EXAM#7

Which of the following Civil War battles could use the phrase "anvil and hammer" be accurately used to describe the tactics in which battle?

Chancellorsville

The photograph most directly provides evidence for which of the following statements?

During the Civil War, new technology altered the way that the public and the government experienced war

In 1863, one of the bloodiest domestic riots in the United States occured in ___ when 120 died as Irish-American laborers atacked African Americans opposed the draft

New York City

The most effective Union General was

Ulysses S. Grant

In the Battle of ___, the Union gained control of the Mississippi River

Vicksburg

To issue an Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln felt that he needed which of the following?

a constitutional amendment

As evident from the entry, this event occurred

between the fall of atlanta and the end of the war

The strategy used by Sherman referred to in the excerpt was intended to

break the will of all Southerners to continue the war effort

The Union was most disturbed because they believed that Britain was supporting the Confederates by doing which of the following?

building warships

President Lincoln delayed issuing an Emancipation Proclamation because of his concern that it would

cause the border states to secede

Strong's statement that the British feared "diminishing the supply of breadstuffs on which her operatives depend" explains why he thinks the British

depended as much on trade with the Union as with the Confederacy

As depicted in the image, Shermans "march to the sea" marked a turning point in warfare because

it targeted civilian resources instead of just military resources

Which of the following describes a reason not mentioned by strong in this excerpt that ultimately stopped Britain from recognizing the Confederacy?

opposition from the British working class

During the war, the Confederate economy

suffered from severe inflation

The passage above best serves as evidence of which of the following?

the changing purpose of the Civil War

Which of the following actions of the Lincoln administration best exemplified the belief expressed in the quotation above?

the decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

In July 1861, President Abraham Lincoln was particularly concerned about how his policies on slavery would affect which areas?

the states in light blue because they were slave states that remained in the Union

Which of the following statements best describes the states in pink?

they had a strong military tradition

Which of the following statements best describes that states in dark blue?

they included most of the country's population

To many Southern women, such as Chesnutt, the war by this point

was directly affecting their lives