Roark Chapter 15
What happened in the loyal border states of Missouri and Kentucky during the Civil War?
A violent pro-southern minority remained sympathetic to the southern cause.
Why did King Cotton diplomacy fail?
European nations turned to Egypt and India for cotton.
Initially the Confederacy sought King Cotton diplomacy, a strategy based on the belief that
European nations' need for cotton would lead them to support the Confederacy.
What peace terms did Grant offer Lee at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865?
Lee's men could keep their horses.
Which statement describes African Americans' experiences in the Union army?
The Union placed blacks in segregated units.
What was the significance of the Battle of Shiloh?
The Union victory ruined the Confederacy's chances to take control of the West.
Why did some states in the Upper South opt for secession from the Union?
They felt betrayed, believing that Lincoln had promised to achieve a peaceful reunion.
What did Lincoln consider the biggest obstacle to the acceptance of emancipation in the Union?
White fears that freed slaves would disrupt Northern society
Why did the South experience greater inflation than the North during the Civil War?
The Confederacy printed more money.
What was the result of the Battle of Vicksburg in July 1863?
The Union army's victory opened up a large portion of the Mississippi River.
What prompted an Irish-led riot that took the lives of at least 105 people in New York City in the summer of 1863?
The newly enacted draft law
What was General William T. Sherman's strategy for defeating the Confederates in Georgia in 1864?
He orchestrated a scorched-earth military campaign aimed at destroying the will of the southern people.
How did President Lincoln attempt to stifle opposition to the Civil War?
He suppressed free speech.
Why did southerners believe they had a real chance of winning the Civil War?
Southern men believed they were physically tougher than northern men.
What disadvantage did the South face when it came to supplying the Confederate armies?
It lacked the resources available to the North.
How did northerners view the Civil War once it began?
It was a struggle to preserve the Union.
The bloodiest day of the Civil War occurred September 17, 1862, at
Antietam Creek, Maryland.
What economic effect Civil War have on the rural North?
High prices and increased production brought it prosperity.
Why did the "twenty-Negro law" enrage many white Southerners during the Civil War?
It exempted from military service one white man on every plantation with twenty or more slaves.
Republicans generated the economic power they needed to fight a successful war in the early 1860s by
revolutionizing U.S. banking, monetary, and tax structures.
