Ch. 14

After the Battle of Chattanooga, the Confederacy's only hope was to hold on and exhaust the Northern will to fight.

True

Had the Union not taken Atlanta in September of 1864, Lincoln might have lost the presidency to McClellan.

True

Lincoln's handling of the war effort faced constant scrutiny from the congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War, which seriously interfered with his work

True

Many Southerners believed that the dependence of English and French textile industries on American cotton would force them to intervene on the side of the Confederacy.

True

No European nation offered diplomatic recognition to the Confederacy.

True

The Crittenden Compromise failed because Republicans refused to give in on the question of the expansion of slavery

True

By the end of the 1850s the two-party system in the United States:

accentuated rather than muted regional controversy.

Sherman's march through Georgia was designed to:

break the will of the Southern people.

The Civil War caused difficulties for American workers because it:

drove prices up and cut purchasing power.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves:

in areas of the Confederacy except those already under Union control

The Confederacy ultimately financed its war effort through:

paper money.

In England, the South was supported by the:

ruling classes.

The United States was upset when England declared neutrality because:

the two sides in the conflict were of equal stature

Despite many shortages, the South was at least able to grow enough food to meet its needs

False

In both the North and the South, the draft was accepted with little protest.

False

Technological advances made little difference in the outcome of the Civil War, since both sides had access to them.

False

The Civil War transformed the North from an agrarian to an industrial society.

False

The Confederate government was composed of the most radical Southern secessionists.

False

The Republican Party did little to promote economic development during the war.

False

Though outmanned on the land, the Confederacy held the advantage at sea

False

The first battle of the Civil War was:

First Bull Run

This was not enacted by the Republican Party during the Civil War:

Hard money policies requiring all payments in gold or silver

After General McClellan allowed Lee to retreat into Virginia following Antietam Creek, Lincoln removed McClellan from command

True

These were not advantages enjoyed by the South at the outset of the war:

1) It would be fighting, for the most part, a defensive war 2) Most of the white population of the South supported the war 3) Northern opinion on the war was divided

These were stands that President Buchanan took after the first states seceded:

1) No state has the right to secede form the Union 2) The federal government has no authority to stop a state from seceding from the nation

This was true when the Civil War began:

All the important material advantages lay with the North

The bloodiest engagement of the Civil War was fought at:

Antietam

African Americans were not allowed to serve in organized fighting units.

False

This was the act that Lincoln "ignore" the Constitution:

Putting diplomatic pressure on England not to recognize the Confederacy

The greatest source of division in the South was:

the doctrine of states' rights.