Question 1

The Conscription Act of 1863 passed by the North

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A)   provided the bulk of the army for the rest of the war.
B)   allowed draftees to pay a $300 commutation fee to be exempt until the next draft round.
C)   stated that a state must use the draft to meet its quota of soldiers.
D)   set the draft age range from eighteen to forty-five.
E)   All of these choices.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 2

The Fort Pillow Massacre refers to the Confederate slaughter of black soldiers who were attempting to surrender.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of these was not one of the advantages that the North possessed at the beginning of the Civil War?

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A)   An extensive network of railroad lines for transporting supplies.
B)   About four times what the South had to finance the war.
C)   More factories to equip its army with clothes, food and weapons.
D)   An existing navy.
E)   An urgent drive to win the war and end slavery.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

In an attempt to control disloyalty and dissent in the North,Lincoln suspended Americans'

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A)   right to a trial by jury.
B)   writ of habeas corpus.
C)   protections against unwarranted search and seizure.
D)   right of free speech.
E)   right of public assembly.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

The Union's first Confiscation Act,issued in August 1861,declared that any slaves used for military purposes would be freed if they fell into Union hands.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Confederacy's policy of impressments authorized its armies to

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A)   seize food for the troops without any eventual payment.
B)   confiscate slaves for military use but pay their owners full market value for them.
C)   set up camps on private land whenever necessary.
D)   take necessary food and slaves from civilians and pay with Confederate currency.
E)   nationalize food production and war material industries.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 7

What were the advantages and disadvantages for the North and for the South at the beginning of the Civil War? Why did each side believe it would win?

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Question 8

The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freed

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A)   all American slaves.
B)   all slaves in the North.
C)   slaves in the border states.
D)   slaves that had joined the Union Army.
E)   slaves in rebel states that had not returned to the Union by January 1, 1863.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

The battle of Antietam was significant for all of the following reasons except

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A)   it ended with victory for the Confederacy, which boosted morale and kept its soldiers determined to win the war.
B)   it was the single bloodiest day-battle in history.
C)   afterwards, Union troops gained the upper hand in the pivotal regions of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
D)   it gave Lincoln the necessary victory that allowed him to issue his Emancipation Proclamation from a position of strength rather than desperation.
E)   it pushed Lee's army back into the Confederacy.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 10

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution

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A)   abolished slavery.
B)   was passed by Congress in January 1865, while the war was still continuing.
C)   was ratified by enough Union states during the war to make it part of the Constitution.
D)   All of these choices.
E)   None of these choices.F) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

The First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) was important because

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A)   Northerners accomplished an astounding victory.
B)   Union soldiers proved that they would never retreat from Southern aggression.
C)   after this battle both sides realized that the war would be neither brief nor relatively small.
D)   the Union used African American soldiers for the first time.
E)   the battle gave Lincoln the advantage he wanted before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

Discuss the challenges the Union and the Confederacy faced on their homefronts.

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Question 13

Which statement was true of the First Battle of Manassas?

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A)   The South suffered 10 percent casualties, and the North close to 20 percent.
B)   General Irvin McDowell's troops fought valiantly, even though greatly outnumbered.
C)   After the battle, Congress authorized the enlistment of 500,000 volunteers.
D)   After the battle, both sides boldly announced a brief war and certain victory.
E)   Stonewall Jackson was killed as he stood rallying his troops at Manassas.F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

All of the following are true statements about African American participation in the Civil War except

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A)   Free blacks and escaped slaves were admitted into the Union Army early in the war.
B)   The Emancipation Proclamation included a statement that blacks would now be admitted into the military.
C)   Eighty percent of the African Americans who enlisted in the Union Army were runaway slaves.
D)   Black soldiers served in segregated units and received half the pay of white soldiers.
E)   Some historians believe that black soldiers helped tilt the war's outcome toward Union victory.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 15

The North had a population that was more than twice the size of the South's.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The most senseless and disastrous move ordered by Robert E.Lee during the Civil War was

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A)   his advance toward Washington, D.C. during the Seven Days' Battles.
B)   his decision to move into Pennsylvania to relieve the Virginians who had been in the midst of so much of the fighting.
C)   the Battle of Antietam, where Lee had overextended his forces into Maryland and was forced into a retreat.
D)   his decision to send a group of over 12,500 men to break the Union line at Gettysburg - two-thirds of whom were killed, wounded or captured.
E)   leading Grant on a military chase that lasted for weeks and eventually put Lee's men in trenches outside Petersburg, Virginia for nine long, miserable months.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 17

One strategy that both the Union and Confederacy used as the war progressed was

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A)   limited warfare.
B)   instituting an income tax.
C)   requiring slaves and former slaves to serve in combat.
D)   sending emissaries to negotiate a limited peace.
E)   mandating that all men serve in the military, regardless of class.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 18

Explain exactly what the Emancipation Proclamation did and did not do.Why was it so important to Lincoln to make that public declaration? What did the Emancipation Proclamation accomplish?

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The Emancipation Proclamation was a publ...

Question 19

As the Civil War progressed,the North was able to prosecute the war without going into debt or changing its economic tax and revenue system,and the South successfully enacted several economic changes to finance the war,most of which were financially beneficial to the Confederacy and its citizens.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What was the most significant battle during each stage of the war? Why was each significant? Which is/are considered the turning point(s)of the war?

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