Summaritive Quiz for Chapter 15
Which statement describes the response in the loyal border states of Missouri and Kentucky during the Civil War?
A violent pro-southern minority remained sympathetic to the southern cause.
Initially the Confederacy pursued King Cotton diplomacy, a strategy based on the belief that
Europe's need for cotton would lead them to support the Confederacy.
Which statement describes an irony that emerges when considering the wartime leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis?
The inexperienced Lincoln proved to be a more adept leader than the seasoned Davis.
Which statement describes the purpose of the 1862 Homestead Act?
It offered Western land to settlers who would live and labor on it.
Why did the South experience greater inflation than the North during the Civil War?
The Confederacy printed more money.
Which statement describes the result of the Battle of Vicksburg in July 1863?
The Union army's victory opened up a large portion of the Mississippi River.
Which statement describes African Americans' experiences in the Union army?
The Union placed blacks in segregated units.
Which statement describes the significance of the first battle at Manassas (or Bull Run) in July 1861?
The Union's defeat encouraged Lincoln to authorize the enlistment of one million more men for three years.
In March 1862, Congress tilted toward emancipating slaves when it
forbade the practice of returning fugitive slaves to their masters.
At the end of 1862, the eastern theater of the Civil War
had reached a stalemate.
Aside from leading to the legal destruction of slavery, the Civil War itself helped destroy slavery in practice because
the discipline necessary to keep slavery intact was disrupted.
Most Northerners viewed secession as
an attack on the rule of law.
