CH. 15 U.S. History

Initially the Confederacy sought King Cotton diplomacy, a strategy based on the belief that

A. European nations' need for cotton would lead them to support the Confederacy.

Which general won the battle of Gettysburg?

A. George G. Meade

Why did southerners believe they had a real chance of winning the Civil War?

A. Southern men believed they were physically tougher than northern men.

Why did some states in the Upper South opt for secession from the Union?

A. They felt betrayed, believing that Lincoln had promised to achieve a peaceful reunion.

Most northerners viewed secession as

A. an attack on the rule of law.

What happened in the loyal border states of Missouri and Kentucky during the Civil War?

B. A violent pro-southern minority remained sympathetic to the southern cause.

How many of the fifteen slave states joined the Confederacy?

B. Eleven

What disadvantage did the South face when it came to supplying the Confederate armies?

B. It lacked the resources available to the North.

What was the significance of the Battle of Shiloh?

B. The Union victory ruined the Confederacy's chances to take control of the West.

How did northerners view the Civil War once it began?

C. It was a struggle to preserve the Union.

What was the result of the Battle of Vicksburg in July 1863?

C. The Union army's victory opened up a large portion of the Mississippi River.

Why did white southerners from all classes enlist to fight Yankees?

C. They wanted to ensure that blacks remained subordinate to whites.

When the Civil War ended, President Lincoln was confident that

C. his postwar burdens would weigh almost as heavily as those of wartime.

In his inaugural address, President Lincoln revealed that he hoped to avoid disunion by

C. taking measures to stop the spread of secession.

The bloodiest day of the Civil War occurred September 17, 1862, at

D. Antietam Creek, Maryland.

Which statement describes the fighting between Generals Grant and Lee in Virginia in May and June of 1864?

D. More Union soldiers died, but because Grant had twice as many troops as Lee, his losses were equivalent.

What did Lincoln consider the biggest obstacle to the acceptance of emancipation in the Union?

D. White fears that freed slaves would disrupt northern society