Exam 16: The Civil War

A) all those who owned no slaves
B) owners of twenty or more slaves
C) the oldest male in any family
D) all males over 25

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A) notion that modern circumstances demanded total warfare
B) need to innovate in the face of new military technology
C) use of small independent bands of cavalry
D) conventional military doctrine of massed infantry offensives

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A) He lacked support within his own party.
B) The South was winning the war.
C) The Union Army did not support him.
D) Business leaders did not support him.

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A) Davis insisted on full independence for the Confederacy.
B) Lincoln insisted on immediate emancipation.
C) Davis insisted on the retention of slavery in the United States.
D) Lincoln insisted on the jailing of all Confederate leaders.

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A) loss of New Orleans
B) cutting off of the nation's transport system
C) Southern attack on Harpers Ferry
D) problem of Fort Sumter

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A) Most Southerners strongly believed in states' rights.
B) Many Southerners were not supportive of the war effort.
C) Nonslaveholders refused to support his leadership.
D) Very few Southerners wanted to serve in the new government.

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A) The Union navy grew larger.
B) Ironclads blockaded all major Southern ports.
C) The number of Confederate blockade runners declined.
D) European nations began to honor the blockade.

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A) He worried about losing the support of the border states.
B) He personally opposed it.
C) He had no authority to institute such a policy.
D) The North was winning the war without emancipation.

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A) men flocked to enlist
B) slaves began to escape in record numbers
C) most poor whites refused to answer
D) many Southerners were ambivalent about joining up

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A) It made ending slavery part of the northern war aims.
B) It freed all American slaves.
C) It abolished slavery in the border states.
D) It caused an uprising within the Union army.

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A) to attempt to convince the South to rejoin the Union
B) to gain the support of European allies
C) to appease northern opponents of the war
D) to minimize casualties

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A) Southern troops refused to recognize captured black troops as prisoners of war.
B) Northern troops often treated their black comrades violently.
C) Black soldiers were routinely thrown into the most dangerous situations.
D) Black soldiers were not immune to many of the diseases prevalent in military camps.

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A) Santee Sioux
B) Cherokee Confederate sympathizers
C) Navajo
D) Indian tribes from the Old Southwest who had been removed to Indian territory

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A) Lee retreated and refused to fight
B) McClellan avoided battle in hopes of forcing a Confederate surrender
C) Lincoln denied McClellan sufficient troops
D) Lee burned Richmond to prevent it falling into Union hands

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A) It contained loopholes that allowed slaveholders to avoid service and wealthy men to hire substitutes to fight in their place.
B) It did not require slaveholders to register for the draft.
C) It weighted the process to make it more likely that men from the Lower South would be drafted.
D) It did not allow for the conscription of slaves.

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A) The South could fight a defensive war.
B) The Confederate army held a numerical advantage.
C) The South had a superior industrial capacity.
D) The South had more experienced political leadership.

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A) William Seward
B) Clement Vallandigham
C) George McClellan
D) Henry Sibley

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