Chapter 15

Question 0

Primary method of Confederacy used to finance the war

Answer 0

Treasury Notes

Question 1

Earned the nickname “Stonewall” at the Battle of Bull Run

Answer 1

Thomas Jackson

Question 2

Democratic president that was in the office when the south began succession

Answer 2

James Buchanan

Question 3

His appointment to commander of the Army of Northern Virginia signified a turning point in the war in Virginia

Answer 3

Robert E. Lee

Question 4

Union commander who prevailed at Shiloh but hurt his reputation for the loss of life

Answer 4

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 5

Location of Confederate Capitol

Answer 5

Richmond

Question 6

Captured New Orleans for Union

Answer 6

David Farragut

Question 7

Location of the epic ironclad battle

Answer 7

Hampton Roads

Question 8

Key slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War

Answer 8

Kentucky

Question 9

The young, expert drill instructor and the commander of the Army of Potomac

Answer 9

George McClellan

Question 10

The first state to secede from the Union

Answer 10

South Carolina

Question 11

Confederate General Joseph Johnston died at this battle

Answer 11

Battle of Seven Pines

Question 12

The highest ranking General on either side to be killed during the war

Answer 12

Albert Sidney Johnston

Question 13

A new form of financing the war that was introduced in the North during the war

Answer 13

Income Tax

Question 14

Primary method the Union used to finance the war

Answer 14

War Bonds

Question 15

Battle where Colorado miners saved the Southwest from Confederate take-over

Answer 15

Battle of Glorieta Pass

Question 16

Kentucky congressman who tried saving the Union through Compromise

Answer 16

John J. Crittenden

Question 17

Union General who helped kick the pro-slavery government out of Missouri

Answer 17

Nathaniel Lyon

Question 18

Received most of the white southern vote in 1860

Answer 18

John C. Breckenridge

Question 19

The Vice President of the Confederacy

Answer 19

Alexander Stephens

Question 20

Government measure that modernized the American monetary system

Answer 20

National Baking Act

Question 21

U.S. Secretary of State during the Civil War

Answer 21

William Seward

Question 22

The first significant battle of the Civil War that was a Confederate victory

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Battle of Bull Run

Question 23

British mail carrier that was stopped for carrying Confederate diplomats

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Trent

Question 24

Battle with great casualties on both sides that started as a Confederate route but ended as a Union Victory

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Battle of Shiloh

Question 25

Union commander at Fort Sumter

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Robert Anderson

Question 26

_____ of the white population in the border states favored the Union

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2/3

Question 27

The Critttenden Compromise

Answer 27

Promised to protect slavery in al, territories south of 36-30

Question 28

The first significant battle of the Civil War took place at

Answer 28

Bull Run

Question 29

Who of the following did not run for presidency in 1860?

Answer 29

William Seward

Question 30

Which of the following was true of Ulysses S. Grant?

Answer 30

His determination and willingness to take risks brought him victories at Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee

Question 31

Jefferson Davis was chosen president of the Confederacy because he was

Answer 31

A moderate who had extensive military and political experience

Question 32

The Northern ship, Monitor, faced what Southern ironclad ship in the famous naval battle of 1861?

Answer 32

The Virginia

Question 33

John C. Breckinridge ran for president in 1860 under the banner of the ________ Party

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Southern Rights Democratic

Question 34

The Civil War is considered the first modern war because

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New firms of communication and transportation (railroads, telegraph, and steamboats) played an important role

Question 35

The Confederate economy suffered from

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Extremely high rates of inflation

Question 36

The Constitution of the Confederate States of America was drawn up in

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Montgomery, Alabama

Question 37

On the issue of succession, most Northerners agreed

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Secession was unconstitutional, treasonable, and impossible

Question 38

The essence of “King Cotton Diplomacy” was

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To cut off the supply of cotton to England (where it was essential to production) and gain British recognition of the Confederacy

Question 39

During the Civil War,the state of Missouri

Answer 39

Was torn by a vicious guerrilla war between Confederate bushwhackers and Union jayhawkers

Question 40

Abraham Lincoln was nominated for the presidency by the Republican Party in 1860 because

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He was a moderate whose career symbolized the economic opportunities possible in a free-labor system

Question 41

On of the most feared Southern raiding ships was

Answer 41

Alabama

Question 42

To achieve victory, the Confederacy felt it had to

Answer 42

Defend the South from the Northern armies

Question 43

William L. Yancey and Edmund Ruffin

Answer 43

We’re prominent secessionists who founded the League of United Southerners

Question 44

Which of the following statements is not true about Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860

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He was elected with southern support

Question 45

At the beginning of the war, the Confederacy benefited from its

Answer 45

Rural traditions of hunting and riding that prepared its population for military activities

Question 46

One of the major problems faced by Union armies during the campaigns of 1862 was

Answer 46

McClellan’s reluctance to fight