8th Grade Chapter 17

Lincoln handled Northern opposition to the war by...

• having protesters arrested and put in prison with no trial

• having opponents of the war drafted into the Union army

• recognizing the protestors' right to freedom of speech

• convincing Congress to pass laws that suspended the Bill of Rights

After the 54th Massachusetts Regiment fought bravely at Fort Wagner...

• Fredrick Douglass recommended the Emancipation Proclamation

• African-American enlistment in the Union army increased

• Harriet Tubman and President Lincoln had dinner to celebrate

• President Lincoln issued the First Inaugural Address

Lincoln urged the country to "bind up the nation's wounds" in his...

• Gettysburg Address

• First Inaugural Address

• Second Inaugural Address

• Emancipation Proclamation

Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House because...

• Grant's troops had surrounded the Confederates at Antietam

• Grant's troops had captured Richmond, the Confederate capital

• Grant's troops held Lee's wife hostage at Arlington, Virginia

• Grant's troops had surrounded Lee's troops at Gettysburg

The Civil War affected the North in all of the following ways EXCEPT...

• farmers deserted their farms to work in factories

• the US government owed a huge amount of money after the war

• the military's demand for products caused prices to rise faster than wages

• industry began to replace farming as the main economic activity

William Tecumseh Sherman's conquest of Atlanta...

• meant that the South had no chance of winning the war

• caused Clara Barton to form a relief agency

• helped Lincoln win reelection in 1864

• inspired the Gettysburg Address

Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after Antietam because...

• he wanted to be in a position of military strength when he freed the slaves

• he needed to lose another battle before he could free slaves

• after the loss of Antietam, he did not care what Congress thought

• all are true

Union victory in the Battle of Gettysburg spoiled Lee's plans to...

• gain European recognition for the Confederacy

• fuel Northern discontent of the war through a victory on Northern soil

• bring Union calls for peace

• all are true

A major Confederate blunder which led to Union victory at Gettysburg was...

• "Stonewall" Jackson's injury on the Pennsylvania field

• hostage starvation at Andersonville

• Pickett's Charge

• Belle Boyd's mix-up of information

Southern slaves aided the Northern war effort by...

• escaping to nearby Union armies and volunteering to fight

• refusing to go with the planters when they fled Union armies

• carrying out the sabotage of Southern crops and farm equipment

• all are true