Ch. 11: The Civil War - Unit Test Review

What did the Emancipation Proclamation mean for slaves living in Kentucky?

• They were freed.

• They had to join the Union army in order to gain their freedom.

• They remained slaves until the state rejoined the Union.

• They remained slaves.

How did Abraham Lincoln justify suspending habeas corpus during the Civil War?

• The danger of slave revolts called for suspension of some freedoms to ensure public safety.

• He said states that seceded needed to be punished.

• He was willing to violate the Constitution in order to save the nation.

• He believed that stopping publication of Copperhead newspapers would help the South.

What ended slavery throughout the United States?

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the Thirteenth Amendment

• the surrender at Appomattox

• the Fourteenth Amendment

During his March to the Sea, General Sherman destroyed much of Georgia because he wanted to

• exact revenge on the South.

• prevent civilians from taking up arms against Union armies.

• show that Union armies could do as they wished in the South and that further resistance was futile.

• help President Lincoln get re-elected.

Abraham Lincoln is talking about

• the soldiers who fought at the Battle of Pea Ridge.

• northerners who died in the Siege of Gettysburg.

• the soldiers who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg.

• the Confederate soldiers who retreated from the Battle of Gettysburg.

How did General Grant capture Vicksburg?

• with Pickett’s Charge

• with a blockade and constant shelling of the city

• by taking up a strong defensive position

• by breaking through the Confederates’ weakened defenses

Why do historians call the Civil War the last of the old-time wars and the first of the modern ones?

• Most generals used modern military tactics, but weapons technology had not progressed much since Napoleon’s time.

• Advances in military strategy led to more deaths on the battlefield.

• Guerrilla warfare was used for the first time, and iron cannonballs were replaced by shrapnel.

• Most generals still used military tactics from Napoleon’s time, but the weapons were new and deadlier.

Which of the following best completes the chart above?

• General Lee’s invasion of Maryland

• General McClellan’s invasion of Pennsylvania

• Mississippi River campaign by the Union

• Surprise attack on Union soldiers at Shiloh

Why did President Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

• because he morally opposed slavery

• because freeing the slaves would weaken the Confederate war effort

• because slaves had earned their freedom by fighting for the Union

• because the prisons were getting too full

When Lincoln began assembling forces to put down the rebellion, Robert E. Lee

• resigned from the U.S. Army and took command of Virginia’s state forces.

• accepted the appointment as commander of the Union army.

• resigned from the U.S. army and took command of the Confederate army.

• was chosen as head of the South Carolina state militia.