Civil War Quiz: Key Events & Figures from Chapters 14-15

1/24/2019 Questionnaire: Test 8 https://sjeccd.instructure.com/courses/13244/quizzes/38481/take 1/13 Test 8 Début: 24 Janv à 11:40 Instruc±ons du ques±onnaire 1 points Question 1 125,000 950,000 1.2 million 330,000 620,000 Approximately how many Americans died in the Civil War? (Ch. 15) 1 points Question 2 The nation's precarious sectional balance was in danger. All of these choices. Proslavery forces stole the election for the state legislature. Antislavery forces took up "Beecher's Bibles." John Brown led a brutal murder of five proslavery men. Why did "Bleeding Kansas" occur? (Ch. 14) 1 points Question 3 The Battle of Antietam in September 1862 (Ch. 15)

1/24/2019 Questionnaire: Test 8 https://sjeccd.instructure.com/courses/13244/quizzes/38481/take 2/13 revealed Robert E. Lee's genius in staging a battle. was a strategic victory for the South because General Grant called off his invasion of Richmond. encouraged Great Britain and France to recognize the Confederacy as an independent nation. was General Ambrose Burnside's most famous victory encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. 1 points Question 4 Lincoln called for volunteers to suppress the rebellion in the Lower South. The Crittenden compromise was rejected. Northern troops were defeated at the first battle of Manassas. Richmond was designated the capital of the Confederacy. Lincoln announced his intention of appointing William Seward as secretary of state. Why did the states of the Upper South join the Confederacy? (Ch. 14) 1 points Question 5 Alleged fugitive slaves would be returned to slavery if the claimant presented at least six witnesses. Alleged fugitive slaves had no right to a jury trial. Only state law enforcement officials could pursue runaway slaves. Alleged fugitive slaves had to take the witness stand in their own defense. Slaves who had escaped prior to the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo were exempt from capture. Which of the following was a provision of the Fugitive Slave Act? (Ch. 14)

1/24/2019 Questionnaire: Test 8 https://sjeccd.instructure.com/courses/13244/quizzes/38481/take 3/13 1 points Question 6 She headed the Union's nursing corps. She became the first woman general in the army. None of these choices. She served as a Union spy in the Confederate government. She was one of President Lincoln's principal advisers. Why was Dorothea Dix significant during the Civil War? (Ch. 15) 1 points Question 7 A program of gradual compensated emancipation should be started. The constitutionality of slavery should be decided by the Supreme Court. There should be immediate emancipation of slaves in the South. The principle of popular sovereignty should be honestly applied in the remaining territories. There should be no further extension of slavery into the territories. Which statement best describes the Republican party position in the election of 1860? (Ch. 14) 1 points Question 8 were irrelevant to the war effort had strong affection for their former masters Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who commanded the Union's first African-American regiment, observed that his troops (Ch. 15)

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1/24/2019 Questionnaire: Test 8 https://sjeccd.instructure.com/courses/13244/quizzes/38481/take 4/13 were never able to function as a disciplined fighting force behaved in such a way as to question the fight for their freedom felt no sense of revenge toward their former masters 1 points Question 9 the admission of California as a free state. the abolition of slavery in states west of the Mississippi. a new fugitive slave law. the federal assumption of the Texas debt. the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia. Which of the following provisions was not part of Henry Clay's "Omnibus Bill"? (Ch. 14) 1 points Question 10 like all blacks, including those who were free, slaves could not become citizens of the United States None of these choices. All of these choices. slaves were not citizens; therefore, they could not sue in federal courts. residence in a free territory did not make a slave free. In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled that (Ch. 14) 1 points Question 11

1/24/2019 Questionnaire: Test 8 https://sjeccd.instructure.com/courses/13244/quizzes/38481/take 5/13 American citizens could determine how they would manage their slaves without interference. states could determine whether they would permit the buying and selling of slaves. the United States would hold a referendum to determine if slavery should be allowed to spread beyond its current boundaries. the political party in power in any state could determine that state's slavery policies. each territory would decide for itself whether to allow slavery or not. The principle of Popular Sovereignty held that (Ch. 14) 1 points Question 12 It provided 160 acres free to settlers who lived on the land for five years. It gave money to states to establish universities that emphasized agriculture and mechanical arts. It offered free land to Union veterans after the war. It ensured land to former slaves along the coast of South Carolina. It provided Union widows 50 acres of land and a mule. The significance of the Morrill Land Grant Act was that (Ch. 15) 1 points Question 13 It was instituted first by the Confederacy. It was possible in the Union but constitutionally prohibited in the Confederacy. It was already in place nationally when the Civil War began. It was used by both sides from the beginning of the war. Which of the following statements concerning conscription in the Civil War is true? (Ch. 15)

1/24/2019 Questionnaire: Test 8 https://sjeccd.instructure.com/courses/13244/quizzes/38481/take 6/13 It was unnecessary during the Civil War.It was unnecessary during the Civil War. 1 points Question 14 They began campaigns to repeal the old "personal-liberty laws" that had been passed under the Articles of Confederation. Although some Northerners saw the act as the price of saving the Union, many more saw it as a vile monument of infamy and therefore took up the abolition cause. They joined with southerners to prevent runaway slaves from escaping to Canada. They built special jails to accommodate slaves captured on northern soil. In Boston and other northern cities, mobs surrounded houses where runaway slaves were hiding, and forced the owners to surrender the fugitives. What was the reaction of many northerners to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act? (Ch. 14) 1 points Question 15 The entrance of California as a free state in the Union The federal assumption of the Texas debt. The abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C. The use of popular sovereignty as the basis for determining the status of slavery in the territories The strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 antagonized the North the most? (Ch. 14) 1 points Question 16 The Emancipation Proclamation (Ch. 15)

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1/24/2019 Questionnaire: Test 8 https://sjeccd.instructure.com/courses/13244/quizzes/38481/take 7/13 was issued twenty-four hours after General Lee surrendered. freed the slaves and abolished slavery in all the states of the Union and the Confederacy. convinced England and France to enter the war on behalf of the Union in order to win the crusade against slavery. was formulated by the Radical Republicans and issued by Lincoln despite his strong personal objections. freed slaves only in areas under Confederate control but not in areas that remained loyal. 1 points Question 17 moving cautiously and only attacking when victory was certain. constant pressure on Southern forces by controlling the Mississippi River and blockading the coast. concentrating Union forces and making an all-out assault on Richmond. cutting supplies to the South and waiting until the Confederacy starved or surrendered. the use of spies to infiltrate and disrupt Southern agriculture. Originally developed by General Winfield Scott and later adopted by General Ulysses S. Grant, the Anaconda Plan advocated (Ch. 15) 1 points Question 18 Compared with Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln had greater faith in democracy and therefore thought that dissent was a beneficial part of the political process. Because both governments originated from the same political tradition, they both viewed dissent the same way. Because of the Confederacy's belief in states' rights, dissent was expected and encouraged. How did the Union and Confederate governments compare in their handling of dissent? (Ch. 15)

1/24/2019 Questionnaire: Test 8 https://sjeccd.instructure.com/courses/13244/quizzes/38481/take 8/13 The Confederate government was prepared to act swiftly and harshly to stamp out dissent, which it equated with treason. Abraham Lincoln was far less hesitant about imposing martial law and suspending the fundamental right of habeas corpus than was Jefferson Davis. 1 points Question 19 It rendered the terms of the Compromise of 1850 void. It split the Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska. It superseded the Missouri Compromise. It was sponsored by Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois. It applied the principle of popular sovereignty to Nebraska and Kansas. Which of the following is not true about the Kansas-Nebraska Act? (Ch. 14) 1 points Question 20 The South had better military leaders. The South possessed a larger population. The South was politically united. The South had a majority of the country's armaments factories. The South had more railroads. What advantage did the South have over the North at the beginning of the Civil War? (Ch. 15) 1 points Question 21

1/24/2019 Questionnaire: Test 8 https://sjeccd.instructure.com/courses/13244/quizzes/38481/take 9/13 Raising the pay of officers National conscription None of these choices. Calling up state militias Local rallies to sign up volunteers Initially, what method did both the North and the South use to raise their armies? (Ch. 15) 1 points Question 22 Maryland's popular politician, Hannibal Hamlin, had just been elected vice president. Kentucky had a Unionist legislature whose resolve was strengthened by the presence of Grant's troops across the river in Illinois. Missouri's citizens were united in their loyalty to the Union and in their belief that an independent slave confederacy could not survive. Virginia's nonslaveholding eastern part of the state refused to secede with the western part---which named itself West Virginia when it joined the Confederacy. Delaware was mainly a nonslaveholding state that had no desire to be part of a slave Confederacy. Which statement accurately describes why that state refused to join the Confederacy? (Ch. 15) 1 points Question 23 A short distance within its defensive arc for moving troops and supplies. A large population of free blacks who enlisted to fight alongside whites. What advantage did the North have over the South at the beginning of the war? (Ch. 15)

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1/24/2019 Questionnaire: Test 8 https://sjeccd.instructure.com/courses/13244/quizzes/38481/take 10/13 Massive industrial capacity and most of the nation's railroad track. A large federal reserve to tap into for war costs. A stronger sense of mission in the desire to end slavery. 1 points Question 24 Fort. McHenry Fort. Jackson Fort. Bragg Fort. Belvidere Fort. Sumter Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired? (Ch. 14) 1 points Question 25 Kentucky, Virginia, and Maryland Maryland, Delaware and North Carolina Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia Delaware, Florida, and Virginia West Virginia, North Carolina and Missouri Which of these states never left the Union? (Ch. 15) 1 points Question 26

1/24/2019 Questionnaire: Test 8 https://sjeccd.instructure.com/courses/13244/quizzes/38481/take 11/13 The South had poor railroads and virtually no navy. The Union had only a small army, and one third of its officers had joined the Confederacy. Northerners were uncertain about Lincoln's ability to lead the nation. No one in either section had expected hostilities. Neither the North nor the South was in a position to levy taxes to finance the war. Which of the following was not one of the reasons why both the North and the South were unprepared for war? (Ch. 15) 1 points Question 27 Congress had no constitutional authority to abolish slavery in the South. Social and political equality between blacks and whites was not desirable. This nation cannot exist permanently half slave and half free. The best way to preserve the Union was to ensure that slavery was legal in all states, North and South. The Dred Scott decision rendered popular sovereignty "as thin as soup boiled from the shadow of a pigeon that had starved to death." In the course of his campaign against Stephen Douglas in 1858, Abraham Lincoln declared all of the following except (Ch. 14) 1 points Question 28 He didn't want the burden of feeding captives and garrisoning the city. He wanted to send a message to Lee that he would similarly destroy the rest of the South. Why did Sherman burn much of Atlanta? (Ch. 15)

1/24/2019 Questionnaire: Test 8 https://sjeccd.instructure.com/courses/13244/quizzes/38481/take 12/13 Questionnaire enregistré à 11:51 He was a cruel and sadistic military leader. He wanted to severely punish the South for the war. None of these choices. 1 points Question 29 Southerners who sent their slaves to fight as substitutes Northerners who objected to war on moral grounds Southerners who could not afford the $300 conscription fee All white southerners Northerners who paid the government $300 Who was exempt from conscription during the Civil War? (Ch. 15) 1 points Question 30 It was a great supply base. It was located at the entrance to Mobile Bay. It guarded the Union attack route into Tennessee. It was a key railroad junction between Chattanooga and Atlanta. It allowed trade and communication between Confederate states on either side of the Mississippi River. Why was Vicksburg so important to the Confederacy? (Ch. 15) Envoyer le ques±onnaire

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