Ch 14 APUSH

How did African Americans precipitate the adoption of the policy of emancipation?

By slaves escaping across Union lines

African American slaves who escaped across Confederate lines to Union military camps in mid-1861 were known by the federal government as what?

Contrabands

In 1862, which Union naval officer took New Orleans, opening the Mississippi River to Union control?

David Farragut

Which announcement by Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the rebellious states and gave the war a moral and political purpose?

Emancipation Proclamation

What was the primary reason Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862?

He believed that the war was a struggle to end slavery.

Why did Abraham Lincoln reject General Winfield Scott's plan for the war early in 1861?

He found it to be not aggressive enough.

How did Abraham Lincoln view the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?

It changed the war into one of subjugation and destruction of the Old South.

What was the significance of the assault on Fort Wagner by the 54th Massachusetts Infantry?

It convinced Union officers of the value of black soldiers.

Why was Maryland a strategic location that Abraham Lincoln was determined to keep in the Union?

It covered the nation's capital on three sides.

What statement describes the actual change in status of slaves in January 1863 as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation?

It freed only slaves in states still in rebellion and did not change the status of a single slave.

What statement characterizes the federal government during the Civil War?

It grew in power and centralized authority.

Why was Vicksburg an important target for the Union armies?

Its capture would cut the Confederacy in half at the Mississippi River.

Why was General George B. McClellan relieved of his command of the Army of the Potomac by Abraham Lincoln in 1862?

Lincoln thought McClellan lacked the nerve to use his troops to achieve a major victory.

What justification did Abraham Lincoln give for announcing the emancipation policy?

Military necessity

Based on the map, which of the following areas would be least likely to supply men for the Confederate army?

Northern Georgia

In June 1864, the Union forces of Ulysses S. Grant laid siege to which important railroad center in Virginia?

Petersburg

What battle induced the Confederacy to institute a draft?

Shiloh

Compare the figures for the northern and southern economies in 1860. In what way were the disadvantages of the South even more pronounced than these data suggest?

Southern population data counted slaves as well as white Americans

Based on the map, what generalization can be made about the Union conquest of the South?

The Union strategy focused on Tennessee and the Mississippi River Valley first.

What loophole of the South's draft was controversial?

The ability of draftees to hire substitutes

In the South, women worked as civil servants in what part of the Confederate government?

The postal service

After the victory at Gettysburg, what did Abraham Lincoln expect?

The war would continue indefinitely

Why did northern immigrants in New York City turn to violence over the draft?

They feared the potential presence of freed slaves.

Secession came earliest in which states?

Those with the highest concentration of slaves

What strategy did Abraham Lincoln formulate early in the Civil War?

To end the war with a quick victory

Based on the map, which of the following states was most deeply divided over seceding in 1861?

Virginia