ch14- inquizitive

During the summer of 1862, Lincoln concluded that emancipation had become a political and military necessity. Many factors contributed to this decision. Which of the following are factors that led Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

*There was a lack of a quick military success to end the war. *An economic strategy, such as eliminating slavery, would undermine the entire southern economy.

The U.S. Senate amended naturalization laws to make - immigrants eligible for citizenship. However, this new provision did not apply - immigrants. Efforts to remove the word "white" from naturalization requirements -.

- African - Chinese - failed

The presidential election of 1876 saw some regions of the country leaning Republican and others leaning Democrat. Which statements correctly describe the geographic voting patterns?

- The new states out west were Republican territory. - The East Coast was mostly Democrat territory. - Southern states voted Democrat.

Prominent Georgian political leader Alexander H. Stephens argued that the cornerstone of the new constitution of the ___________ rested on the established __________ of whites and Blacks, as was intended by _____.

1. Confederacy 2. inequality 3. God

Select the coastal area that became known as "Sherman land"—land set aside by General Sherman's Special Field Order 15, in January 1865, for the resettlement of Black families after the Civil War.

Along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia

Select on the map the site of the battle where more Americans died than on any other single day in history.

Antietam (Sept. 17, 1862)

Identify the outcomes of the following major Civil War battles.

Battle of Vicksburg: resulted in control of the Mississippi River for the Union in July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg: the largest battle in the history of North America in July 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville: stunning defeat of General Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac in May 1863

Identify the groups the Ku Klux Klan targeted.

Correct Answer(s) Blacks who became landowners white Republicans African American political leaders

What does it reveal about the realities of emancipation in the post-Civil War South?

Correct Answer(s) Former slaves occupied and farmed their own plots of land. Many former slaves continued living on the land of former plantations, but they often chose to leave communal slave quarters for independent homes. Former slaves built their own churches and schools on the plantation.

In the Western Theater of operations, Ulysses S. Grant laid siege to the city of Vicksburg, and it fell on July 4, 1863. What did Grant accomplish with this victory?

Correct: It gave Union forces complete control of the Mississippi, cutting the Confederacy in two. Approximately 30,000 Confederate troops under the command of General John C. Pemberton surrendered to Grant, which was a loss the Confederacy could not afford.

Grant's strategy of attrition worked brilliantly, as by the end of 1864 he captured Petersburg, Virginia, and forced the surrender of Robert E. Lee.

False

President Lincoln favored a strategy that focused on capturing and holding Confederate territory—namely Richmond, the Confederate capital—not the destruction of the Confederate armies.

False

The Republicans in Congress were unified in their vision for Reconstruction.

False

Unwilling to surrender his army, General Robert E. Lee fought a desperate battle at Appomattox Courthouse, marking one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.

False

Select on the map the site of the battle where the Confederacy reached its "high tide"—its farthest military advance into Union territory.

Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)

At the outset of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln invoked time-honored Northern values to mobilize support for the war. Which of the following are statements or ideas used by Lincoln to garner support for the Union war effort?

Lincoln believed the differences between the North and the South were the familiar arguments of the free labor ideology. Lincoln insisted in the first year of the war that it was not about slavery, but rather the preservation of the Union. Lincoln identified the Union cause with the fate of democracy for all mankind.

Some of the Confederate forces that opposed Grant at Shiloh had recently retreated from another location. What city had they left behind?

Nashville, Tennessee

Select the first former Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union during Reconstruction.

Tennessee

the last four former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union, as Reconstruction came to a close.

Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia

Grant's strategy of maintaining the initiative against Robert E. Lee, thus suffering high casualties in the Army of the Potomac, earned him a reputation of the "butcher of men."

True

The Fifteenth Amendment divided the women's movement. Some of its leaders were disappointed that it didn't include women, while other leaders acknowledged the amendment's limitations but believed it represented an important step toward national suffrage.

True

The new state governments under the control of Republicans improved life in the South during Reconstruction.

True

Using information from the map, drag the following states, territories, or regions to their correct description. Note that some descriptions may apply to more than one label.

Virginia: Confederate area to which the Emancipation Proclamation applies Kansas: free state Maryland: slave state to which the Emancipation Proclamation does not apply Eastern coastal North Carolina; Tennessee: Confederate area occupied by the Union

This map illustrates the loyalties of the southern states at the start of the Civil War. Select the state that came into existence as a result of southern secession and the Civil War.

West Virginia

Identify the statements that accurately describe the secession of the southern states and the creation of the Confederate States of America.

correct answers: -North Carolina was the last Confederate state to secede from the Union -Louisiana seceded before the fall of Fort Sumter

Which of the following are valid statements about Lincoln's vision of freedom as illustrated in this source?

correct: -Lincoln's use of a parable of the sheep, shepherd, and wolf underscored his thinking about slavery and emancipation. -Lincoln acknowledged northerners had different views of liberty.

Analyze the following map titled "The Civil War in the West, 1861-1862." Which of the following are valid statements about the war in the Western Theater?

correct: -Union forces gained control of waterways, namely rivers, and port cities. -The Battle of Shiloh was a Union victory.

The Reconstruction amendments changed the U.S. Constitution from a legal compact centered on federal-state relations and the rights of property into one that protected the rights of minority populations from local, state, and national governments.

fed-state property minority populations

For the border states that chose not to secede from the Union, what was the impact of their decision?

only: They would later be exempted from the Emancipation Proclamation.

The Civil War was not the first war in which modern weaponry and technology was used to affect the outcome on the battlefield. That distinction belongs to the Crimean War (1854-1856). What new technologies were revolutionizing warfare in the 1860s?

correct: -The mass-produced rifled musket allowed for greater accuracy. -The telegraph was used to command and control a vast area of operations. -Ironclad warships participated in direct combat with one another.

Unlike the unfair treaties previously negotiated between the United States and China, this treaty recognized China's - . It also provided protections for - freedom for citizens of both nations when on foreign land, and it included provisions protecting citizens of both nations from - while in the other's country.

sovereignty religious discrimination

The - survived in the rice kingdoms of South Carolina and Georgia, while - was preferred in Louisiana's sugar plantations. - came to dominate in the cotton and tobacco regions of Virginia and North Carolina.

task system, wage labor, sharecropping

Identify some of the ways in which Blacks demonstrated their freedom following the end of the Civil War.

- by traveling - by attending mass meetings and religious services -by locating and reuniting with loved ones from whom they had been separated under slavery

Identify the statements that describe the objectives of the Freedmen's Bureau.

- establish schools for Blacks - settle disputes between Blacks and whites

What arguments did the Black petitioners make when urging President Johnson to allocate land to them?

-Landownership was a vital element of citizenship. -The freedmen had worked the lands and therefore deserved ownership.

During the Civil War, Christianity and patriotism were joined in a civic religion unprecedented in American history. How did the war transform American religious and political life?

-People turned to religion and spiritualism to cope with the unprecedented number of deaths. -Many clergy in the North professed that the war was God's instrument to rid the nation of slavery and turn it into the true land of freedom.

The Sea Islands, South Carolina became famous as a test case for the transition from slavery to freedom as over 10,000 enslaved people were left on the islands. Numerous northerners arrived, from government officials to private investors. One group, ____________, was made up of Black and white reformers committed to uplifting the freed enslaved people. Convinced that ________was the key to making self-reliant, productive citizens of the formerly enslaved people, northern-born teachers______________ and Laura M. Towne, devoted themselves to teaching the freed Blacks of the Sea Islands.

1. Gideon's Band 2. education 3. Charlotte Forten

Abraham Lincoln's path to emancipation was gradual and incremental. Place the following initiatives in order, culminating in the Emancipation Proclamation.

1. Lincoln rescinded General Fremont's proclamation freeing slaves in Missouri 2. Congress prohibited the army from returning fugitive slaves 3. Lincoln championed colonization. 4. Lincoln issued the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

Residents of Indian Territory fought for ________ during the Civil War. At least 3,000 Cherokee wanted to _________ slavery and fought for the Confederacy. Regardless of the side they supported, the majority of Indians joined the war because they deeply desired to protect their nations' ____________.

1. both sides 2. preserve 3. sovereignty

Place the following battles in chronological order to show the progression of the Civil War.

1. the Battle of Bull Run 2. the Seven Days' Campaign 3. the second Battle of Bull Run 4. the Battle of Antietam

Match the correct label to each map to explain what the two maps of the Barrow plantation in Georgia reveal about the effects of emancipation on rural life in the South.

1860:-In 1860, slaves lived in communal quarters near the owner's house. 1881:-In 1881, former slaves working as sharecroppers lived all over the plantation.

Drag the labels into place to describe the outcome of the presidential election of 1876.A) most electoral votes for HayesB) most electoral votes for TildenC) most votes awarded to Hayes by the 1877 Electoral Commission

A) Penn B) NY C) Louisiana

Identify the outcomes of the following Civil War battles.

Battle of the Wilderness: first battle in Grant's 1864 campaign Battle of Cold Harbor: After this battle, Grant's army had suffered as many casualties as Lee had men at the beginning of the 1864 campaign. Battle of Atlanta: culmination of Sherman's 1864 campaign

The most radical implication of the Emancipation Proclamation was the enrollment of Blacks into military service in the Union army. Identify the statements that describe their military contributions to the Union war effort during the Civil War.

Correct Answer(s) -By the end of the Civil War, more than 180,000 Black men had served in the Union army and 24,000 in the Union navy. -Initially, the Union army refused to accept northern Black volunteers.

How do the two maps of the Barrow plantation, roughly twenty years apart, illustrate the effects of emancipation on rural life in the South?

Correct Answer(s) Former slaves had their own church, and their children went to school. Slaves that formerly lived in communal quarters now lived in separate homes and worked the land as sharecroppers. While the master's house on the Barrow plantation in 1860 was geographically separate from that of enslaved Blacks living on the property, whites and Blacks were more geographically mixed in 1881.

According to the video, why was Frederick Douglass's perspective on the question, "Who is an American?" considered radical for the time?

Correct Answer(s) He believed people of all races and national origins could become good Americans.

Which of the following are valid statements about the election of 1876?

Correct Answer(s) Samuel Tilden, the Democratic candidate, won the popular vote. The disputed electoral votes were in South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana.

In what ways does the contract limit the freedom of the laborers?

Correct Answer(s) The freedmen are required to compensate the landowner if they miss work for a day. The freedmen are contractually obligated to "obey" the landowner. The landowner is allowed to deduct expenses from the profits of the freedmen

How did the Reconstruction amendments change the Constitution?

Correct Answer(s) They established the federal government as the protector of rights. They expanded the definition of citizenship to include non-whites.

Why was education so important to freed Blacks during this era?

Correct Answer(s) They wanted to prepare to participate in the economic marketplace. They wanted to be able to read the Bible. They wanted the opportunity to take part in politics.

Identify the statements that describe sharecropping.

Correct Answer(s) guaranteed planters a stable labor force a compromise between Blacks' desire for landownership and whites' desire to discipline their labor force preferred by former slaves because it allowed them to work without white supervision

Identify the components of Andrew Johnson's plan for Presidential Reconstruction.

Correct Answer(s) pardon nearly all white southerners who took an oath of allegiance to the Union abolition of slavery state conventions to establish new, loyal state governments

Identify the statements that describe the Reconstruction amendments.

Correct Answer(s) served as the constitutional basis for the civil rights movement of the 1960s consisted of three amendments, which ultimately led to the incorporation of Black Americans into society as citizens

Identify the provisions of the Radical plan for Reconstruction.

Correct Answer(s) the Fourteenth Amendment temporary division of the South into military districts and the formation of new state governments state guarantees of Black men's right to vote

Identify the factors that contributed to the weakening of northern support for Reconstruction.

Correct Answer(s) the Supreme Court's failure to fully uphold the rights of Blacks the economic depression of the early 1870s the growth of Democratic power in Congress northern journalists' depictions of the failure of southern Black leadership

Initially, as Union forces moved into Confederate territory, escaped slaves were returned to their owners in a policy to show southerners that the federal government had no intention of interfering with slavery. Yet this policy changed as the war progressed. Eventually, escaped slaves were welcomed into Union lines. Identify the reasons for the change in escaped slaves' status by Union forces.

Correct answers: -Long before Lincoln called for emancipation, blacks in the North and South referred to the war as the "freedom war." This undermined the institution throughout the South and led to mass exoduses to Union lines -The Confederacy set slaves to work as military laborers, and so increasingly more blacks were escaping to northern lines.

The Civil War laid the foundation for modern America. In fighting the war, both the North and the South lost something they had gone to war to defend. Identify what each side had to sacrifice.

Correct answers: -Northern capital dominated American politics, but in gaining that lead, it both weakened free-labor and transformed the small shop and independent farm into powerful industrial giants -The South lost slavery, economic power, and southern dominance of American politics

Identify the causes of economic hardship and disaffection among the population of the Confederate States of America that undermined the war effort.

Correct answers: -The Confederate Congress authorized the army to confiscate what it needed from farmers to supply itself -The government of the Confederacy was unwilling to tax the wealthy planting class that could pay for the war.

April 1865 witnessed some of the most momentous events in American history. Which of the following events occurred that month?

Correct: - Grant finally broke the siege lines at Petersburg, forcing the retreat and abandonment of Richmond by the Army of Northern Virginia. - Abraham Lincoln became the first president of the United States to be assassinated.

As a quick and conventional military victory eluded Union armies, Radical Republicans moved the nation closer to the idea of total emancipation as an economic means to hurt the Confederacy. Identify the steps taken by the Union against slavery before total emancipation.

Correct: -a March 1862 prohibition by Congress on the Union army from returning fugitive slaves -the Second Confiscation Act -abolition in the District of Columbia and the territories

Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, failed to communicate the reasons and meaning of the Confederate war effort. What other failures in the Confederate war effort can be attributed to Jefferson Davis and the political leadership of the Confederacy?

Correct: Southern politicians saw political parties as threats to national unity, and they lacked an organized party to help mobilize support for Davis and the war. The Confederate government managed to centralize authority far beyond anything the South had experienced before, but it failed to find an effective means of utilizing its major economic resource-cotton. The Confederate leadership lacked a unity of purpose as even governors openly opposed such measures as the draft.