Ch. 20

Question 1

Lincoln’s plan for the besieged federal forces in Fort Sumter was

Answer 1

to provision the garrison but not to reinforce it

Question 2

The firing on Fort Sumter had the effect of

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arousing Northern support for a war to put down the South’s “rebellion.”

Question 3

among the states that joined the Confederacy only after Lincoln’s call for troops were

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Virginia. Arkansas. and Tennesse

Question 4

Lincoln at first declared that the war was being fought

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only to save the Union and not to free the slaves.

Question 5

The term “Butternut region” refers to

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the areas of southem Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois that opposed an antislavery war

Question 6

In the Indian Territory (oklahoma), most of the “Five civilized tribes”

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supported the Confederacy

Question 7

Among the potential advantages the Confederacy possessed at the beginning of the civil War was

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better-trained officers and soldiers

Question 8

Among the potential advantages the Union possessed at the beginning of the Civil War was

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a continuing influx of immigrant manpower from Europe

Question 9

The response to the Civil War in Europe wasThe response to the Civil War in Europe was

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support for the South among the upper classes and for the North among the working classes

Question 10

The South’s weapon of “King Cotton” failed to draw Britain into the war on the side of the
Confederacy because

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the British found sufficient cotton from previous stockpiles and from other sources like
Egypt and India

Question 11

The success of the confederate raider Alabama highlighted the issue of

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Britain’s un-neutral policy of allowing Confederate ships to be built in its naval yards.

Question 12

Lincoln argued that his assertion of executive power and suspension of certain civil liberties was
justified because

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it was necessary to set aside small provisions of the Constitution in order to save the Union.

Question 13

Many of the new millionaires who emerged in the North during the civil war

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made their fortunes by providing poorly made “shoddy” goods to the Union armies

Question 14

Women made particular advances during the Civil War by

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entering industrial employment and providing medical aid for soldiers on both sides

Question 15

Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware, Missouri, W. Virginia

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Four Border States where secession failed but slavery still survived

Question 16

Naval Blockade

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The effective Northern effort to strangle the Southern economy and de-throne
“King Cotton

Question 17

The Trent

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A ship from which two Confederate diplomats were removed, creating a major
crisis between London and Washington

Question 18

Alabama

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Vessel built in Britain that wreaked havoc on Northern shipping until it was finally sunk in 1864

Question 19

Laird Rams

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lronclad warships that were kept out of Confederate hands by Minister Adams’s stern protests to the British government

Question 20

Draft

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Provision established by Congress in 1863, after volunteers ran out, that provoked violent protests in Northern cities

Question 21

Bounty Jumpers

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Slippery Northern men who collected fees for enlisting in the Union army and
then deserted

Question 22

Nursing

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Medical occupation that gained new status and employment opportunities
because of women’s Civil War service

Question 23

National Banking system

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Financial arrangement set up by the federal governmento sell government
bonds and stabilize the currency

Question 24

Shaddy Milionaires

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scornful term for Northern manufacturers who made quick fortunes out of selling cheaply made shoes and other inadequate goods to the U.S. Army

Question 25

Habeus Corpus

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Clvil liberty that was suspended by Lincoln in defiance of the Constitution and the Supreme Court's chiefjustice

Question 26

U.S. Sanitary Commission

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organization developed to provide medical supplies and assistance to Union armies in the field

Question 27

Napoleon III

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Slippery French dictator who ignored the Monroe Doctrine by intervening in Mexican politics

Question 28

Charles Francis Adams

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American envoy whose shrewd diplomacy helped keep Britain neutral during the Civil War

Question 29

Canada

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Site of cross-border raids and plots by Southern agents and anti-British Americans during the Civil War

Question 30

Maximilian

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An Old World aristocrat, manipulated as a puppet in Mexico, who was shot when his puppet-master deserted him

Question 31

New York City

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Scene of the largest Northern antidraft | riot in 1863

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Britain

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Nation whose upper classes hoped for a Confederate victory, while its working classes sympathized with the antislavery North

Question 33

Abraham Lincoln

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An inexperienced leader in war but a genius at inspiring and directing his nation's cause

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Jefferson Davis

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Leader whose conflict with states' rights advocates and rigid personality harmed his ability to mobilize and direct his nation's war effort

Question 35

Elizabeth Blackwell

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First woman physician, organizer of | the United States Sanitary Commission

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Clara Barton

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Helped transform nursing into a respected profession during the Civil War

Question 37

South Carolina's | assault on Fort Sumter

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Unified the North and made it determined to preserve the Union by military force

Question 38

Lincoln's first call for troops to suppress the "rebellion"

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Caused four more Upper South states to secede and join the Confederacy

Question 39

Lincoln's careful use of moral suasion, politics, and military force

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Kept the Border States in the | Union

Question 40

The large Northern human-resources advantage

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Enabled Northern generals to | wear down Southern armies even at the cost of many lives

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The North's naval blockade and industrial superiority

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Eventually gave the Union a crucial economic advantage over the mostly agricultural South

Question 42

The British aristocracy's sympathy with the South

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Led the British govemment toward actions that aided the Confederacy and angered the Union

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American minister C. | F. Adams's diplomacy

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Deterred the British and French from recognizing and aiding the Confederacy

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Grant's victory at | Vicksburg

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Split the South in two and opened the way for Sherman's invasion of Georgia

Question 45

The class-biased unfairness of the Civil War draft

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Led to riots by underprivi leged Northem whites. especially Irish Americans

Question 46

Lincoln's belief that the Civil War emergency required drastic action

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Led to temporary infringements on civil liberties and Congress's constitutional powers

Question 47

The European great powers welcomed a civil war in the U.S. for all of the following reasons except

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A divided america would likely put a halt to European immigration

Question 48

in 1861, many northerners were willing to allow southern states to leave the union until

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The south attacked Ft. Sumter

Question 49

In order to persuade the border states to remain in the Union, pres. Lincoln

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used legally dubious methods

Question 50

The border states offered all of the following advantages except

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shipbuilding facilities

Question 51

Lincolns declaration that the north sought to preserve the Union with or without slavery...

Answer 51

revealed the influence of the Border states on his policies

Question 52

During the civil war most of the five civilized tribes in the indian territory of present day Oklahoma

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Supported the confederacy

Question 53

As the civil war began, the south seemed to have the advantage of

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more talented military leaders

Question 54

A supposed asset for the south at the beginning of the civil war that never materialized to its real advantage was

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intervention from Britain and France

Question 55

one reason that the British did NOT try to break the Union blockade of the south during the civil war was that

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they feared losing northern grain shipments

Question 56

During the civil war Britain and the U.S. were nearly provoked into war by

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The Trent affair, involvling the removal of southern diplomats from a british ship

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Confederate commerce raiders such as the Alabama

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proved effective against Union shipping

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The southern cause was weakened by

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the concept of states' rights that the confederacy professed

Question 59

to fill the armys demand for troops, prior to 1863, the north relied mainly on

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volunteers

Question 60

In Lincolns attempts to preserve the Union, he did all of the following questionable actions as president EXCEPT

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refused to implement a draft, or conscription law, during the war

Question 61

After the peninsula campaign, Union strategy included all of the following EXCEPT

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striking deep into the confederacy via appalachian Mt. chain

Question 62

The Norths victory at Antietam allowed president Lincoln to

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issue the emancipation proclammation

Question 63

Slavery was legally abolished in the U.S by the

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13th amendment

Question 64

The emancipation proclamation had the effect of

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strengthening the moral cause and diplomatic position of the Union

Question 65

During the civil war

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blacks were enlisted by the Union army only after the emancipation proclamation was issued

Question 66

Robert E. lee decided to invade the North through Pennsylvania in order to

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deliver a decisive blow that would strengthen the northern peace movement

Question 67

The battle of gettysburg was significant because

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Union victory meant that the southern cause was doomed

Question 68

The union victory at vicksburg was of major importance for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

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coupled with the victory at gettysburg, foreign help for the confederacy was irretrievably lost

Question 69

As a theorist of warfare, general William T. Sherman was

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a pioneer of the strategy of total warfare aimed at destroying civilian morale

Question 70

The group in the north most dangerous to the Union cause was the

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Northern peace democrats

Question 71

The Union armys success n the capture of_____ was probably critical to Lincolns reelection in 1864

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Atlanta and Mobile

Question 72

General Ulysses S. Grants basic strategy in the civil war involved

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assailing the enemys armies simultaneously and directly

Question 73

the civil war resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

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the end of protective tariffs and isolation

Question 74

During the civil war, many poor southerners complained that it was a rich mans war but a poor mans fight. On what basis did they make the complaint? could northerners have made the same accusation for the same reason? Explain.

Answer 74

The wealthy white men of the south made the decisions and the poor only followed orders. The north could partake in this complaint because of the draft. if you were a poor man in the north you had to go to war. only the rich could buy their way out of the draft so yes, some people of the north could argue it was a rich mans war but a poor mans fight.

Question 75

When confronted with southern secession in 1861, why didnt lincoln simply allow the south to separate in peace?

Answer 75

Lincoln believe that it was illegal to secede from the union so therefore it was a crime. And as president he has the power to take action and bring the nation whole again.