Civil War & Reconstruction

Why wasn't emancipation of the slaves part of President Lincoln's original war goals?

• All are correct.

• He did not feel he had the legal authority to do it.

• He hoped to keep the Border Slave States loyal to the Union.

• Emancipation only had limited northern support.

Compared to the average northerner, the Radical Republicans were more deeply committed to:

• abolishing slavery.

• preserving the Union.

• ending the war.

• protecting states' rights.

The South believed that the British would come to its aid because:

• Britain was dependent on Southern cotton.

• British Canada was strongly hostile to the Union.

• Britain still had slavery in its empire.

• British people would demand such action.

The original Union war strategy included which of the following components?

• All are correct.

• A naval blockade to hurt the Southern economy & war effort.

• Capture of the Confederate capital, Richmond, Va.

• Seizure of complete control of the Mississippi River.

At the start of the war, the South had an advantage over the North in:

• military tradition.

• transportation.

• manufacturing.

• population.

At the start of the war, compared with Confederate troops, Union soldiers had:

• more supplies.

• more military skill.

• more cause to fight.

• more knowledge of battlefield terrain.

The Confederacy hoped to make up for its smaller army by:

• fighting a defensive war.

• recruiting European mercenaries.

• capturing Washington, D.C.

• invading the North and dividing it in half.

What does President Lincoln gain by announcing the Emancipation Proclamation?

• All are correct.

• Support of the Radical Republicans.

• 180,000 African-American volunteers for the Union Army.

• Weakening of Europe's ability to intervene on the side of the South.

The most alarming Confederate threat to the Union blockade came from:

• the ironclad ship the U.S.S. Merrimack (C.S.S. Virginia)

• the threat of mutiny by pro-southern sailors.

• swift blockade running steamships.

• British vessels on loan to the South.

The Union victory of Vicksburg was of major importance because:

• All are correct.

• it cut off the supply of cattle & other goods to the deep south.

• it reopened the Mississippi River to Northern trade.

• coupled with the Union victory at Gettysburg, it is considered the "turning point" of the Civil War.