apush ch. 14

The event that touched off the process of secession for the majority of southern states was

the election of Lincoln to the presidency

In his first inaugural address, Lincoln laid down all the following basic principles EXCEPT

the institution of slavery would not be allowed to continue anywhere in the United States

In 1861 the North went to war with the South primarily to

preserve the Union

Charles Sumner, Benjamin Wade, and Thaddeus Stevens were

radical Republicans

During the American Civil War, Great Britain adopted the policy of

remaining neutral, while permitting limited aid to the Confederates

The Battle of Antietam was

the bloodiest single day's fighting of the war

the context of the Civil War, a border state was

a slave state that did not secede from the Union

At the outset of the war, the North enjoyed all of the following advantages EXCEPT

a stronger will to fight

The Democratic platform of 1864 called for

a truce in the Civil War

General Ulysses S. Grant was known for his

aggressive assault on Confederate resources

The Emancipation Proclamation freed

all the slaves of the South except those already under Union control

By their enemies, Northern Peace Democrats were called

Copperheads

Before the Civil War broke out, Southern Senators favored a compromise plan known as the ________ Compromise

Crittenden

In the presidential election of 1864, the Democrats nominated

George B. McClellan

Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania was turned back after he lost a third of his forces at the Battle of

Gettysburg

As the Confederacy acquired more states, its capital was transferred from Montgomery to

Richmond

The victorious Union commanders who led the final major campaigns of the war were

Sherman and Grant

The first state to leave the Union after Lincoln's election was

South Carolina

The general who orchestrated the "March to the Sea" was

William T. Sherman

Technological advances in arms and artillery in the era of the Civil War resulted in

battles that featured almost inconceivable slaughter

During the Civil War, the Northern economy changed in that the

coal industry increased production

During the Civil War, the U.S. Congress

created a national banking system that could issue national bank notes

In the North, the Civil War had the effect on women of

hastening the conversion of nursing into a female occupatio

Had commercial farms to feed the troop

describes the North

Had the use of the navy

describes the North

President Lincoln responded to opposition to the war effort by

engaging in widespread suspension of civil liberties

The difficulties of the Union war effort included

extended supply lines across hostile territory

The death toll in the American Civil War was

far greater than that of any other American war

The militant leaders of the South in the mid-1800s were known as

fire-eaters

Of the over two million men who served in the Union armies, the largest number were men who

volunteered for service

During the Civil War, the economy of the South

was devastated by the widespread destruction

Among historians, the key question about the Civil War was

was the war inevitable?

Experiences of black soldiers in the Civil War included

• a heroic and deadly attempt to take Fort Wagner • a higher mortality rate than that of white soldiers • often being required to do menial labor • initially receiving pay that was lower than that of whites

The Union's objectives in the Civil War included

• destroying the Confederate armies • restoring federal authority in all of the states • preventing European powers from intervening in the war • establishing a naval blockade around the Confederacy

The Emancipation Proclamation was significant in that it

• established the elimination of slavery as a justification for the war • eventually freed thousands of slaves • helped to provide black volunteers for the Union Army • caused the freeing of slaves in border states before the end of the war

During the war, the Republican party enacted legislation designed to promote

• the rapid development of the West • the construction of a transcontinental railroad • a new national banking system • the use of paper money known as "greenbacks"

By late 1860, the divisive forces that had always existed within the United States were no longer counterbalanced by

•a respect for the Constitution • a romantic vision of America's great national destiny • a stable two-party system • a belief that the federal government was nonthreatening