History 1301 Ch. 15

What argument did abolitionists use to press Lincoln for immediate emancipation?

Seceding Southerners had forfeited their right to constitutional protection

What was Jefferson Davis's objective as president of the newly formed Confederate States of America?

To establish the Confederacy as a permanent republic

What was Lincoln's initial plan to make emancipation more acceptable to white Northerners?

To offer to deport African Americans out of the country

During the Civil War, Republicans were able to

enact their platform of federal programs to encourage economic growth.

In March 1862, Congress established a national policy on fugitive slaves that

forbade the return of runaways to their masters.

By the end of 1862, the military struggle in the East had

reached a stalemate between the Union and Confederacy.

After General Grant became the general in chief of the Union armies in March 1864, he made the important decision to

take on Lee directly in Virginia.

Why did Southerners expect that Britain and perhaps France would ally with the Confederacy?

A war could interrupt Europe's supply of cotton

How did most white northerners characterize southern secession?

As an attack on a valid, democratically elected government

What was the easiest task Jefferson Davis and the Confederate government faced?

Building the armed forces of the Confederacy

How did General Ulysses S. Grant take the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi?

By laying a lengthy siege

Why did General Grant not believe that he was defeated even after suffering heavy losses in his 1864 Virginia campaign?

Grant understood that the Confederates had lost proportionally as many men.

Why did Robert E. Lee push the fighting across the Potomac into Maryland in September 1862?

He believed a victory on northern soil might end the war

Why did President Lincoln decide not to abandon Fort Sumter?

He had promised to defend federal property in his inaugural address.

Why was the battle of Bull Run significant?

It taught Lincoln that victory would be neither quick nor easy.

What was Abraham Lincoln's first goal when he took office as president?

Stopping secession from spreading to the states in the Upper South

Which region had the advantage in resources when the Civil War began?

The North had many more resources than the South.

How did Confederate states respond to Richmond's policy of impressment?

They objected to the usurpation of states' rights.

When northern farmers took up arms in the Civil War, who took over their domestic tasks?

Women

The Union blockade of the Confederate states made it necessary for the Confederate government to

build its own industrial sector