History Exam 4
Under Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction:
10 percent of the 1860 voters had to take an oath of allegiance to the Union
The military death toll in the Civil War was roughly:
750,000
Much of the Confederacy's diplomatic efforts were aimed at:
Britain
At Petersburg:
Grant put the Confederate under siege
At the Battle of Chancellorsville:
Lee gave Hooker a lesson in the art of "elusive mobility"
At Appomattox Court House:
Lee surrendered to Grant
All of the following are true about the Battle of Antietam EXCEPT:
McClellan vigorously pursued the retreating Lee
All of the following slave states remained in the Union EXCEPT:
Tennessee
Most carpetbaggers were:
Union veterans
All of the following battles resulted in Confederate victories EXCEPT:
Vicksburg
The main issue that caused the dispute between Congress and President Johnson was
a growing conflict of opinion over Reconstruction policy
Which of the following was NOT a task of the Freedmen's Bureau?
arming the freedmen
Why was Johnson picked as Lincoln's running mate in 1864?
as a gesture of unity, they combined to create a National Union ticket
During Reconstruction, African Americans:
attempted to establish schools
Congress did all of the following during the war EXCEPT:
ban foreign immingration
All of the following statements about the formation of black army units are true EXCEPT:
black army units never saw any significant action
Ulysses S. Grant
brought little political experience and judgement to the presidency
The Radical state governments in the South did all the following EXCEPT:
cut taxes
When, in late 1865, the former Confederate states sent a number of ex-Confederates to Congress, the Unionists in Congress:
denied them their seats
Winfield Scott
devised the Union's "Anaconda Plan"
Johnson's Proclamation of Amnesty excluded:
everybody with taxable property worth more than $20,00
Democrats generally favored "sound" or "hard" monetary policies.
false
Lincoln replaced McClellan as Union commander because McClellan was overly aggressive.
false
The 14th Amendment recognized the validity of Confederate debts.
false
The 15th Amendment freed the slaves.
false
The Freedmen's Bureau was the first federal experiment in providing assistance directly to people rather than to states.
false
The North's victory in the Civil War was guaranteed because the South enjoyed no significant advantages over the Union.
false
The South emerged from the Civil War with a strong, diversified economy.
false
Union forces suffered defeat at Shiloh due to Grant's heavy drinking
false
Fighting along the Kansas-Missouri border:
featured brutal guerrilla warfare
The 1866 congressional elections:
gave Republicans veto-proof majorities
At the beginning of the Civil War, the North:
had an edge of about 4 to 1 in potential manpower
George Pickett
had his division destroyed at the Battle of Gettysburg
Johnson violated the Tenure of Office Act when:
he tried to remove one of his cabinet members without Senate permission
Andrew Johnson was
impeached by the House but not convicted by the Senate
All of the following statements about the 15th Amendment are true EXCEPT:
it ended slavery
The South had a chance to win the Civil War despite substantial northern advantages because:
it had the advantage of fighting a defensive war
The argument that the Civil War began primarily as a southern fight to defend liberty and the right of self-government is unsatisfactory because:
it ignores the actual reason-slavery-southern leaders used in 1860-1861 to justify secession and war
Emancipation had what impact on the South?
it left the South's agricultural economy is disarray
Why did service in the Union army or navy benefit many freedmen?
it provided training in leadership and alerted them to new opportunities in economic advancement and civic leadership
What effect did the Union naval blockade of southern ports have on the Confederacy?
it quickly choked off southern commercial activity
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the nature of the Civil War?
it transformed the Civil War from a war to restore the Union to a struggle over slavery
Why did the Radical-led Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
it was a response to the black codes and the neo-slavery system created by unrepentant southern legislatures
What does the "Anaconda" Plan refer to?
it was the initial three-pronged Union strategy that included, among other things, a blockade of the southern coast to strangle the South.
Why is the battle at Fort Donelson significant?
it was the site of the first major Union victory
All of the following were strategies used to build the armies of the Civil War except:
kidnapping recent immigrants
In South Carolina, the fact that lower-class whites enjoyed unprecedented political power under Radical Republican rule:
led many former Confederate leaders to oppose the Radical state legislature
Hood's attack at Franklin:
led to his army's slaughter
William T. Sherman
marched through Georgia living off the land while destroyed plantations, crops, and railroad lines
Southern efforts to re-create a society that looked similar to the Confederacy had what political impact?
moderate Republicans moved to support Radical Republicans' Reconstruction policies.
All of the following were advantages the North held over the South EXCEPT:
more experienced military leaders
Which of the following is NOT true of the Civil War?
most of the deaths occurred in batle
Of all the women who served during the war, some 20,000 did so as:
nurses and other health-related volunteers
Most scalawags were white southerners who had:
opposed secession
The main purpose of the Union League was to:
organize groups of Republicans in the South
As Union commander, Grant was best characterized by his:
plan to relentlessly attack
The Military Reconstruction Act:
required new state constitutions in the South
All of the following are true about African American involvement in the political arena during Reconstruction EXCEPT:
several African Americans were elected as governors
To deal with disloyalty, Lincoln sometimes:
suspended habeas corpus
Slavery was ultimately eradicated by:
the 13th Amendment
More than any other general, William T. Sherman recognized:
the connection between the South's economy, its morale, and its ability to wage war
The Radical Republicans understood that essential to maintaining Republican control of the federal government was:
the right of ex-slaves to vote
Which of the following statements best describes the Civil War at the end of 1862?
the war in the East was a virtual deadlock
Why did Confederate President Jefferson Davis's greatest challenges come from other southern politicians?
their insistence on states' rights made it difficult for the Confederate government
Many former Confederates resented the new state constitutions imposed by Radical Republicans because:
their provisions allowed for black voting and civil rights
Draftees on either side who chose not to serve had which one of the following legal options?
they could hire a substitute
Which of the following statements accurately describes the response of increasing numbers of enslaved blacks in the South as the Civil War dragged on?
they worked in a variety of ways to undermine and weaken the Confederacy
Why did Radical Republicans want to disenfranchise former Confederates?
to keep former Confederates from electing Democrats eager to restore the old southern ruling class to power
Why did congressional Republicans write the Wade-Davis Manifesto?
to protest Lincoln's veto of the Wade-Davis Bill and accuse Lincoln of exceeding his constitutional authority
The "black codes" enacted by southern legislatures:
tried to restore white supremacy
"Scalawags" were generally Republicans native to the South who had opposed secession.
true
After the House of Representatives impeached President Johnson, the Senate failed to convict him by just one vote.
true
Congress in 1862 resorted to printing paper money to address the shortfall in tax revenues.
true
Copperheads were members of the extreme fringe of the peace wing of the Democratic party.
true
Despite winning the popular vote in 1876, Samuel Tilden lost the presidency.
true
For many American women, the Civil War loosened traditional restraints on female activity.
true
General Grant's strategy was to relentlessly attack the Confederates and focus on crippling the Rebel armies.
true
In the Compromise of 1877, Republicans promised to withdraw the last federal troops from the South.
true
President Johnson's plan to restore the Union closely resembled Lincoln's.
true
The Battle of Antietam marked the bloodiest single day of the Civil War.
true
The First Battle of Bull Run was a Union defeat.
true
The most popular religious denomination among blacks in the postwar South was Baptist.
true
Waving, "the bloody shirt" meant referring to the Civil War and the southern rebellion in order to discredit political opponents.
true
One of the reasons that the First Battle of Bull Run was such a sobering experience for both North and South was that both sides
underestimated the other's strength and tenacity
President Johnson fully broke with Congress in 1866 when he:
vetoed the Civil Rights Act
What was the main reason Congress impeached Andrew Johnson?
violation of the Tenure of Office Act
Andrew Jackson
was Lincoln's second vice president
Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth:
was a pro-Confederate actor
Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson
was a pro-Union southerner
the Emancipation Proclamation:
was justified by Lincoln as a military necessitary
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
was killed at Chancellorsville
Thaddeus Stevens
was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans
By late in the war, food in the Confederacy:
was outrageously expensive
At Gettysburg, the Confederate army:
was repulsed with terrible losses
George B. McClellan
was the 1864 Democratic presidential candidate
The first real battle of the war:
was the First Battle of Bull run
David Farragut
was the Union admiral who captured Mobile, Alabama
Jefferson Davis
was the president of the Confederacy
Alexander Stephens
was the vice president of the Confederacy
Johnson's Reconstruction plan:
would restore the Union fairly quickly
