American yawp chapter 14 quiz practice
questions and answers
The civil war resulted in approximately how many deaths? - 750,000
What was the key issue that divided the Democratic Party? - slavery
What what the goal of the Anaconda Plan? - cut off the access to coastal ports
and inland water ways
This battle was the first major battle on Union soil and remains the bloodiest
single day in American history: - Antietam
all of the following statements about the battle of Gettysburg are true EXCEPT -
Lasted a single day
who led the March to the Sea - Sherman
What was the term for radical southerners who promoted secession as early as
1850? - Fire-eaters
Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephen's influential "Cornerstone Speech"
declared that the cornerstone of the Confederacy rests - "upon the great truth
that the negro is not equal to the white man; slavery... is his natural and normal
condition"
why did Union soldiers feel that it was so important to defend the Union? - all of
the above
Black men made up what percent of the Union army? - 10%
The majority of black Union soldiers had - been born enslaved
Women on both sides of the war contributed to the conflict by preforming all of
the following EXCEPT - Filling shortages of men by serving in state legislatures
