CH11-The Civil War (Best)

This plan called for a three-part assault on the Confederacy.

• Antietam

• Anaconda Plan

• Bull Run

• Fort Sumter

This battle was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history.

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

This Confederate general, who was known for his determination and unusual tactics, led a successful defense of Richmond but suffered high casualties at Antietam.

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• James Longstreet

This bloody battle, in which Confederate forces took Union forces by surprise, taught both sides about the necessity of sending out scouts, digging trenches, and building fortifications.

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln.

• True

• False; Jefferson Davis

• False; Robert E. Lee

A writ of habeas corpus is a court order that requires authorities to appear before a judge and show cause for jailing a prisoner.

• True

• False; conscription

• False; ex post facto laws

The riots that broke out among lower-class New York City workers in 1863 were in reaction to emancipation.

• True

• False; conscription (draft)

• False; food rationing

Early in the war, the Confederacy tried to gain support from the nation of France.

• True

• False; Canada

• False; Great Britain

During the war, the executive powers of the federal government were expanded.

• True

• False; judicial

• False; legislative

The North halted prisoner exchanges when the South refused to allow African-American soldiers to be part of the bargain.

• True

• False; high ranking