Chapter 21 Questions

During the Civil War, Grant lost one man for every _________, and Lee lost one man every __________.

10,5

All of the following occurred as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation except

A exterior action of the diplomatic position of the Union concerning its relations with the European nations

One consequence of General William T. Sherman's style of warfare was

A shorter war that saved lives

Slaves hindered the Confederacy;s war efforts by

All of these are correct

In the 1864 election, Abraham Lincoln's running mate was

Andrew Johnson

The Union army's success in the capture of _______ was probably critical to Lincoln's reelection in 1864

Atlanta and mobile

When it was issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in

Confederate states still in rebellion against the US

The political group in the North most dangerous to the Union cause was the

Copperheads

A confederate victory at Antietam in Sept 1862 probably would have won the confederacy independence because

France and Britain were on the verge of recognizing the Confederate government and providing it with critically needed military assistance

The two major battles of the Civil War fought on Union soil were

Gettysburg and Antietam

In invading Maryland, one of General Lee's key objectives was to

Inspire the Border States, particularly the wavering Maryland, to join the Confederacy and it secessionist cause

President Lincoln hoped that a Union victory at Bull Run (Manassas Junction) would

Lead to the capture of the Confederate capital at Richmond

As a result of the Union fighting to a draw militarily at Antietam Creek with Robert E. Lee's Confederate army

Lincoln was now prepared to issue his Emancipation Proclamation

Southern slaves ran away to Union camps at a rate of

One to seven

The South's victory at Bull Run (Manassas Junction) in 1861

Reduced enlistments in the South's army

As a result of the Confederate victory in the Peninsula Campaign

The Union turned to a strategy of total war

In the election of 1864, the Republicans joined with the pro war Democrats and founded the __________ party.

Union

The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because

Union victory meant that the southern cause was doomed

After halting Lee's troops at Antietam, General George McClellan

Was removed from his field command

Following a historic battle in March 1862 with a tiny Union ironclad warship, the Monitor, the Confederate blockade runner, the Merrimack, was

destroyed by Confederate soldiers to keep it out of the hands of Union troops.

African Americans who fought for the Union army in the Civil war

included the brave and accomplished 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, which suffered heavy casualties during the Union siege of Fort Wagner, South Carolina in 1863.

The North;s victory at Antietam allowed President Lincoln to

issure the Emancipation Proclamation.

After the Peninsula Campaign, Union strategy included all of the following except

striking deep into the Confederacy via the Appalachian Mountain chain.

One of the Key developments enabling the union to stop the Confederate thrust into the North at Antietam was

the Union's discovery of Robert E. Lee's battle plans.

The most serious Confederate threat to the Union blockade came from

the ironclad Merrimack (renamed the Virginia) warship, which destroyed two wooden ships of the Union navy off the Chesapeake Bay and threatened to destroy many more wooden Union warships.