Chapter 16 Questions

The map of the final battles in Virginia in 1864-1865 shows that: a) Grant suffered so many losses in 1864 he had to pull back. b) Grant chased Lee westward from Petersburg in April 1865 c) Lee tried to pull back from Petersburg to Richmond in 1865. d) Lee won at Petersburg, but failed to regroup his men to sustain the victory.

b) Grant chased Lee westward from Petersburg in April 1865

The major battles of 1862 showed that a) the South should have mounted a full-scale invasion of the North b) North and South were deadlocked in the East c) both sides needed to spend more time training troops d) the South could have won if they had continued north the Washington, D.C.

b) North and South were deadlocked in the East

The border states' decision was important for all of the following reasons EXCEPT it a) gave control of the Ohio and Missouri Rivers to the Union b) decreased the manufacturing capacity of the South c) allowed the Confederacy to move its capital to Richmond d) underminded the South's argument about seceding to protect slavery

c) allowed the Confederacy to move its capital to Richmond

During the first secession between December 1860 and February 1, 1861, __________________ states left the Union. a) three b) five c) seven d) nine

c) seven

Grant, as general-in-chief, followed a policy of total war in all of the following ways EXCEPT a) promoted efforts to educate slaves d) ordered the destruction of civilian supplies c) welcomed fleeing slaves behind Union lines d) allowed the burning of Vicksburg

d) allowed the burning of Vicksburg

Controversial actions Lincoln thought were justified by military necessity included all of the following EXCEPT the a) suspension of habeas corpus b) rejection of Fremont's declaration freeing Missouri's slaves c) acceptance of Kentucky's claim to neutrality d) declaration of martial law after First Bull Run

d) declaration of martial law after First Bull Run

The Emancipation Proclamation a) freed all the slaves in both the North and South b) was made possible by the Thirteenth Amendment c) freed only the slaves in the border states d) freed only the slaves in the Confederate controlled territory

d) freed only the slaves in the Confederate controlled territory

Lincoln's primary goal early on was to a) unite the Republicans and increase his power b) take personal control of the army and crush the South military c) stay clear of criticism by letting events take their own course d) keep the Union together and reconcile the South as soon as possible

d) keep the Union together and reconcile the South as soon as possible

As the Civil War progressed, the Confederacy faced all of the following EXCEPT a) public meeting demanding a negotiated peace b) increased shortages of food and food riots c) a growing bureaucracy composed partly of women d) more unity in the government supporting Jefferson Davis

d) more unity in the government supporting Jefferson Davis

The high number of casualties in the Civil War led to a) an increase in nurses, allowing women to be nurses for the first time b) Army physicians calling for female volunteer nurses c) creation of a Sanitary Commission in both the North and South d) nursing changing from a disreputable activity to one suitable for middle-class women

d) nursing changing from a disreputable activity to one suitable for middle-class women

The New York City Draft Riots a) consisted mostly of violent attacks on the Irish by blacks b) erupted because troops from Gettysburg arrived to recruit c) were the only protests against the draft in the North d) reflected the frustrations created by urban conditions and the gap between rich and poor

d) reflected the frustrations created by urban conditions and the gap between rich and poor

The war began at Fort Sumter because a) the North opened fire from the fort to protect soldiers while receiving supplies b) Lincoln wanted to provoke the South and did c) Beauregard misconstrued Davis's orders d) the Confederates needed to control their territory as a sign of sovereignty

d) the Confederates needed to control their territory as a sign of sovereignty