APUSH Chapter 14 Vocabulary Quiz

What was the Crittenden Compromise?

• A proposal to end the Civil War

• A last-ditch proposal in 1860 to prevent secession by guaranteeing the protection of slavery in all territories south of the 36°30′ line

• A strategy of war that targets not just enemy soldiers but also the economic resources

• The mandatory enlistment of citizens into military service.

The strategy of war that targets not just enemy soldiers but also the economic resources and civilian infrastructure that support them is known as ________.

• Crittenden Compromise

• total war

• draft (conscription)

• guerrilla warfare

What was the significance of the draft (conscription) during the Civil War?

• It was a proposal to prevent secession

• It led to the first conscription laws in U.S. history, sparking resistance and riots

• It was a strategy to target economic resources

• It was a peace treaty.

What is the definition of 'habeas corpus'?

• A) A principle that protects individuals from unlawful imprisonment

• B) A type of currency used during the Civil War

• C) A strategy used by the Confederacy

• D) A term for escaped enslaved people.

'King Cotton' was a term used to describe the idea that cotton was so essential to the global economy that foreign nations would support the Confederacy. True or False?

• True

• False

Fill in the blank: 'Greenbacks' were paper currency issued by the Union government during the Civil War that was not backed by ______.

• Gold or silver

• Cotton

• Land

• Oil

What were 'contrabands' during the Civil War?

• Escaped enslaved people who sought refuge with Union forces

• A type of weapon used by the Confederacy

• A form of currency

• A legal principle protecting civil liberties.

What was the main goal of the Radical Republicans during the Reconstruction era?

• To support slavery

• To oppose the 14th and 15th Amendments

• To advocate for harsh Reconstruction policies and black civil rights

• To align with Lincoln's pace of Reconstruction

The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order by Lincoln that declared enslaved people in Confederate-controlled areas free. What was its significance?

• It encouraged European support for the Confederacy

• It shifted the war's purpose to ending slavery

• It allowed Confederate soldiers to join the Union Army

• It had no impact on the war

Fill in the blank: The scorched-earth campaign was a military strategy that involved destroying an enemy's resources, including crops, buildings, and infrastructure. This tactic was used by Union General Philip Sheridan in the ________ Valley.

• Mississippi

• Shenandoah

• Hudson

• Ohio