Chapter 20 American Pageant

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

• southern support for secession was weakening.

• Lincoln had called for seventy-five thousand militia troops to form a voluntary Union army.

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

• Lincoln had ordered supplies sent to the fort.

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

• South Carolina seceded from the United States.

• Robert E. Lee was named to head the potential new nation's army.

• the South attacked Fort Sumter.

• John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.

The Border States offered all of the following advantages except

• shipbuilding facilities.

• valuable manufacturing capacity.

• a good supply of horses and mules.

• a large population.

Lincoln's declaration that the North sought to preserve the Union with or without slavery

• came as a disappointment to most Northerners and demoralized the Union.

• revealed the influence of the Border States on his policies.

• caused some seceded states to rejoin the Union.

• contradicted the campaign promises of the Republican party.

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.

To achieve its independence, the Confederacy had to

• capture Washington, D.C.

• attract more talented military commanders.

• fight the invading Union army to a draw.

• win a decisive military victory on its own soil.

As the Civil War began, the South seemed to have the advantage of

• superior transportation facilities.

• superior industrial capabilities.

• more talented military leaders.

• greater ability to wage offensive warfare.

Of all the hardships faced by the soldiers during the Civil War, the greatest was

• lack of proper clothing.

• decline of moral standards.

• disease.

• starvation

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

• economy.

• slave population.

• navy.

• military leadership.