Apush Quiz

Union General______ experienced much more early n the West, claiming victories at Fort Henry & Fort Donelson.

Ulysses Grant

The simultaneous defeats of the cofederate army at the Battled of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania and ______ in Mississippi dealt a heavy blow to Southern Morale.

Vicksburg

The emancipation proclamation of January 1, 1863, ________. A) did not apply to the border slave states that had not seceded B) freed slaves throughout the United States C) was very popular with voters associated with the Democratic party D) was declared unconstutional by the US Supreme Court later that year

A) did not apply to the border slave states that had not seceded

New Technology, like railroad systems, Ironclads, and modern rifles, proved to be significant factors in the Civil War. True False

True

Lincoln spoke of " a new birth of freedom" for the nation in his ______. A) First inaugural Adress B) Gettysburg Adress C) Second Inaugural address D) Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

B) Gettysburg Adress

Who was offered a command in the Union army, but declined because of his devotion to his native state? A) Jefferson Davis B) Robert E. Lee C) Alexander Stephens D) Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

B) Robert E. Lee

Among the Confederacys advantages during the civil war was_____. A) thats its rail network was more advanced than the Unions B) its large size which made it more diffucult for the union to conquer C) that the lower south had long had significant manucatoring facilities D) that so many of its men volunteered to fih that it never resorted to draft

B) its large size which made it more diffucult for the union to conquer

The Union's manpower advantage over the Confederacy________. A) was short-lived once the Confederacy began using soldiers B) proved essential for the success of Grant's attrition strategy C) was rather slight D) altough subtantial, did not matter in determining the war's outcome

B) proved essential for the success of Grant's attrition strategy

At Antietam, _________. A) General Lee was successful and pushed north into Pennsylvania B) the nation suffered more casualties than on any other day in its history C) the Union's river fleet proved crucial to the outcome D) Lincoln announced the Thirteen Amendment

B) the nation suffered more casualties than on any other day in its history

The First Battle of _____ was the first significant engagement between the two sides, resulting in a chaotic retreat of the Union soldiers, as well as northern on-lookers

Bull Run

What was a major part of the Anaconda Plan? A) to assassinate lincoln B) Sherman's march to the sea C) a naval blockade of the South D) the storming of Richmond early in the war

C) a naval blockade of the South

The "Sea Island Expieriment" refers to _______. A) the Confederacy's trial use of slaves as soldiers along the South Carolina coast B) a US government plan to introduce adavaced technology to southern farming in order to decrease the need for slaves C) northern reformers' efforts to assist former slaves with the transition to freedom D) the code name for the Confederate navy's submarine-building program

C) northern reformers' efforts to assist former slaves with the transition to freedom

The Wade- Davis Bill in 1864________. A) received strong support from congressional Democrats but not from republicans B) called for a least two-thirds of a southern state's voters to take a loyalty oath C) showed Radical Republican's frustration with Lincoln's Reconstruction plan D) failed to recieve sufficient votes in the Senate and therefore died

C) showed Radical Republican's frustration with Lincoln's Reconstruction plan

Northern Democrats that wanted peace were called_______.

Copperheads

The Thirteenth Amendment _____. A) specifically gave black men the right to vote B) defined US citizenship to include African- Americans C) was strongly supported abolished slavery throughout the United States by Democrats in 1864 D) abolished slavery throughout the United States

D) abolished slavery throughout the United States

Lincoln's vision during the Civil War_______. A) allowed for African- Americans to achieve freedom because they already lived in the United States, but did not extend to immigrants B) was essentially that of the Democratic party: an activist federal government building up American industry C) was best expressed in his words, "as he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free" D) was that the American nation embodied a set of universal ideals rooted in political democracy and human freedom

D) was that the American nation embodied a set of universal ideals rooted in political democracy and human freedom

Southern Unionist______, was important to the North's success, as she passed information about the confederacy's plans to Union forces.

Elizabeth Van Lew

An Irish Catholic mob turned to violence in ______ after the frustrations emerged about the institution of a draft to enlarge the army.

New York

In the Largest battle ever on the North American continent, Robert E. Lee's order of an offensive called____ proved to be his greatest blunder of the war.

Pickkets Charge

A large Portion of the battles in the Civil war were fought in the area between Washington, DC,____, VA

Richmond