APUSH Ch 14 & 15

Which of the following was true when the Civil War began? a. All the important material advantages lay with the North b. The South had the active support of England c. Southern industry was sufficient to conduct a war d. The Union was prepared for a long war e. The Union had the active support of France

a. All the important material advantages lay with the North

Around the turn of the century, what was most likely to attract Northern white support?

a federal anti-lynching law

Ulysses S. Grant's election as a president was largely a result of his being

a triumphant commanding general of the Union army

Historians have debated all of the following about the Civil War EXCEPT a. whether the slaves contributed to the Northern victory b. whether it was an irrepressible conflict c. whether it was really fought over slavery d. whether the failure of the party system caused the war

a. whether the slaves contributed to the Northern victory

Henry W. Grady

an Atlanta editor who became a leading spokesman for the "New South" idea

In England, which of the following supported the South? a. unenfranchised classes b. ruling classes c. liberals d. English manufacturers e. unemployed textile workers

b. ruling classes

Sherman's march through Georgia was designed to

break the will of the Southern people

Which of the following battles was fought in the western theatre? a. Gettysburg b. Chancellorsville c. Shiloh d. Antietam e. Kennesaw Mountain

c. Shiloh

Which of the following was an advantage enjoyed by the South at the outset of the war? a. It would be fighting, for the most part, a defensive war b. Most of the white population of the South supported the war c. Northern opinion on the war was divided d. The South had better military commanders e. All of these answers are correct

e. All of these answers are correct

During the Civil War, Northern women

entered nursing, a field previously dominated by men

The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution

granted "citizenship" to the freed men

The Union Army

had a higher mortality rate for black soldiers than white soldiers

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves

in areas of the Confederacy except those already under Union control

The NYC draft riots

included lynchings of a number of African Americans

The greenback movement

introduced one of the most powerful political issues of the late nineteenth century

Th United States was upset was upset when England declared neutrality because

it meant that the two sides in the conflict were of equal stature

What institution was the key point of contact in the agricultural credit system for most Southern farmers, black and white, in the late nineteenth century?

local country-store merchants

The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution

officially ended slavery

The Confederacy ultimately financed its war effort through

paper money

Education in the South

reached over 10 percent of the school-age population of former slaves

The election of 1868

saw Grant uncertain whether to run as the candidate for Democrats or Republicans

Critics of the native Southern whites who joined the Republican Party called them

scalawags

"Jim Crow" is a nickname for

the whole system of laws and customs that kept the races separate in schools, public buildings, houses, jobs, theaters, and the like

In the late nineteenth century, the agricultural credit system in the South encouraged farmers

to rely heavily on cash crops, especially cotton

King Cotton diplomacy

was a failure

Freed blacks

were nearly unanimous in their desire for independence for white control

The first battle of the Civil War was

First Bull Run

The first seven states that seceded were

-in the lower south -states w/ largest slave concentration -home of most outspoken "free eaters" -not opposed of the military strength to fight a war

What best describes the extent of "Negro rule" in the Southern states during Reconstruction?

African Americans played a significant political role in several states but never elected a governor or controlled a state legislature

The last major battle of George McClellan's tenure as commanding general of the Army of the Potomac was

Antietam

Which fraction of the Republican Party wanted Reconstruction to punish the former Confederacy, disenfranchise large numbers of Southern whites, and confiscate the property of leading Confederates?

Radicals

Which best describes Congressional reaction to the former Confederate states that had set up new governments under Andrew Johnson's "presidential Reconstruction"? a. They fully accepted all of the states except Georgia and South Carolina, which had elected no blacks to office b. They conditionally accepted all of the states pending the results of local and state elections c. They refused to seat the senators and representatives from the states and set up a committee to investigate and advise on Reconstruction d. They fully accepted all of the states west of the Mississippi River, but required new constitutions in the others e. They enacted the Wade-Davis Bill

c. They refused to seat the senators and representatives from the states and set up a committee to investigate and advise on Reconstruction

In which of the following acts did Lincoln NOT "ignore" the Constitution? a. sending troops into battle without asking for a declaration of war b. increasing the size of the regular army c. putting diplomatic pressure on England not to recognize the Confederacy d. unilaterally proclaiming a naval blockade of the South e. suspending the writ of habeas corpus

c. putting diplomatic pressure on England not to recognize the Confederacy

At Fort Sumter, a. President Lincoln resupplied the federal troops in time to avoid an armed conflict b. Major Anderson managed to withstand the bombardment of the confederates and lees the Fort in Union hands c. the Confederates fired the first shot of the Civil War d. the Union Army fired the first shots of the war e. Major Anderson surrendered after the first shot

c. the Confederates fired the first shot of the Civil War

Which of the following states did President Buchanan take after the first state seceded? a. No state has the right to secede from the Union b. The federal gov has no authority to stop a state from seceding from the nation c. Federal troops should be called out to stop secession d. Secession was a legal act d. No state has the right to secede from the Union; however, the federal gov. doesn't have the authority to stop a state from seceding from the nation

d. No state has the right to secede from the Union; however, the federal gov. doesn't have the authority to stop a state from seceding from the nation

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Congressional plan of Reconstruction enacted in early 1867? a. dividing the South into military districts administered by military commanders b. requiring former Confederate states, as a condition of readmission to the Union, to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution c. mandating former Confederate states, as a condition of readmission to the Union, to hold a constitutional convention and prepare a constitution providing for black male suffrage d. declaring that each state must present a plan for distributing farm land to, or providing jobs for, the former slaves

d. declaring that each state must present a plan for distributing farm land to, or providing jobs for, the former slaves

Which of the following was NOT enacted by the Republican Party during the Civil War? a. a new National Bank Act b. increased taxes on almost all goods and services c. higher tariffs d. hard money policies requiring all payments in gold or silver e. the Homestead Act

d. hard money policies requiring all payments in gold or silver

The most concrete legacy of the Civil War for Southern white women was the

decimation of the male population and creation of a major sexual imbalance in the region

The Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution

declared that the right to vote could not be denied on account of race

In Plessy vs. Ferguson, the US Supreme Court established the general principle that

states could require separate accommodations on trains, in schools, and the like, for black and whites as long as the accommodations were equal

The "Black Codes" were a set of regulations established by

the Southern states to promote white supremacy and to control the economic and social activities of the freed man

The greatest source of division in the South was

the doctrine of states' rights

The "solid" South refers to the

the fact that the Democratic party could count on the votes of the Southern states after the Reconstruction