Chapters 20-21

Question 1

During the Civil War, the Union

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launched a new national banking system

Question 2

The south believe that the British would come to its aid because

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Britain was dependent on Southern cotton

Question 3

One reason that the British did not try to break the Union blockade of the South during the Civil War was that

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They fear losing northern green shipments

Question 4

Lincolns declaration of the north sought to preserve the union with or without slavery

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Revealed the influence of the border states on his politics

Question 5

Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter when it was learned that

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Lincoln had ordered supplies sent to the fort

Question 6

To achieve its independence, the Confederacy had to

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Fight the invading Union Army to a draw

Question 7

Possessing _____ percent of the national wealth in 1860, the South claimed only _____ percent in 1870

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30, 12

Question 8

The importance of the border states became even greater when ____ was added to their number in 1861

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West Virginia

Question 9

Americas ministered to Britain, during the Civil War, under Pres. Lincoln was

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Charles Francis Adams

Question 10

As a result of the Civil War, the northern economy

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Greatly expanded its industrial and technological productivity

Question 11

Doing the Civil War, women in the north

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Had new opportunities open to them in industry

Question 12

During the Civil War, most of the five civilized Tribes in the Indian territory of present-day Oklahoma

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Supported the Confederacy

Question 13

Supposed asset for the south at the beginning of the Civil War that never materialized to its real advantage was

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Intervention from Britain to France

Question 14

In order to persuade the border states to remain in the union, Pres. Lincoln

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Used illegally dubious methods

Question 15

Much of the hunger experienced by Confederate soldiers in the Civil War was due to

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The South’s rickety transportation system

Question 16

As the Civil War began, the south seems to have an advantage of

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More talented military leaders

Question 17

The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was applauded by

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Proslavery southerners

Question 18

Napoleon the third’s attempt to install Maximilian on the Mexican throne was a clear violation of

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The Monroe doctrine

Question 19

As president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis did not exercise the arbitrary power wielded by Abraham Lincoln because

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Of the south emphasis on states rights

Question 20

The southern cause was weekend by

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The concept of states rights that the confederacy professed

Question 21

To fill the armies demands for troops, prior to 1863, the north relied mainly on

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Volunteers

Question 22

In 1861, many northerners were willing to allow southern states to leave the union until

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The South attacked Fort Sumter

Question 23

The North’s greatest strength in the Civil War was its

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Economy

Question 24

The unions establishment of the National Banking System

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Was the first significant step toward a unified banking at work since 1836

Question 25

The problem is that Abraham Lincoln experience as president were less prostrating than those experience by Jefferson Davis partly because the north

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Had a long-established and full recognize government

Question 26

France Amanda it’s attempt to control Mexico

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When the United States threatened to forced France to leave

Question 27

As a result of the Confederate victory in the Peninsula campaign

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The union turn to a strategy of total war

Question 28

The supreme test of American democracy in the 19 century was

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Civil War

Question 29

The two major battles of the Civil War fall on union soil were

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Gettysburg and Antietam

Question 30

When it was issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in

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State still in rebellion against the United States

Question 31

As a theorist of warfare, general William T Sherman was

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A pioneer of the strategy of total warfare aimed at destroying civilian Morale

Question 32

The North victory at Antietam allowed Pres. Lincoln to

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Issue the Emancipation Proclamation

Question 33

Robert E Lee decided to invade the north through Pennsylvania in order to

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Deliver a decisive blow that would strengthen the northern peace movements

Question 34

The battle of Antietam was particularly critical because

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It probably prevented the intervention by Britain and France on behalf of the Confederacy

Question 35

At the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 the south won the battle of

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Bull Run

Question 36

In the 1864 election, Abraham Lincoln’s running mate was

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Andrew Johnson

Question 37

In the 1864 election, the Democratic Party nominated ______ to oppose Lincoln’s reelection

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George McClellan

Question 38

Gen. Ulysses S Grant’s basic strategy in the Civil War involved

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I selling the enemies army simultaneously and directly

Question 39

A victory at Antietam probably would have one confederate independence because

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France and Britain were on the verge of recognizing the Confederate government

Question 40

Lincoln hope that Union victory at Bull Run would

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Lead to the capture of the Confederate capital at Richmond

Question 41

The battle of Gettysburg was significant because

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Union victory meant that the southern cause was doomed

Question 42

The group in the North most dangerous to the union was the

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Northern peace Democrats

Question 43

The Civil War was a major ideological victory for

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Democracy

Question 44

After assuming command of the army of the Potomac, Gen. George McClellan made the mistake of

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Consistently believing of the enemy outnumbered him

Question 45

George B McClellan, commander of the army of the Potomac, is best described as

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Overly cautious

Question 46

The union defeat in battle of Bull Run in 1861 was better than a victory because

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The defeat caused northerners to face up to the reality of a long difficult war

Question 47

The most serious confederate threat to the Union blockade came from

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The ironclad Merrimack (renamed the Virginia)

Question 48

The Union Army success in the capture of _____ was probably critical to Lincolns reelection in 1864

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Atlanta and mobile

Question 49

Clemens Al Vallandigham, southern sympathizer and vocal opponent of the war, was decisively labeled

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Copperhead

Question 50

In the election of 1864, the Republicans joined with the pro more Democrats and founded the _____ party

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National union

Question 51

At the beginning of the Civil War, Pres. Abraham Lincoln favored

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Quick military action to show the folly of succession

Question 52

One of the key developments enabling the union to stop the confederate thrust into the north at Antietam was

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The unions discovery of Robert E Lee’s battle plans