chapter 14
Population in the North was 22 million in 1860, while the white population of the South in 1860 was
5.5 million.
Northern Republicans labeled those opposed to the war
Copperheads.
George E. Pickett's crack division marched across an open field toward Union forces into withering gunfire in July 1863 at
Gettysburg
Which of the following is a true statement about Ulysses S. Grant before the Civil War?
He resigned from the army in part because of allegations of excessive drinking.
Which of the following groups was not a major target of the New York City draft riots?
Irish immigrants
In 1860, Union forces destroyed the orchards and sheep of this tribe and forced 8,000 of their people to move to a new reservation, which is called
Navajo's Long Walk.
In an effort to expand the Confederacy into western areas, Confederate units from Texas in 1861 invaded
New Mexico.
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 leading southern commander, General Robert E. Lee, was a brilliant battlefield tactician and served as head of the Confederate army throughout the entire war.
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.
Which of the following describes the Battle of Antietam?
This was the bloodiest battle of the war.
During the first two years of the Civil War, most of the fighting took place in
Virginia and Maryland.
A Sanitary Fair is
a grand bazaar that raised money for the care of Union soldiers.
During the Civil War, the term "contraband camps" was used to refer to
camps of fugitive slaves.
By 1862, how many states composed the Confederate States of America?
eleven
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
At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862,
northern forces suffered one of their worst defeats of the war.
Of the more than 180,000 black men who served in the Union army during the Civil War, how many died of disease, of wounds, or in battle?
one-third
The Emancipation Proclamation freed:
some slaves, but exempted those in areas under Union control.
What military action started the American Civil War?
the Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter
At Vicksburg in July 1863,
the Union, under Ulysses S. Grant's leadership, was victorious.
Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation immediately following
the battle of Antietam.
Which of the following was the Gettysburg Address specifically designed to communicate?
the need for national reunion
The Homestead Act
took effect on January 1, 1863, and offered 160 acres of free public land to settlers in the West.
Rose Greenhow
was a Confederate spy in Washington, D.C.
