Historyyyy 200

Population in the North was 22 million in 1860, while the white population of the South in 1860 was A) 5.5 million. B) 3.5 million. C) 9 million. D) 8 million.

A) 5.5 million.

Most of the Union's victories in the first two years of the war occurred in the West, especially at A) Shiloh and New Orleans. B) Mobile and Fort Donelson. C) Vicksburg and Shiloh. D) Memphis and Fort Henry.

A) Shiloh and New Orleans.

At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862, A) northern forces suffered one of their worst defeats of the war. B) northern forces under General Ambrose E. Burnside battled General Robert E. Lee's army to a draw in bitter forest and trench warfare. C) the Confederacy, exhausted of their ammunition stores, were forced to retreat. D) "it was a massacre" of southern troops who were crushed by the onslaught of General Burnside's forces.

A) northern forces suffered one of their worst defeats of the war.

Of the more than 180,000 black men who served in the Union army during the Civil War, how many died of disease, of wounds, or in battle? A) one-third B) one one-hundredth C) one-quarter D) one-tenth

A) one-third

In 1860, Union forces destroyed the orchards and sheep of this tribe and forced 8,000 of their people to move to a new reservation, which is called A) Trail of Tears. B) Navajo's Long Walk. C) Oneida Trail. D) Arapaho Way.

B) Navajo's Long Walk.

As Lincoln withdrew forces in the West to protect areas in the East, tensions flared between the Indians and settlers, leading to A) the deaths of thousands of Apaches as they were defeated by Colonel Chivington at Sand Creek. B) Sioux Indians killing hundreds of white farmers. C) peaceful assimilation by the Cherokees to avoid violence with their tribes. D) settlers taking the law into their own hands, establishing martial law in all the western territories.

B) Sioux Indians killing hundreds of white farmers.

Abraham Lincoln's January 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation freed A) the slaves only in areas controlled by Union forces. B) some slaves, but exempted those in areas under Union control. C) all the slaves in the United States, "henceforth and forever more." D) the slaves in the border states of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.

B) some slaves, but exempted those in areas under Union control.

At Vicksburg in July 1863, A) the battle was a draw. B) the Union, under Ulysses S. Grant's leadership, was victorious. C) the Confederacy, under John C. Pemberton's leadership, was victorious. D) the battle saw the greatest number of dead on a single day of battle during the war.

B) the Union, under Ulysses S. Grant's leadership, was victorious.

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"? A)Second Inaugural B)Gettysburg Address C) Emancipation Proclamation D) Freeport Speech

B)Gettysburg Address

In an effort to expand the Confederacy into western areas, Confederate units from Texas in 1861 invaded A)Nevada. B)New Mexico. C) Utah. D) California.

B)New Mexico.

Which of the following was a Confederate advantage in fighting the Civil War? A) The Confederate States of America had a larger population than the Union from which to draw military personnel. B) The Confederate army did not have to fight the majority of the war's battles on home territory. C) The leading southern commander, General Robert E. Lee, was a brilliant battlefield tactician and served as head of the Confederate army throughout the entire war. D) The Confederacy produced more goods and services than the Union toward supporting the war effort.

C) The leading southern commander, General Robert E. Lee, was a brilliant battlefield tactician and served as head of the Confederate army throughout the entire war.

During the first two years of the Civil War, most of the fighting took place in A)Georgia and South Carolina. B) New York and Virginia. C) Virginia and Maryland. D) Delaware and New Jersey.

C) Virginia and Maryland.

During the Civil War, the term "contraband camps" was used to refer to A) places where items seized by the port authority for failure to pay tariffs and other indemnities were held. B) camps in which materials such as rifles and gunpowder were kept. C) camps of fugitive slaves. D) areas where food and animals could be raised in order to feed the military.

C) camps of fugitive slaves.

General William T. Sherman moved his forces from Tennessee into this state, seizing the main railroad center in 1864. A) Alabama B) Mississippi C) Kentucky D) Georgia

D) Georgia

Abraham Lincoln was a firm supporter of votes for black Americans prior to the Civil War. True or False

False

General George B. McClellan was notorious for his military recklessness. True or False

False

Northern Republicans labeled those opposed to the war A) Copperheads. B) Cottonmouths. C) Diamondbacks. D) Blacklegs.

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As the Civil War progressed, millions of northerners who had not been abolitionists became convinced that preserving the Union as an embodiment of liberty required the destruction of slavery. True or False

True

Before going off to war, many Civil War soldiers sat for photographs, which were reproduced on small cards and distributed to friends and loved ones. True or Fasle

True

Black soldiers played a crucial role in winning the Civil War and in defining the war's consequences. True or False

True