Question 1

Which of the following is NOT true of the New York City riots of 1863?

Accepted Answer

A)   They were mostly the doing of Irish immigrants.
B)   The introduction of the draft sparked them.
C)   Union troops ultimately ended them.
D)   Rioters targeted the wealthy and African-Americans.
E)   They convinced Lincoln to delay issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 2

Frederick Douglass viewed the abolition of slavery as:

Accepted Answer

A)   not the end of the nation's work, but the beginning of a new phase of it.
B)   the crowning achievement of his life.
C)   proof that the nation really did not suffer from racial prejudice.
D)   confirmation that Lincoln deserved to be remembered as a Christ-like martyr.
E)   an important step that must be followed by the colonization of freed slaves outside the United States.F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 3

In the early days of the war, Northern military commanders returned fugitive slaves to their owners.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

During the Civil War, black soldiers:

Accepted Answer

A)   did nothing to dispel racial prejudice with their performance.
B)   were mostly northern-born free blacks.
C)   performed the same duties as white soldiers from the outset, but at lower pay.
D)   helped inspire Republicans to believe that emancipation also demanded equal rights before the law.
E)   were allowed into the Union army only in the last year of the war.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

The key holding of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Ex parte Milligan was that:

Accepted Answer

A)   Milligan should be hanged for writing pro-Confederate editorials during the Civil War.
B)   secession was unconstitutional.
C)   accused persons must be tried before civil courts where there were open rather than military tribunals.
D)   a president could order the jailing of civilians for any reason whatsoever during wartime.
E)   Congress, not the president, has the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 6

The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer regiment is best known as:

Accepted Answer

A)   a regiment of free blacks who charged Fort Wagner, South Carolina.
B)   the "Irish Brigade," because its members were born in Ireland.
C)   the regiment that forced Richmond's surrender.
D)   a regiment that was fully integrated, with noncommissioned black and white soldiers fighting side-by-side.
E)   the first regiment to see battle in the war.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

MATCHING
-Ulysses S. Grant

Accepted Answer

A)  1864 Democratic presidential candidate
B)  challenged Lincoln for the 1864 Republican nomination
C)  vice president of the Confederacy
D)  American National Red Cross
E)  southern spy for the UnionF) president of the ConfederacyG) Radical Republican from PennsylvaniaH) practiced a war of attritionI) surrendered to General GrantJ) favored a Ten-Percent Plan for ReconstructionK) teacher on the Sea IslandsL) marched through the SouthM) D) and K)
N) D) and J)

Question 8

Medical knowledge had made great strides in the first half of the nineteenth century; thus few soldiers died from wounds, infections, or diseases during the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Beginning in 1863, what did Frederick Douglass urge northern blacks to do?

Accepted Answer

A)   enlist in the Union army
B)   embark to Liberia
C)   head north to Canada
D)   demand voting rights as a condition of supporting the war
E)   protest the war until Lincoln promised to end slaveryF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 10

During the first two years of the war, Union forces were generally:

Accepted Answer

A)   more successful in the West than in the East.
B)   ill-trained, which changed when General McClellan took over in 1863.
C)   successful in all regions in which the war took place.
D)   unable to take any territory held by the Confederates.
E)   more successful in the East than in the West.F) A) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 11

Using Lincoln's speech at Sanitary Fair in 1864 (excerpted in "Voices of Freedom"), explain how Lincoln defined liberty. How does this speech reflect a change in his thinking from 1861? Why do you think Lincoln had to change his thinking in order to achieve victory in this war?

Accepted Answer

In his speech at the Sanitary Fair in 18...

Question 12

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Women and the Confederacy

Accepted Answer

During the American Civil War, women pla...

Question 13

Fewer than 50,000 blacks served in the Union army during the war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The U.S. Sanitary Commission:

Accepted Answer

A)   was the first major organization to be run entirely by women.
B)   raised money for the families of soldiers on both sides.
C)   coordinated war donations on the northern home front.
D)   was the nation's first garbage collection agency.
E)   introduced the idea of germ theory to Civil War hospitals.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

The example of German immigrant Marcus Spiegel demonstrated that:

Accepted Answer

A)   freedom motivated the immigration of Irish immigrants, but German immigrants of the mid-nineteenth century came to the United States in pursuit of economic success.
B)   the significant Jewish population in the United States was ambivalent about the issues involved in causing the Civil War.
C)   the views of average Americans evolved considerably during the course of the Civil War.
D)   Democrats were unwilling to go to war with a Republican president in the White House.
E)   while Jews were few in number, their role at the Battle of Gettysburg made military heroes of many of them.F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

Both the Confederacy and the Union violated their citizens' civil liberties during the war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

MATCHING
-John Frémont

Accepted Answer

A)  1864 Democratic presidential candidate
B)  challenged Lincoln for the 1864 Republican nomination
C)  vice president of the Confederacy
D)  American National Red Cross
E)  southern spy for the UnionF) president of the ConfederacyG) Radical Republican from PennsylvaniaH) practiced a war of attritionI) surrendered to General GrantJ) favored a Ten-Percent Plan for ReconstructionK) teacher on the Sea IslandsL) marched through the SouthM) C) and K)
N) A) and I)

Question 18

Colonel John Chivington is remembered for:

Accepted Answer

A)   becoming a martyr when tortured and killed by Sioux warriors.
B)   leading the cavalry charge that turned back a Confederate assault at Shiloh.
C)   his refusal to surrender his Confederate troops until weeks after Lee's final surrender.
D)   organizing a band of pro-Union Creek Indians who fought bravely at Vicksburg.
E)   leading an attack that killed perhaps 400 Indian men, women, and children.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Homestead Act

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 20

Monitor and Merrimac were:

Accepted Answer

A)   ironclad ships.
B)   steam locomotives.
C)   battle sites in Virginia.
D)   nicknames of Generals Grant and Lee.
E)   names of rifles.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Exam 14: A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861 -1865

During the Civil War, black soldiers:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The key holding of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Ex parte Milligan was that:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Medical knowledge had made great strides in the first half of the nineteenth century; thus few soldiers died from wounds, infections, or diseases during the Civil War.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

MATCHING -Ulysses S. Grant

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The example of German immigrant Marcus Spiegel demonstrated that:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The U.S. Sanitary Commission:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

In the early days of the war, Northern military commanders returned fugitive slaves to their owners.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Homestead Act

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Colonel John Chivington is remembered for:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Fewer than 50,000 blacks served in the Union army during the war.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Women and the Confederacy

Correct AnswerAnswered by ExamLex AIDuring the American Civil War, women pla...View AnswerShow Answer

Frederick Douglass viewed the abolition of slavery as:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which of the following is NOT true of the New York City riots of 1863?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Both the Confederacy and the Union violated their citizens' civil liberties during the war.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Monitor and Merrimac were:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

MATCHING -John Frémont

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Using Lincoln's speech at Sanitary Fair in 1864 (excerpted in "Voices of Freedom"), explain how Lincoln defined liberty. How does this speech reflect a change in his thinking from 1861? Why do you think Lincoln had to change his thinking in order to achieve victory in this war?

Correct AnswerAnswered by ExamLex AIIn his speech at the Sanitary Fair in 18...View AnswerShow Answer

During the first two years of the war, Union forces were generally:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Beginning in 1863, what did Frederick Douglass urge northern blacks to do?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer regiment is best known as:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
During the American Civil War, women pla...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
In his speech at the Sanitary Fair in 18...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified