Chapter 21 Quiz
Arrange the following in chronological order: (A) the Battle of Bull Run, (B) the Battle of Gettysburg, (C) Lee's surrender at Appomattox, and (D) the Battle of Antietam
A, D, B, C
When it was issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in
Confederate states still in rebellion against the United States
The political group in the North most dangerous to the Union cause was the
Copperheads
The two major battles of the Civil War fought on Union soil were
Gettysburg and Antietam
The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because
Union victory meant that the Southern cause was doomed
During the Civil War,
blacks were enlisted by the Union army only after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued
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 Union victory at Vicksburg was of major importance for all of the following reasons except
it was the last major battle of the Civil War
The Battle of Antietam was particularly critical because it
probably prevented intervention by Britain and France on behalf of the Confederacy
At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln favored
quick military action to show the folly of secession
The Emancipation Proclamation had the effect of
strengthening the moral cause and diplomatic position of the Union
Scholars dispute whether the Civil War marked a watershed in American history for all of the following reasons except
the Union victory did not have a significant effect on the constitutional expansion of federal government power
One of the key developments enabling the Union to stop the Confederate thrust into the North at Antietam was
the Union's discovery of General Robert E. Lee's battle plans
The Union's defeat in battle at Bull Run in 1861 was better than a victory because
the defeat caused Northerners to face up to the reality of a long, difficult war
The Civil War resulted in all of the following except
the end of protective tariffs and isolationism