Chapter 13 and 14 test

Question 1

On which physical feature is Vicksburg located

Answer 1

Mississippi River(a critical supply line)

Question 2

At the dedication of the cemetery at which battlefield Lincoln says Civil War ‘new birth of free

Answer 2

Gettysburg

Question 3

The aim of ‘total war’ as practiced by Union generals Grant and sherman

Answer 3

to break the Southerners’ will to fight

Question 4

Which of the following abolished slavery in the Confederacy

Answer 4

the Emancipation Proclamation

Question 5

Who did Lincoln chose as his running make in 1864

Answer 5

Andrew Johnson

Question 6

Which of the following policies was implemented as a part of the compromise of 1850

Answer 6

passage of a new fugitive slave act

Question 7

Nativist fears were directed mostly at which of the following groups in the early and mid 19th century in America

Answer 7

Irish immigrants

Question 8

1854 kansas-nebraska led to which of the following outcomes

Answer 8

the Missouri compromise of 1820 was repealed

Question 9

Lincoln’s military strategy at the beginning of the Civil War

Answer 9

Strike immediately against the confederal cap in Richmond Virginia

Question 10

What was the confederacy seeking to achieve with the war in 1861

Answer 10

permanent independence and to be left alone

Question 11

Under popular soventary who would decide whether slavery would be allowed in territory

Answer 11

residence in the territory

Question 12

What 1858 event catapulted Lincoln to national prominence

Answer 12

-the debates with Senator Stephen Douglas

Question 13

What was the major cause of death for civil war soldiers

Answer 13

disease and infection

Question 14

Which pair or battle was the turning point of the war

Answer 14

Vicksburg and Gettysburg

Question 15

What happened at the appomattox courthouse

Answer 15

General lee signed the confederacy’s surrenders

Question 16

What did the Supreme Court declare in the Dred Scott decision

Answer 16

Being in a free state did not free slaves

Question 17

What was an important effect of the emancipation proclamation

Answer 17

gave moral purpose of the war

Question 18

How did Lincoln fare in the 1864 presidential election

Answer 18

he was swept to victory in the wake of Sherman’s capture of Atlanta

Question 19

Greatest impact of John Brown raid on harpers ferry

Answer 19

the raid deepend the division between north and south

Question 20

Opposed by congress in Jan 1865, the 13th amendment

Answer 20

prohibited slavery throughout the US

Question 21

Which chief Justice of the US supreme court authorized the majority opinion in Dred Scott V. Sandford

Answer 21

Roger B. Taney

Question 22

Who adopted the Doctrine of Nullification and why

Answer 22

South Carolina, to nullify the tariffs

Question 23

How did the Doctrine of Nullification nullify the tariffs

Answer 23

ruled them unconstitutional and unenforceable in the state

Question 24

What did the Doctrine of Nullification help lead up to

Answer 24

the secession

Question 25

What caused the Doctrine of Secession

Answer 25

Lincoln's election

Question 26

When South Carolina seceded from the Union, what else happened after

Answer 26

South Carolina declared itself free; 11 states followed and became the Confederacy

Question 27

What helped lead up to the Civil War

Answer 27

Doctrine of Secession

Question 28

What is the Manifest Destiny

Answer 28

American's sudden urge to expand westward across the North American continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

Question 29

What is the Temperance Movement

Answer 29

A campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption

Question 30

What is the Oneida Community

Answer 30

Small societies dedicated to social and political perfection

Question 31

What was the abolitionist Movement

Answer 31

Movement taken to end slavery in the 1800s.

Question 32

What is the Underground Railroad

Answer 32

A network of secret routes and safe houses established in the early to mid 1800s; used by slaves to escape into free states

Question 33

What did the Missouri Compromise do

Answer 33

Made slavery illegal above the 36-30 line

Question 34

How much support did the Compromise of 1850 win

Answer 34

very little in the North and South

Question 35

What did the Compromise of 1850 divide

Answer 35

the Whig Party

Question 36

Who did the Compromise of 1850 diffuse tensions between

Answer 36

between the North and South leading up to the Civil War

Question 37

What were the 5 separate bills that happened in the Compromise of 1850

Answer 37

1. The Fugitive Slave Act 2. California was admitted as a free state 3. dispute between boundaries over New Mexico and Texas was settled(ruling was in favor of New Mexico) 4. Abolished the slave trade in the district of Columbia 5. The conquered territory from Mexico was organized into Utah and New Mexico, and the residents were given popular sovereignty over slavery

Question 38

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act lead to

Answer 38

Abraham Lincoln's presidential election and the creation of the Republican party

Question 39

What happened in the Election of 1860

Answer 39

Abraham Lincoln won a four-way election with under 40% of the popular vote; he also easily won the electoral vote

Question 40

What did the Dred Scott vs Stanford Case say

Answer 40

that African Americans are not citizens therefore the Constitution will not protect them

Question 41

Who was the US president during the Civil War

Answer 41

Abraham Lincoln

Question 42

What was referred to as the Union during the Civil War

Answer 42

What was left of the US after the South seceded

Question 43

What was the Confedercy

Answer 43

the US states that broke away and formed their own republic

Question 44

Who was Jefferson Davis

Answer 44

President of the Confederate States of America

Question 45

What happened at Fort Sumter

Answer 45

there was a stand of in South Carolina; it was the start to the Civil War

Question 46

What was the first major battle of the civil war

Answer 46

the first battle of bull run

Question 47

What happened in the first battle of bull run

Answer 47

General McDowell attempted to attack the Confederates by crossing Bull Run, but they were attacked first

Question 48

How did the first battle of bull run end

Answer 48

Ended in a Confederate Victory and forced the Union to retreat to Washington D.C

Question 49

A politician and Commanding General for the Union, who led the Union to victory in the Civil War in 1865, then briefly served as U.S. Secretary of War.

Answer 49

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 50

General in charge of the Confederate forces

Answer 50

General Robert E. Lee

Question 51

What was the bloodiest one-day battle in American military history

Answer 51

Antietam

Question 52

What did the Antietam battle show

Answer 52

that the Union could stand against the confederate army

Question 53

What was the emancipation proclamation

Answer 53

Order issued by Lincoln freeing slaves behind Confederate lines

Question 54

what is conscription

Answer 54

Drafting of civilians to serve in the army

Question 55

What battle involved the largest number of casualties in the entire war

Answer 55

The battle at Gettysburg

Question 56

What was the Gettysburg Address

Answer 56

A speech made by President Lincoln during the Civil War where he declared that America must stand and fight as equals

Question 57

A Union general; conducted his March to the Sea, displaying total war and was one of the most able generals in the war

Answer 57

William Tecumseh Sherman

Question 58

Site of the Confederate surrender

Answer 58

Appomattox

Question 59

Assassin of President Lincoln

Answer 59

John Wilkes Booth

Question 60

Why did Lincoln run for reelection

Answer 60

to appease Southern ideals to an extent to maintain peace and unity after the Civil War

Question 61

During the Civil War, what were the Union's advantages (6)

Answer 61

1. larger population 2. Industrial Economy 3. Most natural resources 4. Well-developed rail system 5. A Navy to blockade trade from the South 6. Resources weren't being wasted on slavery

Question 62

During the Civil War, what were the Confederates advantages (6)

Answer 62

1. fighting on the defensive side 2. familiar landscape 3. higher morale 4. Coastlines offered evasions from Union blockades 5. Natural Resources from upper South States 6. Military leadership