USI Quiz 10

The Homstead Act

1862 law that offered 160 acres of western land to settlers

Population in the North was 22 million in 1860, while the white population of the South in 1860 was

5.5 million.

Which of the following groups was a major target of the New York City draft riots?

NOT: Irish immigrants & white woman

As Lincoln withdrew forces in the West to protect areas in the East, tensions flared between the Indians and settlers, leading to

Sioux Indians killing hundreds of white farmers.

Which of the following was a Confederate advantage in fighting the Civil War?

The southern commander, General Lee, was a skilled tactician who hoped that a series of defeats would weaken the North's resolve.

What was the meaning of the Civil War for poet Bret Harte?

The war led to the sacrifice of individual soldiers.

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.

Lincoln was initially not concerned with the issue of slavery as his paramount concerns were to keep the border slave states in the Union and to build the broadest base of support in the North for the war effort.

True

More Americans died in the Civil War than in any other war in U.S. history.

True

During the first two years of the Civil War, most of the fighting took place in

Virginia and Maryland.

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

abolished slavery throughout the Union.

Northern Republicans labeled those opposed to the war

cooperheads

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

During the Civil War, the North instituted a draft, but the South never did.

false

Government involvement in the economy decreased during the Civil War.

false

Over the course of the war, Confederate troops were better supplied than Union troops.

false

Second Confiscation Act

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

The Civil War is sometimes called "the first modern war" because it used weapons and other technological advances of the industrial revolution. Which of the following was one of these advances?

railroads

Abraham Lincoln's January 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation freed

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

What was General Grant's strategy in 1864 that became a turning point in the war for ultimate Union victory?

to use as many Union troops on the battlefield as possible in a war of attrition