Chapter 14

Question 1

The Civil war resulted in approximately how many deaths?

Answer 1

750,000

Question 2

What was the key issue that divided the Democratic Party in 1860?

Answer 2

Slavery

Question 3

What was the goal of the Anaconda Plan?

Answer 3

Cut off access to coastal ports and inland waterways

Question 4

This battle was the first major battle on Union soil and remains the bloodiest single day in
American history:

Answer 4

Antietam

Question 5

All of the following statements about the battle of Gettysburg are true EXCEPT

Answer 5

Lasted a single day

Question 6

Who led the March to the Sea?

Answer 6

Sherman

Question 7

What was the term for radical southerners who promoted secession as early as 1850?

Answer 7

Fire-eaters

Question 8

Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephen’s influential “Cornerstone Speech” declared
that the cornerstone of the Confederacy rests _________________.

Answer 8

“upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery… is
his natural and normal condition”

Question 9

Why did Union soldiers feel that it was so important to defend the Union?

Answer 9

All of the above

Question 10

Black men made up what percent of the Union army?

Answer 10

10%

Question 11

The majority of black Union soldiers had ___________.

Answer 11

Been born enslaved

Question 12

Women on both sides of the war contributed to the conflict by performing all of the
following EXCEPT

Answer 12

NOT Dressing as men and fighting in battles. NOT

Question 13

What proved to be the most deadly aspect of the Civil War?

Answer 13

Disease

Question 14

What provided the greatest boost to Abraham Lincoln’s 1864 reelection?

Answer 14

Military success of William T. Sherman

Question 15

Which of the following statements describes the process of emancipation?

Answer 15

All the above