APUSH - Chapter 13
Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the Civil War is correct?
For most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank.
The data in the tables indicate which of the following?
Confederate armies lost a greater proportion of its soldiers than did the Union.
Douglass' rhetoric in the excerpt was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following?
His advocacy for African American equal rights
After 1863, which of the following most fulfilled the "new birth of freedom" that the excerpt refers to?
Ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
Which of the following best explains Douglass' point of view in the excerpt?
Shared sacrifice would help advance African American men's claims to United States citizenship.
The statement above refers to conscription during which conflict?
The Civil War
The data in the first table most directly indicate which of the following about the professions of soldiers in the Civil War?
The Confederacy relied more heavily on agricultural workers to fill its armies than did the Union.
The data in the tables most likely indicate which of the following?
The Union had a larger and more diverse population of workers to enlist from than did the Confederacy.
Ideas expressed by Douglass in the excerpt were most likely interpreted as supporting which of the following arguments?
The war would make African Americans feel free.
On the eve of the Civil War, the South enjoyed an advantage over the North in
experienced military leadership
The Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, is considered pivotal to the outcome of the Civil War because it
forestalled the possibility of European intervention
Lincoln's main purpose in the excerpt was to
gain continued support for the war effort
During the Civil War, the Republican Party passed legislation promoting economic development concerning all of the following EXCEPT the
granting of government subsidies to encourage the export of manufactured goods
The Union's victory at Gettysburg was significant because it
halted the last major Confederate invasion of the North
Of the following, the most threatening problem for the Union from 1861 through 1863 was
possible British recognition of the Confederacy
In 1861 the North went to war with the South primarily to
preserve the Union
When the Emancipation Proclamation was issued at the beginning of 1863, its immediate effect was to
strengthen the moral cause of the Union
The belief by some Americans that the Civil War was "a rich man's war but a poor man's fight" was reflected in
the draft riots in New York City
At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, pro-Union sentiment was strong in western Virginia, eastern Tennessee, and western North Carolina primarily because
there were relatively few slaves or large plantations in these regions
