Chapter 14: The Civil War
In the following acts, Lincoln "ignored" the Constitution
1) sending troops into battle without asking for a declaration of war 2) increasing the size of the regular army 3) unilaterally proclaiming a naval blockade of the South 4) suspending the writ of habeas corpus
Sea power played an especially important role in the Civil War in the form of the
Union blockade of the Confederate coast.
The major battle in the western theater during the Civil War which had the effect of splitting the Confederacy in half was
Vicksburg
The United States Congress during the Civil War
adopted a tariff, a homestead law, and a transcontinental railroad.
During the Civil War, northern black leaders such as Frederick Douglass worked as army recruiting agents because they believed that
black participation in the army would be a step toward black citizenship.
Sherman's march through Georgia was designed to
break the will of the Southern people.
During the Civil War, Northern women
entered nursing, a field previously dominated by men.
The Emancipation Proclamation
freed slaves only in areas in rebellion against the United States but not in areas that remained loyal.
The final Union war strategy did not include the following component
guerilla warfare
The Union Army
had a higher mortality rate for Black soldiers than white soldiers.
The following was not enacted by the Republican Party during the Civil War
hard money policies requiring all payments in gold or silver
What was Jefferson Davis' central problem?
in a society that prized states' rights, Davis had to centralize authority
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves
in areas of the Confederacy except those already under Union control.
Why did both the South and North experience rioting during the war?
in the South, over food; in the North, over the draft
The New York City draft riots
included lynchings of a number of African Americans (Irish workers attacked black strikebreakers, in part because they blamed African Americans for the war)
The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because it
inflicted a major loss on General Lee's army.
The United States was upset when England declared neutrality because
it meant that the two sides in the conflict were of equal stature.
During the Civil War, southern women played an especially important part as
managers of farms and plantations
The Confederacy ultimately financed its war effort through
paper money
At the outset, President Lincoln held that the Civil War was being fought to
preserve the union
Suspension of the writ of habeas corpus for all people living between Washington and Philadelphia provides evidence of
presidential power increased during the Civil War.
States that sold public lands granted to them under the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 were required to use the income to
promote public education in agriculture.
In the following act, Lincoln did not "ignore" the Constitution
putting diplomatic pressure on England not to recognize the Confederacy
During the Civil War, Kansas and Missouri were
ravaged by guerilla bands from both sides.
In foreign affairs, President Lincoln's most significant achievement was his success in
restraining foreign powers from recognizing the Confederacy.
In England, which of the following supported the South?
ruling classes
The content of the Constitution of the Confederate States of America indicated that a major difference between the South and the North concerned the understanding of
the federal relationship of the states and the national government.
The final Union war strategy included all of the following components
undermining the Confederate economy, a naval blockade, and seizing control of the MI river.
King Cotton diplomacy
was a failure.
The first battle of the Civil War was
First Bull Run
The following was enacted by the Republican Party during the Civil War
1) A new National Bank Act 2) increased taxes on almost all goods and services 3) higher tariffs 4) the Homestead Act
The first seven Southern states that seceded were
1) in the lower South 2) the states where the largest concentration of slaves were located 3) the home of the most outspoken "fire eaters" 4) not possessed of military strength to fight a war.
What were the 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 4) The South had better military commanders
Historians have debated the following about the Civil War:
1) whether it was an irrepressible conflict 2) whether it was really fought over the issue of slavery 3) whether the failure of the party system caused the war 4) whether a divergent culture and commercial interests caused the war
What was true when the Civil War began?
All the important material advantages lay with the North.
The last major battle of George McClellan's tenure as commanding general of the Army of the Potomac was
Antietam
What stand did President Buchanan take after the first state seceded?
No state has the right to secede from the Union; however, the federal government does not have the authority to stop a state from seceding from the nation.
During the Civil War, the term "Copperhead" referred to
Northerners who opposed the Civil War.
Which battle was fought in the western theater?
Shiloh
The most concrete legacy of the Civil War for Southern white women was the
decimation of the male population and the creation of a major sexual imbalance in the region.
During the Civil War, most of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory of present-day Oklahoma
supported the Confederacy.
At Fort Sumter,
the Confederates fired the first shots of the war.
The Battle of Antietam was
the bloodiest single day's fighting of the war.
The greatest source of division in the South was
the doctrine of states' rights.
The key event that guaranteed Lincoln's re-election in 1864 was
the fall of Atlanta to General Sherman
Historians have not debated the following about the Civil War:
whether the slaved contributed to the Northern victory