Chapter 11 Test
which of the following quotations is from the Gettysburg Address? (a) "We are not prepared for this suffrage. But we can learn" (b) "All persons held as slaves within any State . . . in rebellion against the United States, shall be . . . forever free" (c) "The world will little note, nor long remember that we say here, but it can never forget what they did here" (d) "You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, . . . determined people on earth
"All persons held as slaves within any State . . . in rebellion against the United States, shall be . . . forever free"
this called for a three-part assault on the Confederacy
Anaconda plan
t/f at -Fort Pillow-, the worst Confederate prison camp, where men were jammed together without shelter and drank from the same stream that served as their sewer, nearly a third of the prisoners died
Andersonville
this battle was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history
Antietam
t/f -Garland White- shot President Lincoln just five days after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House
Booth
this battle, the first battle of the war, took place between inexperienced troops and resulted in a Confederate victory
BullRun
after seizing New Orleans, this Union admiral took control of much of the lower Mississippi, helping in the Union to achieve its goal of cutting the Confederacy in two
David G. Farragut
t/f at -Andersonville-, Confederate troops shot to death more than 200 African-American prisoners as they pleaded for thier lives
Fort Pillow
although President Lincoln decided merely to send in "food for hungry men," President Davis decided that the war should begin here
Fort Sumter
this Union general spent more time preparing the Army of the Potomac for battle and less time actually leading the army into battle than President Lincoln would have liked
George McClellan
t/f early in the war, the Confederacy tried to gain support from the nation of -France-
Great Britain
this Confederate general, who was known for his determination and unusual tactics, led a successful defense of Richmond but suffered high casualites at Antietam
Robert E. Lee
this bloody battle, in which Confederate forces took Union forces by surprise, taught both sides about the necessity of sending out scouts, digging trenches, and building fortifications
Shiloh
this Confederate general earned his nickname by holding up well under stressful battle conditions
Stonewall Jackson
this Union general earned his nickname by being a stubborn negotiator
Ulysses S. Grant
t/f in 1863, the -Confederacy- instituted the first income tax, taking a specified percentage of an individual's income
Union
_______ helped Lincoln win reelection in 1864
Union victories in the South
during the war, ______ did NOT contribute to the food shortage in the South
bad weather causing poor crops
t/f the riots that broke out among lower-class New York City workers in 1863 were in reaction to -emancipation-
conscription
while serving in the Union army, African Americans faced all of the following EXCEPT: (a) discrimination (b) lower pay than whites (c) higher mortakity rates than whites (d) excessively high income taxes
excessively high income taxes
t/f during the war, the Confederacy faced a severe shortage of -nurses- that led to skyrocketing prices and riots in the streets
food supplies
what is the main reason that Lincoln did NOT respond with force to the Confederate threat to attack Fort Sumter?
he did not want to anger Republicans and slave states still in the Union
why was David Farragut's victory in April 1862 so important?
it advanced the Union plan to split the Confederacy alond the Mississippi River
why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?
it made the South give up the idea of inading the north
in which area did the South have an advantage over the North in the Civil War?
military leadership
what was Clara Barton's role in the Civil War?
nurse on the battlefield
which of the following abolished slavery in the North? (a) the Gettysburg Address (b) the Thirteenth Amendment (c) the Compromise of 1850 (d) the Emancipation Proclamation
the Emancipation Proclamation
which of the following was NOT an important advantage of ironclad ships? (a) they could resist burning (b) they could withstand cannon fire (c) they could splinter wooden ships (d) they could travel much faster than other ships
they could travel much faster than other ships
what was the stated aim of the Emancipation Proclamation?
to free slaes behind Confederate lines
when the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?
to restore the Union
t/f -Clara Barton-, a Union nurse, was known as the "angel of the battlefield"
true
t/f a -Copperhead- was a Northern Democrat who supported peace with the South
true
t/f the -Thirteenth Amendment- abolished slavery throughout the United States
true
t/f the U.S. Sanitary Commission was set up to improve the hygienic conditions of army camps and to recruit and train -nurses-
true
t/f a writ of -habeas corpus- is a court order that requires authorities to appear before a judge and show cause for jailing a prisoner
true
