argued it was essential that the laws of the Constitution be upheld during the war.
B)   increased the size of the army without the approval of Congress.
C)   quickly called on Congress to enact a naval blockade of the South.
D)   moved cautiously in asserting his war powers.
E)   waited for Congress to declare war before dispatching troops to the South.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 20

The Confederate States of America was formed

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A)   after Texas seceded from the Union.
B)   after eleven Southern states had seceded.
C)   after Fort Sumter fell to forces from seceding states.
D)   in a meeting hall in WashingtonD.C.,
E)   despite the passage of the Crittenden Compromise.F) None of the above
G) All of the above

Exam 14: The Civil War

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

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What advantages and disadvantages did each side have when the Civil War began?

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How did new technology change the strategy of war?

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In his capacity as commander in chief, President Abraham Lincoln

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Which of the following federally-chartered corporations did the Union create to build the transcontinental railroad?

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

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Describe the debate in the North over the involvement of African Americans in the Civil War, and assess the significance of their participation in the war.

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The Confiscation Act of 1861

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The last-ditch effort by a Kentucky senator to avoid the Civil War was called the ________ Compromise.

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