American History Chapter 14

Which of the following groups was a major target of the New York City draft riots?

-African-Americans -affluent Republicans -conscription officials

Which is true of the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862?

-Forty-three hundred men were killed in the fighting and 2,000 of those wounded later died. -It was the bloodiest day of fighting in American history; more died at Antietam than at D-Day in World War II. -Antietam is located in Maryland, and southern forces under the command of General Robert E. Lee, having crossed into Maryland, were repelled in their northern advance by General McClellan and the Army of the Potomac.

Which was true of black soldiers during the Civil War?

-They initially received lower pay than white soldiers. -They were disproportionately assigned to labor rather than combat. -They could not attain the rank of commissioned officer in the early years of the war.

Which of the following was a significant wartime development?

-What began as a war to preserve the Union gradually expanded into a war to end slavery. -Northerners came to think of America more as a single nation than as a union of separate states. -Women on both sides assumed many roles traditionally reserved for men.

General Robert E. Lee launched his September 1862 invasion into Maryland with a variety of goals in mind, including all of the following:

-convincing border states to join the Confederacy. -influencing elections in the North. -getting Britain and France to recognize the Confederacy as an independent nation.

Which of the following was a source of growing disaffection among whites on the Confederate home front?

-the "substitution" clause of the conscription system -the military confiscation of yeomen's goods -the suppression of Unionist dissent

Which of the following was a significant factor behind the Union's defeat of the Confederacy?

-the ruthless resolve of Union generals like Grant and Sherman -pro-Union initiatives on the part of the slaves -the superior material resources of the North

George E. Pickett's crack division marched across an open field toward Union forces into withering gunfire in July 1863 at:

Gettysburg

In what 1863 speech did Lincoln assert that the sacrifices of the Union soldiers would ensure that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth?"

Gettysburg Address

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

Second Confiscation Act; enlistment of blacks as Union soldiers; congressional passage of Thirteenth Amendment

What military action started the American Civil War?

The Confederate bombarding Fort Sumter with shells

Which of the following describes the Battle of Antietam?

The bloodiest battle of the war occurred

A "Civil War" is:

a war between political factions or regions within the same country

The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in December 1865:

abolished slavery throughout the Union

During the Civil War, the term "contraband camps" was used to refer to:

camps of fugitive slaves

What did Frederick Douglass encourage African-Americans in the North to do as part of the war effort after 1863?

enlist in the United States Army

Abraham Lincoln's January 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation:

freed some slaves, but exempted those in areas under Union crontrol

At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862:

northern forces suffered one of their worst defeats of the war

Which of the following best describes Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

relatively lenient

Which of the following was a major thrust of expanded federal activity during the war?

restriction of public expression issuance of paper money promotion of westward expansion

Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation immediately following:

the battle of Antietam

Which of the following was a Confederate advantage in fighting the Civil War?

the leading southern commander, General Robert E Lee was a brilliant battlefield tactician and served as head of the Confederate States Army throughout the entire war

Which of the following was the Gettysburg Address specifically designed to communicate?

the need for national reunion

The Homestead Act:

took effect on January 1863 and offered 160 acres of free public land to settlers in the West

Rose Greenhow:

was a Confederate spy in Washington DC