Chapter 21 Quiz

Arrange the following in chronological order: (A) the Battle of Bull Run, (B) the Battle of Gettysburg, (C) Lee's surrender at Appomattox, and (D) the Battle of Antietam

A, D, B, C

When it was issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in

Confederate states still in rebellion against the United States

The political group in the North most dangerous to the Union cause was the

Copperheads

The two major battles of the Civil War fought on Union soil were

Gettysburg and Antietam

The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because

Union victory meant that the Southern cause was doomed

During the Civil War,

blacks were enlisted by the Union army only after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued

Following a historic battle in March 1862 with a tiny Union ironclad warship, the Monitor, the Confederate blockade runner, the Merrimack, was

destroyed by Confederate soldiers to keep it out of the hands of Union troops

African Americans who fought for the Union Army in the Civil War

included the brave and accomplished 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, which suffered heavy casualties during the Union siege of Fort Wagner, South Carolina in 1863

The Union victory at Vicksburg was of major importance for all of the following reasons except

it was the last major battle of the Civil War

The Battle of Antietam was particularly critical because it

probably prevented intervention by Britain and France on behalf of the Confederacy

At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln favored

quick military action to show the folly of secession

The Emancipation Proclamation had the effect of

strengthening the moral cause and diplomatic position of the Union

Scholars dispute whether the Civil War marked a watershed in American history for all of the following reasons except

the Union victory did not have a significant effect on the constitutional expansion of federal government power

One of the key developments enabling the Union to stop the Confederate thrust into the North at Antietam was

the Union's discovery of General Robert E. Lee's battle plans

The Union's defeat in battle at Bull Run in 1861 was better than a victory because

the defeat caused Northerners to face up to the reality of a long, difficult war

The Civil War resulted in all of the following except

the end of protective tariffs and isolationism