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In the aftermath of Lincoln’s election to the presidency in 1860, southerners feared that following?
Lincoln would break his promise and interfere with slavery where it existed.
The movement toward secession in
the winter of 1860–1861 proceeded the most rapidly in the
At which of the following points did the states of the Lower South secede and organize a provisional government of the Confederate States of America headed by Jefferson Davis?
Before Buchanan left the White House and Lincoln was inaugurated
President Buchanan responded to the secession crisis by
declaring secession illegal but claiming that the federal government had no power to reverse it.
The Crittenden Compromise of 1861 included a proposal to
amend the Constitution to protect
slavery where it already existed.
Which of the following describes the Crittenden Compromise?
The plan was a failed attempt to prevent secession.
After his inauguration in March 1861, Lincoln
stated
that secession was illegal and declared that he would enforce federal law.
Why was the battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 significant?
It was the first battle of the Civil War
Which of the following statements describes Virginia’s secession after the
outbreak of the war?
Many Virginia whites voted against secession but lost to those in favor of secession 88 to 55.
Which of the following border states quickly joined the Confederacy in 1861?
What was the Confederacy seeking to achieve with the war in 1861?
Permanent independence and “to be let alone”
On July 4, 1861, in a statement to a special session of Congress, President Lincoln
declared that the war was a noble crusade that would determine the fate of democracy throughout the world.
Which of the following describes Lincoln’s military strategy at the beginning of the Civil War?
Strike immediately against the Confederate capitol in Richmond, Virginia
Which of the following describes the outcome of the first Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861?
Union troops under General McDowell swept the Confederates, led by General Beauregard, from the field.
How did the battles that book place in Virginia from June 25 to July 1, 1862, unfold?
Lee ferociously attacked Union troops under McClellan as they were approaching Richmond.
Why did Robert E. Lee invade Maryland in August and September 1862?
He hoped that a victory over Union forces would humiliate Lincoln’s government.
Which of the following statements describes the significance of the Battle of Antietam?
Lincoln removed McClellan from command after the battle for his timidity.
The Civil War has been described as the first total war in modern times. A total war is defined as
one in which all the resources, including civilians, are mobilized for war.
Why did President Lincoln decide to suspend habeas corpus during the Civil War?
He believed it would stop disloyal activities, such as protests against the draft.
The Enrollment Act of 1863
led to riots in New York City
Which of the following describes the purpose of the U.S. Sanitary Commission?
It was a voluntary organization in the North that provided medical services, distributed supplies and medicines, and recruited physicians and nurses.
Which of the following was the major cause of death for Civil War soldiers?
How did the Confederacy, with its agricultural economy, acquire the products and equipment it needed to supply its army?
Profits from cotton exports provided funds to purchase imported products.
The Republican-dominated U.S. Congress took advantage of southerners’ absence to institute which of the following reforms during the Civil War?
A neomercantilist program of government assisted economic development
How did the Union raise money to pay for most of its Civil War costs?
By issuing interest-paying treasury
bonds
Which of the following constituted a critical problem for the Confederacy during the Civil War?
The Confederacy financed the Civil War primarily by
issuing paper currency that was not backed by gold or silver.
Which of the following characterizes government economic and political decisions during the Civil War?
Both governments utilized their national power to make decisions.
Which of the following statements describes the place of emancipation in the Union’s war aims in 1861 and 1862?
Moderate Republican leaders began to redefine the war as a struggle, not only against Confederate armies, but also against the institution of slavery.
During the early years of the Civil War, the term contraband came into use to describe
freedom-seeking slaves who fled from Confederate masters to Union armies.
The Emancipation Proclamation stated that
slaves in the rebel states would be freed.
Which general is properly paired with a battle he led?
Confederate general Robert E. Lee—Antietam
Which pair of battles marked the turning point in the Civil War?
Which of the following scenarios unfolded at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863?
Picket’s charge at the heart of the Union line was a costly blunder that forced a Confederate retreat.
Which of the following resulted from the Union victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg in 1863?
Republicans swept the 1863 elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York
Why was the ship Alabama instrumental to the Confederate war effort?
The warship captured or sank more than one hundred Union merchant ships.
Why was the South unable to convince England to provide it with more support during the Civil war?
England needed Union wheat more than the South’s cotton.
Why was the
enlistment of African Americans in the Union army and their deployment in battle delayed until 1863?
Most Union generals doubted that they would make good soldiers.
Which of the following statements characterizes the role played by African Americans in the Civil War?
African
Americans served in segregated regiments and fought courageously.
After being placed in charge of all Union armies in 1864, General Grant and Abraham Lincoln crafted which of the following new military strategies?
An attack of every major Confederate army simultaneously
Which of the following describes the 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaign?
Union troops led a scorched-earth campaign to punish farmers who had aided the South.
Which of these statements describes events that took place during the 1864 presidential campaign?
The Republicans temporarily changed their name to the National Union Party in order to attract the border states and Democratic votes.
In his attack on Atlanta in the summer of 1864, Sherman’s Union forces
waged a campaign that began in July and succeeded in early September.
Which issue caused a split in the Democratic Party during the election of 1864?
How did Abraham Lincoln fare in the 1864 presidential election?
He was swept to victory in the wake of Sherman’s capture of Atlanta.
Approved by Congress in January 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment
prohibited slavery throughout the United States.
Why did so many Confederate soldiers flee their units by 1865?
Poor white soldiers resented fighting for the benefit of wealthy slave owners.
Which of the following describes the South after the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865?
Many of the South’s factories, railroads, and cities lay in ruins.