HIS 111- Ch 15
The military death toll in the Civil War was roughly:
750,000
Much of the Confederacy's diplomatic efforts were aimed at:
Britain
At Petersburg:
Grant put the Confederates under siege
What effect did the Union naval blockade of southern ports have on the Confederacy?
It quickly choked off southern commercial activity.
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the nature of the Civil War?
It transformed the Civil War from a war to restore the Union to a struggle over slavery.
What does the "Anaconda" Plan refer to?
It was the initial three-pronged Union strategy that included, among other things, a blockade of the southern coast to strangle the South.
Why is the battle at Fort Donelson significant?
It was the site of the first major Union victory.
At the Battle of Chancellorsville:
Lee gave Hooker a lesson in the art of "elusive mobility"
At Appomattox Court House:
Lee surrendered to Grant
All of the following are true about the Battle of Antietam EXCEPT:
McClellan vigorously pursued the retreating Lee
Which of the following is NOT true of the Civil War?
Most of the deaths occurred in battle.
All of the following slave states remained in the Union EXCEPT:
Tennessee
Which of the following statements best describes the Civil War at the end of 1862?
The war in the East was a virtual deadlock.
Why did Confederate President Jefferson Davis's greatest challenges come from other southern politicians?
Their insistence on states' rights made it difficult for the Confederate government to exert its authority.
Draftees on either side who chose not to serve had which one of the following legal options?
They could hire a substitute.
Which of the following statements accurately describes the response of increasing numbers of enslaved blacks in the South as the Civil War dragged on?
They worked in a variety of ways to undermine and weaken the Confederacy.
All of the following battles resulted in Confederate victories EXCEPT:
Vicksburg
Congress did all of the following during the war EXCEPT:
ban foreign immigration
All of the following statements about the formation of black army units are true EXCEPT:
black army units never saw any significant action
Fighting along the Kansas-Missouri border:
featured brutal guerrilla warfare
At the beginning of the Civil War, the North:
had an edge of about 4 to 1 in potential manpower
The South had a chance to win the Civil War despite substantial northern advantages because:
it had the advantage of fighting a defensive war
The argument that the Civil War began primarily as a southern fight to defend liberty and the right of self-government is unsatisfactory because:
it ignores the actual reason—slavery—southern leaders used in 1860-1861 to justify secession and war.
All of the following were strategies used to build the armies of the Civil War except:
kidnapping recent immigrants
Hood's attack at Franklin:
led to his army's slaughter
All of the following were advantages the North held over the South EXCEPT:
more experienced military leaders
Of all the women who served during the war, some 20,000 did so as:
nurses and other health-related volunteers
As Union commander, Grant was best characterized by his:
plan to relentlessly attack
To deal with disloyalty, Lincoln sometimes:
suspended habeas corpus
Slavery was ultimately eradicated by:
the Thirteenth Amendment
More than any other general, William T. Sherman recognized:
the connection between the South's economy, its morale, and its ability to wage war
One of the reasons that the First Battle of Bull Run was such a sobering experience for both North and South was that both sides
underestimated the other's strength and tenacity
The Emancipation Proclamation:
was justified by Lincoln as a military necessity
By late in the war, food in the Confederacy:
was outrageously expensive
At Gettysburg, the Confederate army:
was repulsed with terrible losses
The first real battle of the war:
was the First Battle of Bull Run
