APUSH Chapter 21

What was the Wilderness Campaign? a. Grant's combat strategy focusing on man-to-man confrontation in the Virginia countryside. b. Lee's effort to turn the tide of the war back in the South's favor by fighting on familiar terrain. c. A series of battles culminating in the fighting at Gettysburg. d. Battles between Union forces and Indians on the western frontier. e. Grant's strategy to focus on trench warfare.

a. Grant's combat strategy focusing on man-to-man confrontation in the Virginia countryside.

How did Southerners manage their slave population during the Civil War? a. They established home guards to protect against insurrection and flight. b. They enlisted slaves in the army. c. They kept potentially unruly slaves in shackles or prisons for much of the war. d. They used slaves as spies against approaching Union troops. e. They offered slaves money and better working conditions as incentives to aid the Confederate effort and prevent slave uprisings.

a. They established home guards to protect against insurrection and flight.

Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the Civil War? a. Secession and nullification were put to rest. b. Relationships with Britain and France were stressed. c. A pro-South fanatic shot and killed the president. d. Champions of Liberalism and democracy around the world were inspired to further those aims for themselves. e. Slavery at home and beyond, was ultimately abolished.

b. Relationships with Britain and France were stressed.

The outcome of the Peninsula Campaign to take Richmond in 1862 is significant because it a. was the first Southern victory. b. prolonged the war and began to attach slavery to the cause. c. was among the most violent conflicts of the war, taking 10,000 Union soldiers' lives and 20,000 Confederates'. d. was McClellan's shining moment. e. inspired Union leaders to shift their expectations from a short battle to a long and bloody war.

b. prolonged the war and began to attach slavery to the cause.

All of the following opposed the Lincoln administration during the Civil War and the election of 1864 EXCEPT a. Copperheads b. the Union Party. c. Peace Democrats. d. the Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War. e. General McClellan

b. the Union Party.

The 1863 Battle of Gettysburg a. ended the Civil War. b. was considered the "high tide of the Confederacy". c. was a decisive win for the South. d. marked General Ulysses S. Grant's first Union Victory. e. enabled Union troops to claim the life of the masterful Confederate general Stonewall Jackson.

b. was considered the "high tide of the Confederacy".

How did the Battle of Bull Run affect the beginning of the Civil War? a. It showed the might of the Union Army. b. It forced the North to take the prowess of the Southern military seriously. c. It gave the South an exaggerated sense of confidence. d. It was a draw. e. It hinted that the war would not be over quickly.

c. It gave the South an exaggerated sense of confidence.

General William Tecumseh Sherman is most remembered for his a. rejection of the concept of total war. b. well-disciplined troops. c. march to the sea. d. capture of North Carolina e. destruction of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

c. march to the sea.

Union general George McClellan is best remembered for his a. brilliant sense of timing in battle. b. unwillingness to risk the lives of his men. c. slow to act. d. preference for attacking by water. e. lightning-fast attacks.

c. slow to act.

The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 a. freed all slaves throughout the US. b. freed slaves in Confederate and boarder states. c. was a symbolic statement of justice. d. officially and permanently ended slavery. e. was meant as an appeal to now former slaves to serve in the Union army.

c. was a symbolic statement of justice.

Initially in doubt, Lincoln's reelection was ultimately secured as voting day neared in 1864 by a. a lack of strong competition for the presidency. b. the solid backing of the Copperheads. c. his choice of the popular Andrew Johnson as his running mate. d. a series of Union military victories. e. support from Peace Democrats.

d. a series of Union military victories.

The battle at Antietam is considered a decisive moment in the Civil War for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that a. the display of Union military might kept France and England from attempting to intervene. b. McClellan's success was based on discovery of Lee's battle plans. c. it gave Lincoln the confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. d. it marked the advent of iron-clad ships. e. it changed the character and goals of the war.

d. it marked the advent of iron-clad ships.

The Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence followed a similar line of reasoning because both a. listed grievances against the opposition. b. discussed the permanence of the Union. c. memorialized the men that died for their cause. d. relied on the idea that all men are created equal. e. became landmark documents in American history.

d. relied on the idea that all men are created equal.

Which of the following was NOT part of Union military strategy against the South? a. Cause havoc by liberating the slaves b. Blockade Southern seacoasts c. Capture the Mississippi d. Seize Richmond e. Grind the Confederacy to dust by sending troops through Maryland and Virginia.

e. Grind the Confederacy to dust by sending troops through Maryland and Virginia.

Which of these battles proved to be General Grant's greatest showing in the war? a. Shiloh b. Port Hudson c. Gettysburg d. Fort Donelson e. Vicksburg

e. Vicksburg

Before the war actually ended, initial attempts for a negotiated peace broke down because a. Southerners reviled Lincoln. b. Lincoln was assassinated. c. Jefferson Davis insisted on a place in the reformed Union government. d. the Union insisted that the South bear the entire financial cost of the war. e. the South wanted to retain its independence.

e. the South wanted to retain its independence.