Question 1

Scholars dispute whether the Civil War marked a watershed in American history for all of the following reasons except

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A)   racial inequality persisted long after the war.
B)   industrial growth of the post-Civil War years had its real roots decades earlier in the Jacksonian era.
C)   regional differences between the North and South continued, even into the present.
D)   the Union victory did not have a significant effect on the constitutional expansion of federal government power.
E)   the Civil War may have retarded overall national industrialization rather than advancing it.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

Explain the political, economic, military, and diplomatic results of the Union victory and Confederate defeat in the Civil War. What do you think were the main reasons that the South lost? Explain your choice.

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Question 3

After halting Lee's troops at Antietam, General George McClellan

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A)   retired from the military.
B)   moved to confront Lee again at Gettysburg.
C)   was appointed to command the main Western army.
D)   marched his army toward Atlanta.
E)   was removed from his field command.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

African Americans who fought for the Union Army in the Civil War

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A)   carried out reprisals against captured slaveowners.
B)   served mainly in military support units.
C)   included the brave and accomplished 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, which suffered heavy casualties during the Union siege of Fort Wagner, South Carolina in 1863.
D)   accounted for less than 1 percent of total Union enlistments.
E)   refused to serve under white officers.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

Following a historic battle in March 1862 with a tiny Union ironclad warship, the Monitor, the Confederate blockade runner, the Merrimack, was

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A)   destroyed by Union troops to prevent its use as a slave ship.
B)   captured and used by Union troops to help restore the Federal blockade.
C)   destroyed by Confederate soldiers to keep it out of the hands of Union troops.
D)   retrofitted with multiple cannons that were utilized to sink several Union blockading ships.
E)   used to ferry both British and French troops across the ocean.F) C) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 6

Which of the following do you think was the most significant battle of the Civil War: Antietam, Gettysburg, or Vicksburg in foreclosing the possibility of a Confederate military victory in the war? Defend your selection with specific reasons.

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Question 7

List the three most significant immediate consequences of the Civil War. Justify your selection and indicate which one consequence you think was the most important and why.

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Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the Reform Bill of 1867.

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Question 9

The political group in the North most dangerous to the Union cause was the

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A)   Copperheads.
B)   Radical Republicans.
C)   Northern War Democrats.
D)   Union Party.
E)   African Americans.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Vicksburg.

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Identify and state the historical significance of A.E. Burnside.

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Question 12

All of the following occurred as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation EXCEPT

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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)   a deterioration of the diplomatic position of the Union concerning its relations with European nations.
E)   complaints from abolitionists that it did not go far enough.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

Assess the validity of the following statement: "The Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863 was a proclamation without emancipation." Discuss how emancipation was legally achieved for all slaves. What was the moral significance of the Emancipation Proclamation on the fighting of the Civil War for the North?

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The statement "The Emancipation Proclama...

Question 14

One of the key developments enabling the Union to stop the Confederate thrust into the North at Antietam was

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A)   General Lee's dilly-dallying and half-hearted offensive thrust at Antietam Creek.
B)   the Union's discovery of General Robert E. Lee's battle plans.
C)   Lincoln's removal of General McClellan from his command.
D)   the use of the new repeating rifle for the first time.
E)   the death of Stonewall Jackson during the battle.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Chancellorsville.

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Question 16

Northern soldiers became increasingly convinced of slavery's evils when

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A)   Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
B)   abolitionists praised Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
C)   slaves ran away to Union camps and persevered against all odds.
D)   Confederate politicians stopped defending the legitimacy of slavery.
E)   All of these choices are correct.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

Approximately how man enslaved persons were not freed through the Emancipation Proclamation?

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A)   180,000
B)   3,000
C)   800,000
D)   0
E)   82,000F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because

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A)   it revived Southern military fortunes and hopes for an ultimate military victory of the Union.
B)   it guaranteed Lincoln's re-election in 1864.
C)   Philadelphia and New York were safe from attack.
D)   Lee's military genius and right-hand man, Stonewall Jackson, was killed.
E)   Union victory meant that the Southern cause was doomed.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Gettysburg.

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Question 20

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