1301 Hist Ch 15 and 16

At Gettysburg, the Confederate army: A. was repulsed with terrible losses. B. broke through the Union center. C. captured the town of Gettysburg with its valuable supplies. D. led the Confederate retreat. E. was sent south to relieve Vicksburg.

A. was repulsed with terrible losses.

After the House of Representatives impeached President Johnson, the Senate failed to convict him by just one vote. A. True B. False

A. True

For many American women, the Civil War loosened traditional restraints on female activity. A. True B. False

A. True

General Grant's strategy was to relentlessly attack the Confederates and keep fighting until they were worn out. A. True B. False

A. True

The First Battle of Bull Run was a Union defeat. A. True B. False

A. True

Waving "the bloody shirt" meant referring to the Civil War and the southern rebellion in order to discredit political opponents. A. True B. False

A. True

All of the following statements about the formation of black army units are true, EXCEPT that: A. black army units never saw any significant action. B. the U.S. War Department Bureau of Colored Troops recruited free blacks and freed slaves, 80 percent of whom came from southern states. C. blacks were paid less than their white counterparts. D. blacks could not be commissioned officers. E. only after the Emancipation Proclamation did the Union army recruit blacks in large numbers.

A. black army units never saw any significant action.

Johnson's Proclamation of Amnesty excluded: A. everybody with taxable property worth more than $20,000. B. the freedmen. C. the small farmers. D. the British. E. northern industrialists.

A. everybody with taxable property worth more than $20,000.

Draftees on either side who chose not to serve had the legal option to: A. hire a substitute. B. leave the country. C. volunteer for community service instead. D. claim insanity. E. claim to be a pacifist.

A. hire a substitute.

Hood's attack at Franklin: A. led to his army's slaughter. B. forced Sherman to abandon Atlanta. C. made him one of the South's greatest heroes. D. recaptured key rail lines. E. restored Tennessee to Confederate control.

A. led to his army's slaughter.

Lincoln replaced McClellan as Union commander because McClellan was overly aggressive. A. True B. False

B. False

The Fifteenth Amendment freed the slaves. A. True B. False

B. False

The Fourteenth Amendment recognized the validity of Confederate debts. A. True B. False

B. False

The North's victory in the Civil War was guaranteed because the South enjoyed no significant advantages over the Union. A. True B. False

B. False

The South emerged from the Civil War with a strong, diversified economy. A. True B. False

B. False

Emancipation had what impact on the South? A. It ended cotton cultivation throughout the region. B. It left the South's agricultural economy in disarray. C. It resulted in the immediate rebound of tobacco production. D. It eliminated racial prejudice in many states. E. It encouraged reconciliation with the North.

B. It left the South's agricultural economy in disarray.

During Reconstruction, African Americans: A. passively awaited developments. B. attempted to establish schools. C. normally joined integrated churches. D. terrorized their former masters. E. refused to work for wages.

B. attempted to establish schools.

The 1866 congressional elections: A. showed public approval of Johnson's policies. B. gave Republicans veto-proof majorities. C. encouraged the South to be even more defiant. D. were the first in which blacks could vote. E. reduced the influence of the Radicals.

B. gave Republicans veto-proof majorities.

Johnson's Reconstruction plan: A. completely repudiated Lincoln's. B. would restore the Union fairly quickly. C. gave the vote to all black men. D. aimed to keep elite planters in power. E. would leave the South completely unchanged.

B. would restore the Union fairly quickly.

At the Battle of Chancellorsville: A. the Union turned back a Confederate invasion. B. Lee displayed his typical caution. C. Lee gave Hooker a lesson in the art of "elusive mobility." D. black troops turned the tide for the Union. E. General Hooker delivered the big victory that Lincoln had been seeking.

C. Lee gave Hooker a lesson in the art of "elusive mobility."

Ulysses S. Grant: A. was elected president in 1868, despite the heavy black Democratic vote. B. brought confidence and honesty to a national government torn by Reconstruction. C. brought little political experience and judgment to the presidency. D. pushed for civil service reform throughout his presidency. E. was nominated by both major parties in the 1868 election.

C. brought little political experience and judgment to the presidency.

All of the following were strategies used to build the armies of the Civil War, EXCEPT: A. calling for volunteers. B. implementing a draft. C. kidnapping recent immigrants. D. allowing former military personnel to reenlist. E. using currently enlisted military personnel.

C. kidnapping recent immigrants.

Slavery was ultimately eradicated by: A. the Emancipation Proclamation. B. Lee's surrender. C. the Thirteenth Amendment. D. an act of Congress. E. divine intervention.

C. the Thirteenth Amendment.

As the Civil War dragged on, increasing numbers of enslaved blacks in the South: A. volunteered to help the Confederacy. B. remained neutral. C. worked in a variety of ways to undermine and weaken the Confederacy. D. fled to Canada. E. enslaved their former masters.

C. worked in a variety of ways to undermine and weaken the Confederacy.

Under Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction: A. loyal governments appeared in five states, but Congress refused to recognize them. B. loyal governments were recognized by Congress in three southern states. C. 10 percent of elected officials in a state had to be black. D. 10 percent of the 1860 voters had to take an oath of allegiance to the Union. E. leading Confederates would be sent to prison.

D. 10 percent of the 1860 voters had to take an oath of allegiance to the Union.

The military death toll in the Civil War was roughly: A. 1 million. B. 140,000. C. 375,000. D. 730,000. E. 2 million.

D. 730,000.

At the Appomattox Court House: A. Jefferson Davis was captured. B. Joseph Johnston led his last attack against Sherman. C. the last battle of the war took place. D. Lee surrendered to Grant. E. the Confederates shifted to guerrilla warfare.

D. Lee surrendered to Grant.

Which of the following statements best describes the Civil War at the end of 1862? A. Union troops had a definite edge in the East. B. Union troops had a definite edge in the West. C. After the decisive victories at Fredericksburg and Antietam, Union officers anticipated a quick end to the war. D. The war in the East was a virtual deadlock. E. The recruitment of black troops had given the North a huge advantage.

D. The war in the East was a virtual deadlock.

The Compromise of 1877: A. gave the White House to Tilden. B. ended the North-South division. C. protected the civil rights of ex-slaves. D. ended Reconstruction. E. kept federal troops in the Deep South.

D. ended Reconstruction.

At the beginning of the Civil War, the North: A. generated less farm production than the South. B. had about the same extent of railroad development as the South. C. produced almost 60 percent of the nation's manufactures. D. had an edge of about 4 to 1 in potential manpower. E. had fewer ships and firearms than the South.

D. had an edge of about 4 to 1 in potential manpower.

Service in the Union army or navy benefitted many freedmen because it: A. offered training on how to kill former Confederates. B. instilled a respect for the former Confederacy. C. opened a secret supply of weapons for planned rebellions. D. provided training in leadership and alerted them to new opportunities in economic advancement and civic leadership. E. offered a quicker avenue to true racial equality.

D. provided training in leadership and alerted them to new opportunities in economic advancement and civic leadership.

What issue did the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates largely agree on during the 1876 campaign? A. keeping federal troops stationed in the South B. allowing states the right to secede C. protecting black civil rights as a top priority D. relaxing federal authority in the South E. supporting universal female suffrage

D. relaxing federal authority in the South

President Johnson fully broke with Congress in 1866 when he: A. made a drunken appearance in public. B. spoke in favor of the "black codes." C. released Jefferson Davis from prison. D. vetoed the Civil Rights Act. E. addressed the Radicals in profane language.

D. vetoed the Civil Rights Act.

By late in the war, food in the Confederacy: A. was imported from England. B. remained plentiful. C. could not be purchased with paper money. D. was outrageously expensive. E. was limited to vegetables.

D. was outrageously expensive.

How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the nature of the Civil War? A. It freed all the slaves, including those in the border states that remained loyal to the Union. B. It put the momentum squarely on the side of the Confederacy. C. It prompted the Confederacy to surrender. D. It caused the remaining border states to leave the Union and join the Confederacy. E. It transformed the Civil War from a war to restore the Union to a struggle over slavery.

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

All of the following statements about the Fifteenth Amendment are true, EXCEPT that: A. Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia ratified it before being readmitted. B. it forbade the states to deny any person the vote on grounds of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." C. Congress rescinded Georgia's readmission and insisted it ratify the amendment before regaining its readmission. D. Kentucky did not ratify it. E. it ended slavery.

E. it ended slavery.

The South had a chance to win the Civil War despite substantial northern advantages because: A. it immediately attacked Washington, D.C. B. it mobilized women to fight in the conflict. C. it was equal to the North in manpower if you count the slaves. D. the North needed southern markets to maintain its economic advantage. E. it had the advantage of fighting a defensive war.

E. it had the advantage of fighting a defensive war.

In South Carolina, the fact that lower-class whites enjoyed unprecedented political power under Radical Republican rule: A. generated unexpected support for Radical Reconstruction among southern white elites. B. resulted in a rebellion that overthrew the reconstructed South Carolina state government. C. enabled the state legislature to reinstitute legal slavery. D. helped keep corruption from becoming a problem in the state government. E. led many former Confederate leaders to oppose the Radical state legislature.

E. led many former Confederate leaders to oppose the Radical state legislature.

The Liberal Republicans: A. supported Grant. B. were controlled by Grant. C. backed Radical Reconstruction. D. were a faction of southern ex-Whigs. E. opposed Grant.

E. opposed Grant.

Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth: A. supported the Radical Republicans. B. used a high-powered rifle. C. was never apprehended. D. shot him during a speech. E. was a pro-Confederate actor.

E. was a pro-Confederate actor.