HIS 201 - Chapter 14

Monitor and Merrimac were:

ironclad ships.

When did Great Britain abolish slavery in its empire?

1830s

In what year did slavery officially end in the Western Hemisphere?

1863

Fewer than 50,000 blacks served in the Union army during the war. (T/F)

False

In Lincoln's Ten-Percent Plan, blacks played a predominant role in Reconstruction. (T/F)

False

Medical knowledge had made great strides in the first half of the nineteenth century; thus few soldiers died from wounds, infections, or diseases during the Civil War. (T/F)

False

Lincoln spoke of "a new birth of freedom" for the nation in his:

Gettysburg Address

On both sides, the outbreak of war stirred powerful feelings of patriotism. (T/F)

True

The New York City draft riots, begun as an attempt to resist the draft, turned into an assault on the city's black population. (T/F)

True

The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer regiment is best known as:

a regiment of free blacks who charged Fort Wagner, South Carolina.