The American Civil War 4

Which of the following was NOT a way that the Civil War was a modern war?

Advanced technology in the medical field allowed doctors and nurses to treat soldiers more effectively.

On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederacy surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at ________________________, Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant

Appomattox Courthouse

After two days without success at Gettysburg, what tactic did General Lee decide to use?

Direct attack

Which of the following was the highest cause of death for Union and Confederate soldiers in the Civil War?

Disease

Which of the following is a reason that the Civil War was so deadly?

Generals used old strategies in a world with new technologies capable of incredible destruction.

Lincoln understood the importance of the ______________ ___________ because he knew that the world was watching to see if American democracy would survive.

Gettysburg Address

During the Civil War, what was the ultimate outcome at Vicksburg?

Grant made a risky move by crossing the Mississippi and ultimately defeated two Confederate armies.

Which of the following was a duty of the Freedman's Bureau? [Select all that apply.]

Help freedmen negotiate contracts. Give medical care to recently freed slaves. Set up schools for recently freed slaves.

Lincoln's 1863 Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, also known as the Ten Percent Plan, allowed for what?

It allowed Confederate states to form a loyal government when 10% of those who had voted in 1860 took an oath of allegiance to the Union.

Which of the following best describes the Sanitary Commission?

It was a Northern institution (primarily run by women) that helped stop the spread of disease by promoting good hygiene and nutrition and providing medical attention.

Which of the following is true of many former slaves directly after emancipation? [Select all that apply.]

Many freed blacks became socially and economically dependent on their former masters. With few skills, little education, and no land of their own, former slaves struggled to break free of the social constructs still in place. Measures giving freed blacks land taken from Confederate leaders, such as the Confiscation Act of 1862, were blocked.

Even before the war ended, preparing for ______________ set off an intense power struggle between the president and Congress.

Reconstruction

_____________ was the post-Civil War task of rebuilding Southern society and bringing it back into a right relationship with the federal government.

Reconstruction

At Chancellorsville, ___________ felt that he had "lost" his "right arm" when Stonewall Jackson was mistakenly shot by his own men.

Robert E. Lee

Which of the following best describes the most lasting environmental impact of the Civil War?

The destruction of the Southern landscape

Even before the Civil War ended, preparing for Reconstruction set off an intense power struggle between what two entities?

The president and Congress

What did the conspirators behind the Lincoln assassination plot hope to achieve? [Select all that apply.]

They hoped to revive the Confederate cause. They hoped to throw the federal government into confusion.

Which of the following was also part of the conspiracy to kill President Lincoln? [Select all that apply.]

To kill Secretary of State William H. Seward To kill Vice President Andrew Johnson

Which of the following was NOT one of Grant's decisions regarding the war in Virginia?

To make slow, cautious movements in the hopes that the Confederacy would fall elsewhere

Which of the following were among Grant's decisions regarding the war in Virginia toward the end of the Civil War? [Select all that apply.]

To use the brutal tactics of total war against the population To prosecute a war of attrition with the side not counting casualties coming out as the victor To use his brutal policies to wear down the Army of Northern Virginia

On April 9, 1865, to whom did General Robert E. Lee of the Confederacy surrender the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Courthouse?

Ulysses S. Grant

Many historians frame the Civil War as the _____________ of American history because nothing was the same after this crisis.

centerpiece

Although the entrenched views of the roles of women remained, the war offered women more opportunities outside of the __________ sphere, including supporting the war effort as nurses or taking jobs such as clerks or managers.

domestic

During the Civil War, Lincoln's overuse of _____________ power greatly angered Radical Republicans, particularly while trying to plan Reconstruction.

executive

One of the greatest and most significant impacts of the Civil War was an enormous shift in power away from states and toward the _____________ government.

fedral

To this day, Union general William T. Sherman embodies the concept of _________ _____

total war

Who was John Wilkes Booth?

A Confederate extremist who assassinated Lincoln