CHAPTER 14

Question 1

Approximately how many Union and Confederate soldiers died during the Civil War?

Answer 1

750,000.

Question 2

At Antietam:

Answer 2

the nation suffered more casualties than on any other day in its history.

Question 3

As a general, what was George McClellan’s biggest contribution to the Union’s ultimate victory?

Answer 3

He molded the Army of the Potomac into an effective fighting force.

Question 4

Lincoln was hesitant to support abolition early in the war because he:

Answer 4

feared losing the support of the slaveholding border states within the Union.

Question 5

Lincoln’s issuance of an emancipation proclamation:

Answer 5

followed the narrow Union victory in the Battle of Antietam.

Question 6

The Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863:

Answer 6

did not apply to the border slave states that had not seceded.

Question 7

After comparing the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, what conclusion can be made?

Answer 7

Lincoln was pragmatic in his decision making.

Question 8

Starting in 1863, why did Frederick Douglas believe that African-Americans should serve as soldiers in the Union army?

Answer 8

They needed to take ownership of their freedom.

Question 9

Besides preserving the Union, how else has Lincoln’s legacy lived on in today’s America?

Answer 9

He overcame regional differences to build a new nation-state.

Question 10

With regard to civil liberties during the Civil War, President Lincoln:

Answer 10

suspended the writ of habeas corpus.

Question 11

What did the Morrill Land Grant College Act establish?

Answer 11

It helped create colleges.

Question 12

The Thirteenth Amendment:

Answer 12

abolished slavery throughout the United States.

Question 13

How can the treatment of Native Americans by the Confederacy be characterized?

Answer 13

They were given a say in the Confederate government.

Question 14

What was the spark for a deadly riot in New York in 1863?

Answer 14

A military draft.

Question 15

“King Cotton diplomacy” led Great Britain to:

Answer 15

find new supplies of cotton outside the South.

Question 16

In July 1863, the Union won two key victories that are often identified as turning points in the war. These victories occurred at:

Answer 16

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Question 17

What could be one possible reason that Robert E. Lee invaded the North in 1863?

Answer 17

He hoped to deliver a knockout blow to the Union.

Question 18

What separated Grant from the other Union generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac?

Answer 18

Grant was willing to wage a war of attrition.

Question 19

General Sherman marched from Atlanta to the sea in order to:

Answer 19

demoralize the South’s civilian population.

Question 20

Besides ending slavery, the Civil War had what result?

Answer 20

Northern capitalists and industrialists came to dominate on the national scene, taking power away from the former southern slaveholder.