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| 1064696163 | At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abe Lincoln favored | quick military action to show the folly of secession | |
| 1064696164 | Lincoln hoped that a Union victory at Bull Run would lead to the Capture of the Confederate capital at | Richmond | |
| 1064696165 | In the Civil War, the South won | the battle of Bull Run | |
| 1064696166 | The South's victory at Bull Run in 1861 | reduced enlistments in the South's army | |
| 1064696167 | The Union's defeat in the battle at Bull Run in 1861 was better than a victory because: | a. Ulysses S. Grant took command of the army immediately after the setback b. the defeat cause Northerners to face up to the reality of a long, difficult war c. "Stone Wall" Jackson was killed d. It caused Lincoln to declare a war against slavery | |
| 1064696168 | George B. McClellan is best described as | cautious | |
| 1064696169 | After assuming command of the Army of the Pontomac, General George McClellan made the mistake of | consistently believing that the enemy outnumbered him | |
| 1064696170 | As a result of the Union loss in the Peninsula Campaign, Lincoln began to | draft the Emancipation Proclamation | |
| 1064696171 | After the peninsula Campaign, Union strategy included the following: | a. cutting the Confederacy in half b. Marching through Georgia and the Carolinas c. Blockading the Confederacy's coastline d. Liberating the slaves | |
| 1064696172 | AS a result of the Confederate victory in the Peninsula Campaign, the Union turned to a | strategy of total war | |
| 1064696173 | The final Union war strategy included the following components: | a. a naval blockade b. undermining the Confederate economy c. seizing control of the Mississippi River d. Capturing Richmond | |
| 1064696174 | Britain did not protest too loudly against the Union blockade of the Confederacy because Britain might want to | use a similar blockade in a future war | |
| 1064696175 | The most alarming Confederate threat to the Union blockade came from | the ironclad Merrimack (the Virginia) | |
| 1064696176 | The Confederate blockade runner, the Merrimack, was destroyed by | Confederate soldiers | |
| 1064696177 | After halting Lee's troops at Antietam, General George McClellan was | removed from his field command | |
| 1064696178 | One of the key developments enabling the Union to stop the Confederate thrust into the North at Antietam was | the Union's discovery of Robert E. Lee's Battle Plans | |
| 1064696179 | The two major battles of the Civil War fought on Union soul were | Gettysburg and Antietam | |
| 1064696180 | The Battle of Antietam was particularly critical because it probably prevented intervention by | Britain and France on behalf of the Confederacy | |
| 1064696181 | The North's "victory" at Antietam allowed President Lincoln to issue the | Emancipation Proclamation | |
| 1064696182 | Slavery was legally abolished in the United States by the | 13th Amendment to the Constitution | |
| 1064696183 | The Emancipation Proclamation had the effect of strengthening the moral cause and diplomatic position of the | Union | |
| 1064905893 | When it was issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in | states still in rebellion against the United States | |
| 1064905894 | The following occurred as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation: | a. mounting opposition in the North to an "abolition" war b. sharp increases in Union desertions c. heavy congressional defeats for Lincoln's administration d. complaints from abolitionists that it did not go far enough | |
| 1064905895 | During the Civil War, blacks were enlisted by the Union army only after | the Emancipation Proclamation was issued | |
| 1064905896 | African Americans who fought for the Union army in the Civil War served | bravely and suffered extremely heavy casualties | |
| 1064905897 | The Confederacy enlisted slaves into their army | a month before the war ended | |
| 1064905898 | Robert E. Lee decided to invade the North through Pennsylvania in order to | deliver a decisive blow that would strengthen the Northern peace movement | |
| 1064905899 | The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because Union victory meant that | the Southern cause was doomed | |
| 1064905900 | The Union victory at Vicksburg was of major importance because: | a. it reopened the Mississippi River to Northern trade b, coupled with the victory at Gettysburg, foreign help for the Confederacy was irretrievably lost c. it helped to quell Northern peace agitation d. it cut off the supply of cattle and other goods from Texas and Louisiana | |
| 1064905901 | One consequence of General William T. Sherman's style of warfare was | a shorter war that saved lives | |
| 1064905902 | The group in the North most dangerous to the Union cause was the | Northern Peace Democrats | |
| 1064905903 | Clement L. Vallandigham, a Southern sympathizer and vocal opponent of the war, was derisively labeled a | Copperhead | |
| 1064905904 | In the election of 1864, the Republicans joined with the pro-war Democrats and founded the | Union Party | |
| 1064905905 | In the 1864 election, Abraham Lincoln's running mate was | Andrew Johnson | |
| 1064905906 | In the 1864 election, the Democratic party nominated George McClellan to oppose | Lincoln's reelection | |
| 1064905907 | The Union army's victory in the capture of Atlanta was probably critical to | Lincoln's reelection in 1864 | |
| 1064905908 | General Ulysses S. Grant's basic strategy in the Civil War involved assailing the enemy's armies | simultaneously and directly | |
| 1064905909 | During the Civil War, Grant lost one to every _____ men, and Lee lost one man to every ____ | ten, five | |
| 1064905910 | The assassination of Abe Lincoln was | a calamity for the South | |
| 1064905911 | The supreme test of American democracy in the 19th century was the | Civil War |
