Politics of the Civil War (EOC Review Unit 5)

What was a major disadvantage of the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War?

• More extensive railroad network

• Superior naval forces

• Smaller population compared to the North

• Lack of military leadership

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• Granted voting rights to former slaves

• Ended the Civil War

• Freed slaves held in the Confederate states

• Freed all slaves in the United States

Why did Lincoln suspend habeas corpus during the Civil War?

• To recruit more soldiers for the Union army

• To legalize the holding of Confederate sympathizers without trial

• To declare war on the Confederacy

• To free slaves in the North

What was the purpose of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

• To celebrate Union victories

• To declare the abolition of slavery

• To announce the end of the Civil War

• To frame the war as necessary to the survival of the nation

What was Lincoln's stance on the South in his Second Inaugural Address?

• He celebrated the Union's victory

• He declared the immediate end of slavery

• He urged revenge on slaveholders

• He urged reconstruction with malice toward none

What percentage of the nation's industrial output was produced by the North?

• 92%

• 71%

• 65%

• 85%

How did the South compensate for its economic and population disadvantages?

• Through strong military leadership and strategy

• By quickly industrializing

• By ending slavery to gain more soldiers

• By forming alliances with foreign countries

What was the outcome of the Civil War?

• The Union's numerical and industrial superiority proved too much for the South

• Slavery was immediately abolished in all states

• The Confederacy won

• The war ended in a stalemate