APUSH - Chapter 20

President Lincoln's decision on what to do about the situation at Fort Sumter in the first weeks of his administration can best be characterized as

• ill thought out.

• rash and hotheaded.

• the only possible option.

• a middle of the road solution.

Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter when it was learned that

• Lincoln had ordered the fort reinforced with federal troops.

• Lincoln had ordered supplies sent to the fort.

• the fort's commander was planning to evacuate his troops secretly from the fort.

• southern support for secession was weakening.

In 1861, many Northerners were willing to allow Southern states to leave the Union until

• John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.

• the South attacked Fort Sumter.

• South Carolina seceded from the U.S.

• Virginia and Tennessee joined the seceding states.

In order to persuade the Border States to remain in the Union, President Lincoln

• relied solely on moral appeal.

• used only totally legal methods.

• never had to use troops.

• used legally dubious methods including the declaration of martial law in Maryland and the deployment of Union soldiers in a local civil war in Missouri.

Lincoln declared from the outset of the Civil War that

• he was not fighting to free black slaves.

• he wanted to see an end to slavery.

• he believed blacks and whites were equal.

• None of these choices are correct.

During the Civil War, most of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Indian Territory of present-day Oklahoma

• supported the Confederacy.

• supported the Union.

• remained neutral.

• gave up their slaves.

The Cherokee's decision to side with the South during the Civil War was based on

• the North's reservation policies.

• the fact that the Cherokees also owned slaves and felt they were making common cause with the South.

• the invitation by Union leaders to send tribal delegates to Congress.

• the offer of a large cash payment from the Confederacy in return for military support.

To achieve its independence, the Confederacy had to

• invade the Union.

• fight the invading Union army to a draw.

• attract more talented military commanders.

• capture Washington, D.C.

The greatest weakness of the South during the Civil War was its

• inferior military leadership.

• slave population.

• economy, particularly its limited manufacturing capacity and inferior railroad network.

• inefficient political system.

A supposed asset for the South at the beginning of the Civil War that never materialized to its real advantage was

• effective military leadership.

• naval intervention from Britain and France.

• the fighting skill of Southern males.

• its ability to fight on its own soil.