American History: A Survey (Brinkley), 13th Edition

Chapter 14: THE CIVIL WAR

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
Which of the following battles was fought in the western theatre?
A)Gettysburg
B)Chancellorsville
C)Shiloh
D)Antietam
E)Kennesaw Mountain
2
The first seven Southern states that seceded were
A)in the lower South.
B)the states where the largest concentration of slaves were located.
C)the home of the most outspoken "fire eaters."
D)not possessed of the military strength to fight a war.
E)All these answers are correct.
3
Which of the following stands did President Buchanan take after the first state seceded?
A)No state has the right to secede from the Union.
B)The federal government has no authority to stop a state from seceding from the nation.
C)Federal troops should be called out to stop secession.
D)Secession was a legal act.
E)No state has the right to secede from the Union; however, the federal government does not have the authority to stop a state from seceding from the nation.
4
At Fort Sumter,
A)President Lincoln resupplied the federal troops in time to avoid an armed conflict.
B)Major Anderson managed to withstand the bombardment of the Confederates and keep the Fort in Union hands.
C)the Confederates fired the first shot of the Civil War.
D)the Union Army fired the first shots of the war.
E)Major Anderson surrendered right after the first shot.
5
Which of the following was true when the Civil War began?
A)All the important material advantages lay with the North.
B)The South had the active support of England.
C)Southern industry was sufficient to conduct a war.
D)The Union was prepared for a long war.
E)The Union had the active support of France.
6
Which of the following was an advantage enjoyed by the South at the outset of the war?
A)It would be fighting, for the most part, a defensive war.
B)Most of the white population of the South supported the war.
C)Northern opinion on the war was divided.
D)The South had better military commanders.
E)All these answers are correct.
7
Historians have debated all of the following about the Civil War EXCEPT
A)whether the slaves contributed to the Northern victory.
B)whether it was an irrepressible conflict.
C)whether it was really fought over the issue of slavery.
D)whether the failure of the party system caused the war.
E)whether a divergent culture and commercial interests caused the war.
8
The New York City draft riots
A)occurred when Irish strikebreakers were attacked by New York longshoremen.
B)led to the deaths of 1000 people.
C)included lynchings of a number of African Americans.
D)ended the use of conscription as a means of gaining new soldiers for the Union army.
E)were in protest of the high $300.00 draft avoidance fee.
9
Which of the following was NOT enacted by the Republican Party during the Civil War?
A)a new National Bank Act
B)increased taxes on almost all goods and services
C)higher tariffs
D)hard money policies requiring all payments in gold or silver
E)the Homestead Act
10
In which of the following acts did Lincoln NOT "ignore" the Constitution?
A)sending troops into battle without asking for a declaration of war
B)increasing the size of the regular army
C)putting diplomatic pressure on England not to recognize the Confederacy
D)unilaterally proclaiming a naval blockade of the South
E)suspending the writ of habeas corpus
11
During the Civil War, Northern women
A)did not become involved in the conflict.
B)tried to get the men they knew to stay home.
C)entered nursing, a field previously dominated by men.
D)did work at home but made no contribution to the needs of employers for additional labor.
E)organized anti-war protests.
12
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves
A)in the North as well as the South.
B)in areas of the Confederacy except those already under Union control.
C)and offered compensation to the masters in slave states that remained loyal to the Union.
D)in the South but offered to return them to masters who declared their loyalty to the Union.
E)in Southern areas already under Union control.
13
The Union Army
A)refused to use African-American soldiers in any capacity.
B)refused to use African-American soldiers in combat positions.
C)had a higher mortality rate for black soldiers than white soldiers.
D)paid black and white soldiers equally.
E)used black commanders to lead black units.
14
The Confederacy ultimately financed its war effort through
A)an income tax.
B)requisitions from the staples.
C)paper money.
D)tariffs on imported goods.
E)minting gold and silver or "hard money."
15
The greatest source of division in the South was
A)the doctrine of states' rights.
B)the difference of opinion over the war.
C)the question of whether to use slaves in combat.
D)over "King Cotton diplomacy."
E)the role of women in the war effort.
16
The most concrete legacy of the Civil War for Southern white women was the
A)recognition that women could do men's work and the opening of more employment opportunities.
B)elevation in status they enjoyed when the slaves were freed.
C)decimation of the male population and the creation of a major sexual imbalance in the region.
D)the loss of status when the slaves were freed.
E)All these answers are correct.
17
In England, which of the following supported the South?
A)unenfranchised classes
B)ruling classes
C)liberals
D)English manufacturers
E)unemployed textile workers
18
The United States was upset when England declared neutrality because
A)it meant that England might aid the South.
B)it meant that the two sides in the conflict were of equal stature.
C)the South could easily get English loans.
D)such a declaration usually led to diplomatic recognition.
E)it meant that the two sides in the conflict were of equal stature and would lead to diplomatic recognition.
19
The first battle of the Civil War was
A)Shiloh.
B)the Seven Days.
C)First Bull Run.
D)Wilson's Creek.
E)Fort Pickens.
20
The last major battle of George McClellan's tenure as commanding general of the Army of the Potomac was
A)Antietam.
B)Gettysburg.
C)Atlanta.
D)Chickamauga.
E)Chancellorsville.
21
Sherman's march through Georgia was designed to
A)find supplies for the Union armies in Virginia.
B)free the slaves in central Georgia.
C)get Lincoln reelected.
D)break the will of the Southern people.
E)cut off Lee's army.
22
King Cotton diplomacy
A)enabled the South to get all the war material it needed from Europe.
B)worked for most of the war.
C)was a failure.
D)worked for the North.
E)enabled the South to get all the war material it needed from Europe and worked for most of the war.
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