Ch. 9 Civil War Review

How did a weak central government affect the Confederate States?

• It made each state stronger and more able to fight in the war.

• It limited Pres. Jefferson Davis' ability to finance and conduct the war.

• It increased Pres. Jefferson Davis' ability to finance and conduct the war.

• It made Confederate paper money more valuable.

In 1863, this battle won the Union a key railroad hub in South, paved the way for the North to invade Georgia and got Grant promoted to general-in-chief.

• Fredericksburg

• the Wilderness

• Chattanooga

• Vicksburg

This battle is generally seen as the turning point in the Civil War.

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• The Second Battle of Bull Run

• Vicksburg

Why did the South find it difficult to convince foreign countries to support their efforts to secede from the Union?

• They did not find it difficult. Both Britain and France supported them.

• The South could not supply enough cotton to other counties to get support.

• Foreign countries did not want to risk war with the United States.

• Foreign countries were against slavery.

Why did the North have such an extreme economic advantage over the South? Select all that apply.

• The Union had a greater military tradition.

• The Union controlled the US Treasury.

• The Union contained many banks that could lend the government money.

• The Union still collected tariffs.

How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the way people viewed the Civil War?

• Made it a moral war about freeing slaves instead of preserving the Union.

• It angered many people and caused them to sympathize with the South.

• It did nothing to change how the war was viewed.

• It made the war more about state's rights than it had been before.

What was the most significant result of the Battle of Antietam?

• Confederate victory that convinced Britain to support the South in the war.

• It was a successful invasion of the North for the Confederates.

• Union victory after which Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

• Lincoln fired General McClellan after this battle.

Elizabeth Blackwell, who helped train nurses during the Civil War, was the first woman in the U.S. to earn a _______________.

Check all the following that were medical problems both Union and Confederate soldiers faced during the Civil War.

• smallpox

• typhoid

• cancer

• dysentery

• pneumonia

Check all of the following roles that women filled during the Civil War.

• Nurses to the sick and wounded

• Managers of family farms and busniesses

• Operators of blockade runners

• Factory workers

• Workers laying railroad track