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American Pageant CH 20

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

In 1861, many Northerners were willing to allow Southern States to leave the union until

a)

John Brown’s on Harpers Ferry

b)

The South attacked Fort Sumter

c)

South Carolina seceded from the United States

d)

Virginia and Tennessee joined the seceding states

2.

Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter when it was learned that

a)

Lincoln had ordered supplies sent to the fort

b)

Southern support for secession was weakened

c)

Lincoln had ordered the fort reinforced with federal troops

d)

Lincoln had called for seventy-five thousand militia troops to form a voluntary Union army

3.

The greatest weakness of the South during the Civil War was its

a)

Inferior military leadership

b)

Slave population

c)

Inefficient political system

d)

Economy

4.

Most working people in Britain sided with the North because

a)

They relied on the northern economy for their own jobs

b)

The north share their feelings about whether Britain should enter the war

c)

They had developed a class consciousness and moral revulsion about the evils of slavery and hoped that the Civil War would eventually extinguish slavery in the south and western territories

d)

France had sided with the south and they hated the French

5.

During the Civil War, most of the five civilized Tribes in the Indian territory of present-day Oklahoma

a)

Supported the confederacy

b)

Supported the union

c)

Remained neutral

d)

Gave up their slaves

6.

America’s minister to Britain, during the Civil War, under President Lincoln was

a)

Charles Francis Adams

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Clara Barton

d)

William H. Seward

7.

All of the following were similar characteristics that both union and confederate soldiers shared except

a)

Most troops were native born

b)

Most soldiers had been farmers or farm laborers

c)

Poor, immigrants from Europe were well represented in both armies

d)

About half were under the age of 22

8.

Napoleon III’s attempt to install Maximilian on the Mexican throne was a clear violation of

a)

French neutrality

b)

Spanish sovereignty

c)

The Rush-Bagot agreement

d)

The Monroe doctrine

9.

The problems that President Abraham Lincoln experienced in conducting the Civil War were less harmful than those experienced by Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, partly because of the union

a)

Had a long established and fully recognized agreement

b)

Held firm to states’ rights principles

c)

Had fewer internal political divisions

d)

Was united in the cause of abolitionism

10.

After the conclusion of the Civil War, the U.S. Government rewarded the union support provided by most of the Plain Indians by

a)

Giving them federal land in California

b)

Increasing their federal payments

c)

Making them scouts for the U.S. Army

d)

Waging war on most of the Plain Indians and coercively herding them onto reservations

11.

In order to persuade the border states to remain in the union, President Lincoln

a)

Relied solely on moral appeal

b)

Used only totally legal methods

c)

Never had to use troops

d)

Using legally dubious methods including the declaration of martial law in Maryland and the deployment of union soldiers in a local Civil War in Missouri

12.

“Johnny Reb” tended to be all of the following except

a)

Detached personally from the war

b)

Bred to fight

c)

Emotional

d)

Religious

13.

Defined effective high-level commanders, the Union

a)

Took only top graduate of West Point

b)

Drew on its reserve Officer training program

c)

Relied on the advice of foreign experts

d)

Used trial and error

14.

Lincoln declared from the outset of the Civil War that

a)

He was not fighting to three black slaves

b)

He wanted to see an end of slavery

c)

Slaves in all of the confederate states were now legally emancipated

d)

He believe black and whites are equal

15.

Northern soldiers eventually became known for their

a)

Discipline and determination

b)

Cowardice in battle

c)

Lack of proper training

d)

High-pitched battle call

16.

During the Civil War, practicing effective diplomacy for the union and the confederacy for the respective relations with Great Britain

a)

Was important for the union but not for the confederacy

b)

Was important for the confederacy and not for the union

c)

Was completely irrelevant to the outcome of the Civil War

d)

Was critical for both the union and confederacy

17.

As a result of the Civil War, the northern economy

a)

Greatly expanded its industrial and technological productivity

b)

Became more dependent on International trade

18.

It’s supposed asset for The south at the beginning of the Civil War that never materialized to its real advantages was

a)

Effective military leadership

b)

Naval intervention from Britain and France

c)

It’s ability to fight on its own soil

d)

The fighting skills of southern males

19.

despite the war 300,000 people migrated to the west, lured mainly by

a)

Prospect of free land under the Homestead act

b)

The hope of freeing slavery

20.

The Civil War was a woman’s war in all of the following ways except

a)

Women were encouraged to run for office to fill political posts abandon by men

b)

Women were able to professionalize nursing

21.

President Lincoln‘s decision on what to Do you about the situation at Fort Sumter in the first few weeks of his administration can be best characterized as

a)

Ill thought out

b)

A middle of the road solution

22.

Lincolns declaration that the north sought to preserve the union with or without slavery

a)

Revealed the influence of the border states on his policies

b)

Caused some seceded states to rejoin the union

23.

The south believed that Britain would come to its aid because

a)

Britain still had slavery in its empire

b)

Britain was dependent on Southern cotton

24.

During the Civil War

a)

The relations between the union and Canada were at times very poor

b)

The union and Canada became very close allies

25.

To achieve its independence, the confederacy had to

a)

Invade the union

b)

Fight the invading union Army to a draw