Give Me Liberty! Ch. 14

By 1862, how many states composed the Confederate States of America?

11

In an effort to expand the Confederacy into western areas, __________.

Confederate units from Texas in 1861 invaded New Mexico

Northern Republicans labeled those opposed to the war __________.

Copperheads

General William T. Sherman moved his forces from Tennessee into this state, seizing the main railroad center in 1864.

Georgia

Which of the following is a true statement about Ulysses S. Grant before the Civil War?

He resigned from the army in part because of allegations of excessive drinking.

In 1860, Union forces destroyed the orchards and sheep of this tribe and forced 8,000 of their people to move to a new reservation, which is called __________.

Navajo's Long Walk

Most of the Union's victories in the first two years of the war occurred in the West, especially at __________.

Shiloh and New Orleans

A major hindrance during the outbreak of war included this railroad situation.

There was no national railroad gauge so trains built for one line could not run on another.

What describes the Battle of Antietam?

This was the bloodiest battle of the war.

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in December 1865 __________.

abolished slavery throughout the Union

During the Civil War, the term "contraband camps" was used to refer to __________.

camps of fugitive slaves

What did Frederick Douglass encourage African-Americans in the North to do as part of the war effort after 1863?

enlist in the United States Army

The Second Confiscation Act __________.

liberated slaves of disloyal owners in Union-occupied territory, as well as slaves who escaped to Union lines

George E. Pickett's crack division __________.

marched across an open field toward Union forces into withering gunfire in July 1863 at Gettysburg

At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862, __________.

northern forces suffered one of their worst defeats of the war

The Homestead Act took effect on January 1, 1863, and __________.

offered 160 acres of free public land to settlers in the West

Of the more than 180,000 black men who served in the Union army during the Civil War, how many died of disease, of wounds, or in battle?

one-third

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

second Confiscation Act; Siege of Vicksburg; congressional passage of Thirteenth Amendment

The Emancipation Proclamation freed:

some slaves, but exempted those in areas under Union control.

Spiritualism, in the sense that Mary Todd Lincoln and others perceived it grew in popularity with such devices as __________.

séances

What military action started the American Civil War?

the Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter

Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation immediately following __________.

the battle of Antietam

A Sanitary Fair is a grand bazaar that raised money for __________.

the care of Union soldiers

Which of the following was the Gettysburg Address specifically designed to communicate?

the need for national reunion

At Vicksburg in July 1863, the Union, under Ulysses S. Grant's leadership, __________.

was victorious