U.S. History-Chapter 8B Quiz

Under the law, how could a man avoid the draft that was imposed in the Union?

• A man could pay the government $300.

• A man could donate a portion of his crops in order to feed soldiers.

• A man could easily petition the President.

• A man could pay the government $1000

Which of the following was a severe disadvantage the South had going into the Civil War?

• The South was fighting a defensive war.

• Nearly all of the South was a flat and barren plain.

• They were not familiar with the physical geography of the land on which they were fighting.

• The South had railroads that didn't often connect.

Which of the following was an advantage that the North had going into the Civil War?

• They were familiar with the southern countryside.

• It was easy for the North to have their supplies shippid to the South by railway.

• The North's greatest resource was it's industry.

• They were fighting an offensive war.

Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

• North Carolina

• Tennessee

• South Carolina

• Georgia

What stipulation allowed southerners to avoid the draft imposed in the Confederate states?

• Men who were farmers and owned more than 20 acres of land did not have to serve.

• Men who paid the tax-in-kind did not have to serve.

• Men who had attended college did not have to serve.

• Men who owned more than 20 slaves did not have to serve.

Which of the following was not a cause of the Civil War?

• sectionalism

• slavery

• state's rights

• agriculture

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?

• Jefferson Davis

• Franklin Pierce

• James Buchanan

• Abraham Lincoln

What Confederate tax required farmers to turn over one-tenth of their crops to the government?

• luxury tax

• property tax

• income tax

• tax-in-kind

What official announcement made by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, was supposed to free all black slaves in the United States?

• Freedom Law of the Union

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Freedom Declaration

• Writ of Habeas Corpus

Because of disloyal practices and violence brought on by the Civil War, what civil right did President Lincoln decide to suspend?

• emancipation

• habeas corpus

• secession

• profiteering