Chapter 17 test

Question 1

the most important border state was

Answer 1

maryland

Question 2

the main goal of the south was

Answer 2

to be recognized as a nindependent nations

Question 3

the main goal of the north was

Answer 3

TO RESTORE THE UNION

Question 4

the basic strategy of the osuth was

Answer 4

conduct a defensive war

Question 5

general scotts war strategy was called

Answer 5

the anaconda plan

Question 6

which had ahd more soldiers and a larger population

Answer 6

union

Question 7

which side had an advantage of a strong military leadership

Answer 7

confederacy

Question 8

the osuht thought britain and france would support them because

Answer 8

the depended on southern esports

Question 9

many union and confederate soldiers deserted because

Answer 9

they were hungry afraid and sick

Question 10

which side knew the fighting ground and had a strong fighting spirit

Answer 10

confederacy

Question 11

Robert E Lee’s strategy at the battle of Antietam did not work because

Answer 11

the description of his plan was found by union officers

Question 12

who won at the first battle of bull run

Answer 12

confederacy

Question 13

the union wanted control of the mississippi because

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it could cut off supply lines to the confederacy form the west and it would be able to move nto the heart of the south

Question 14

at the battles of shiloh

Answer 14

the union won a narrow victory

Question 15

abolitionists urged presidtn lincoln to make slavery a central issue in the war because

Answer 15

slavery was morally wrong

Question 16

from where did most confederate and union soldiers come

Answer 16

farms

Question 17

where was the first major battle of the civil war

Answer 17

bull urn

Question 18

who was the union general who captured fort henry

Answer 18

ulysses s grant

Question 19

the union goal in the west was to control what

Answer 19

the mississippi river

Question 20

after which battle did both sides realize it would be a long and bloody war

Answer 20

bull run

Question 21

during the war, many schools and churches were used as

Answer 21

hospitals

Question 22

the idea of wome nserving as nurses during the civil war was

Answer 22

new and unpoopular

Question 23

rose o neal greenhow entertained union leaders in washington dc because she

Answer 23

was a spy for the confederates

Question 24

most prisoners of war died from

Answer 24

disease

Question 25

to quiet opposition to the war, president linconl

Answer 25

suspended habeas corpus

Question 26

why did the south suffer the most destruction during the civil war

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most of the fighting took place there

Question 27

who was the oustherner wh oestablished a hospital for soldiers in richmond, virginia

Answer 27

sally tompkins

Question 28

what was the law that required men of certain ages to serve in the military

Answer 28

draft

Question 29

to raise money for the war, what did the north print

Answer 29

greenbakcs

Question 30

which of the following is true about general burnside

Answer 30

he resigned after losing fredericksburg

Question 31

bettsburg was an important battle because

Answer 31

it turned the tide of the war in the unions favor

Question 32

the union caputring of port hudson meant that

Answer 32

the south was split in two

Question 33

the commander of the confederate army who surprised union forces by sending troops to attack them from the flank at chencellorsvilles was

Answer 33

robert e le

Question 34

after relieving gneeral mcclellan of his duties, a frustrated president lincoln watched different generals try and fail to lead the union to victory. who were they

Answer 34

ambrose burnside, joseph hooker, and george meade.

Question 35

confederate leaders hoped a victory in union territory would win support from

Answer 35

britain and france

Question 36

general grant led a 47-day seige against which city

Answer 36

vicksburg mississippi

Question 37

by the end of the war african american colunteers made up nearly which percentage of the union army

Answer 37

10 percent

Question 38

president lincolns address at which battlefield honored soldier and stated his vision for the country

Answer 38

gettysburg

Question 39

president lincoln put general grant in charge becauase

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he was a man of action

Question 40

when grant laid seige at petersburg confederates

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refused to give up and had no access to food and troops

Question 41

while grant focused on capturing richmond general sherman was

Answer 41

marching through the deep south

Question 42

sherman waged total war in the south because

Answer 42

he hopes it would help end the war

Question 43

when richmond fell, this marked

Answer 43

the end of the war

Question 44

which of the following is the systematic destruction of an entire land

Answer 44

total war

Question 45

ulysses s grants assault resulted in a nine month siege on which railroad center

Answer 45

petersburg

Question 46

what helped lincoln win the 1864 election

Answer 46

capture of atlanta

Question 47

what was sherman's march across georgia toward the atlatncia called

Answer 47

march to the sea

Question 48

where did general roberte e lee surrender to general ulysses s grant

Answer 48

appomattox court house

Question 49

because of the huge loss of life among his own troops, critics of in the north called him butcher

Answer 49

grant

Question 50

in november 1864, abraham lincoln defeated in the presidential elections

Answer 50

george b mcclellan