TJC US History Chapter 15

Who or what were known as contrabands during the Civil War?

thousands of slaves who showed up in Union army camps and sought protection and freedom as the war expanded, thereby helping push the issue of emancipation

Which of the following came to be Grant's strategy as a commander?

waging a relentless war of attrition such as by confiscating or destroying civilian property

By late in the war, food in the Confederacy

was outrageously expensive

Which of the following battles led to the Confederates losing control of the Mississippi River, cutting the Confederacy in two?

Vicksburg

Which of the following were later Union victories that seemed to turn the tide against the Confederacy?

Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga

Why was Lyons Wakeman a significant figure during the Civil War?

Wakeman, like hundreds of soldiers on both sides, was a woman who disguised her gender to serve in the war.

The South had a chance to win the Civil War despite substantial northern advantages because

it had the emotional and geographic advantage of fighting a defensive war.

To deal with disloyalty, Lincoln resorted to

suspending habeas corpus.

The United States Congress passed numerous acts that reflected the economic platform of which major American political groups?

the Republicans and the old Whig party

Which of the following did the Union Congress accomplish during the Civil War?

the approval of the transcontinental railroad and the raising of tariff rates to encourage economic development

Which of the following was the outcome of Hood's attack at Franklin?

the slaughter of Hood's army

Which of the following characterized the events along the Kansas-Missouri border during the Civil War?

the transformation of the conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in the 1850s into brutal guerrilla warfare

What did the "Anaconda" Plan's main offensive aspect involve?

the use of the major river systems of the South by invading Union forces as a means of slowly trapping the southern resistance

What was the outcome of the Battle of Perryville?

A Union victory after sending reinforcements to fight General Braxton Bragg's army helped secure Union control of Kentucky for the rest of the war.

Which of the following is true of the Emancipation Proclamation?

As commander in chief, Lincoln justified it by describing it as a military necessity.

What was the significance of the state of Kentucky at the start of the war?

Because it was a neutral, slaveholding state, Lincoln was determined to bring it to the Union side to make victory more likely and suppressed all talk of abolition.

Much of Confederate leaders' diplomatic efforts were aimed at ________ because ________.

Britain; they wrongly assumed Britain would need to continue importing their cotton

What were Lincoln's most dangerous political foes, which were strongest in northern states where many former southerners resided, known as?

Copperheads

Which of the following statements about African Americans army units in the Union is accurate?

Despite lower pay than whites, they saw significant action and suffered heavy losses.

What was the cause of the New York City draft riots in 1863?

Following the Emancipation Proclamation, northern laborers were worried that freed slaves would eventually move north, resulting in job competition.

Which of the following statements accurately describes experiences of women during the Civil War?

For many American women, the Civil War loosened traditional restraints on female activity.

Which of the following generals famously obtained a nickname for "standing like a stone wall" during the First Battle of Bull Run and would go on to become the most celebrated and feared Confederate general?

General Thomas Jackson

Which of the following took place at Petersburg?

Grant had chased Lee's troops and put the trapped Confederates under siege.

Which of the following statements accurately describes William T. Sherman's role as a general?

He led a successful campaign through Georgia called the March to Sea, which many southerners viewed as an example of northern tyranny.

Which of the following occurred at the Battle of Chancellorsville?

In Lee's last significant victory, Hooker and the Union forces experienced a devastating defeat.

Which of the following statements about conscription during the Civil War is accurate?

In both the North and South, conscription was met with widespread resentment and downright refusal, as some draftees who had the means sought out loopholes.

Which of the following occurred at Gettysburg?

In the most dramatic battle of the war, the Confederate army experienced incredible losses.

At the beginning of the Civil War, what was true of the North?

It had an edge of significantly more potential manpower.

What effect did the Union naval blockade of southern ports have on the Confederacy?

It quickly choked off southern commercial activity, including the flow of goods and military weapons to and from Europe.

How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the nature of the Civil War?

It transformed the Civil War from a war to restore the Union to a struggle over slavery.

What was one of the reasons why the First Battle of Bull Run was significant?

It was a sobering experience for both the North and the South because they underestimated one another's strength, and it became clear the war would not be decided right away as many thought.

What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam?

It was a turning point in that it revived northern morale and ended the Confederacy's hopes of gaining foreign alliances with Britain and France.

To what does the "Anaconda" Plan refer?

It was the initial three-pronged Union strategy that included, among other things, a blockade of the southern coast to strangle the South.

Why is the battle at Fort Donelson significant?

It was the site of one of the first major Union victories, as the most important early battles in the war had happened in the West.

Which of the following occurred at Appomattox Court House?

Lee surrendered to Grant.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the positions of everyday Confederates during the war?

Many Confederates were driven by the belief that if they lost the war, southern whites would face their own enslavement.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the response of increasing numbers of enslaved African Americans in the South as the Civil War dragged on?

Many took advantage of the war's confusion by running away, fighting, or helping to sabotage the Confederacy.

What was the Peninsular Campaign?

McClellan's unsuccessful plan to re-initiate substantial fighting in the East by moving the Union army toward the mouth of the James River in Virginia

Who emerged from the Second Battle of Bull Run as a standout general?

Robert E. Lee

Why is it an unsatisfactory argument that the Civil War began primarily as a southern fight to defend liberty and the right of self-government?

Slavery was the actual reason southern leaders used to justify secession and war.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the way in which the Confederacy funded the war?

The Confederate Congress issued many taxes, which were poorly enforced, as well as large amounts of paper money, which caused economic distress due to price increases.

Slavery was ultimately eradicated by

The Thirteenth Amendment

What was the outcome of the Battle of Shiloh?

The Union made a remarkable comeback under Grant's leadership after seeming defeat, but it was the costliest battle Americans had engaged in up to that point.

What was the outcome of the Battle of New Orleans?

The Union won a great naval victory that proved to be a terrible setback to the southern economy, giving the Union control of many cotton plantations and liberating tens of thousands of slaves.

What was the state of the Civil War at the end of 1862?

The war in the East was a virtual deadlock.

Why did Confederate President Jefferson Davis's greatest challenges come from other southern politicians?

Their insistence on states' rights made it difficult for the Confederate government to exert its authority.

Which side did German immigrants tend to support during the Civil War and why?

They overwhelmingly supported the Union because the Confederacy reminded them of the suppression of democracy experienced in the German states from which they had fled.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the activity of Native American tribes during the Civil War?

Thousands of Native Americans fought on either side, including some who supported the Confederates because they, too, had enslaved African Americans.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the main goal of each side as the war started?

Whereas the Confederacy sought to prove itself in such a way that the United States and other countries would recognize its independence, the United States sought to restore the Union.

The Homestead Act and Morrill Land Grant College Act of 1862 were both examples of the federal government promoting economic growth through

gifts of free land in exchange for something, such as work or the creation of public universities.