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In the Confederacy,a military draft


A) was not considered necessary until the last months of the Civil War.
B) never allowed for the hiring of substitutes.
C) compelled slaves to serve as soldiers.
D) aroused opposition from poorer whites for its expensive substitute policy.
E) forced all white males between the ages of 18 and 25 to serve for three years.

F) A) and C)
G) D) and E)

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At the Battle of ________ in May 1863,Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was wounded and subsequently died of pneumonia.

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The South was for the most part fighting a defensive war.

A) True
B) False

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On April 14,1861,Fort Sumter surrendered after


A) Confederate forces bombarded it.
B) President Lincoln chose to not resupply the fort.
C) Southern soldiers occupied the fort.
D) the fort's commander decided to join the Confederacy.
E) the Union commanding officer, Robert Anderson, was killed.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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Which of the following federally-chartered corporations did the Union create to build the transcontinental railroad?


A) Union Pacific
B) Western Pacific
C) Central Pacific
D) Western Pacific and Central Pacific
E) Union Pacific and Central Pacific

F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

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The most celebrated battle of the Civil War was fought at ________ in early July of 1863.

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In naval warfare during the Civil War,


A) the Union blockade of the South was largely ineffective.
B) the Confederacy managed to build a navy equal to that of the Union.
C) both the Union and Confederate militaries developed ironclads.
D) the Confederacy devastated Union fleets with ironclad warships.
E) the Confederacy managed to seize key Union ports such as Baltimore.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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Which of the following statements about GeorgeB.McClellan is FALSE?


A) He ran against Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1864.
B) He originally served as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
C) He was found to have, in Lincoln's opinion, a wholly inadequate grasp of strategy.
D) He served briefly as chief of staff but returned to the field in March 1862.
E) He was eventually replaced by General Henry W. Halleck.

F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

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General McClellan was a great trainer of soldiers,but his excessive caution often exasperated Lincoln.

A) True
B) False

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The Confederate constitution explicitly acknowledged the sovereignty of individual states and the right of secession.

A) True
B) False

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To build up the Union army,Lincoln originally relied much more on volunteers in state militias than he did an increase in the regular army.

A) True
B) False

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In both the North and the South,draftees could avoid military service if they hired substitutes.

A) True
B) False

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The United States Sanitary Commission


A) was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and SusanB. Anthony.
B) helped turn nursing into a female-dominated profession.
C) was welcomed by male doctors.
D) defied the traditional stereotype of women.
E) banned women from working in frontline field hospitals.

F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

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No additional states seceded from the Union once the war had begun.

A) True
B) False

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In what ways did women participate in the Civil War,and how did the conflict change the status of women in both the North and the South?

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The seceding Southern states immediately seized federal property within their boundaries.

A) True
B) False

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What methods did President Lincoln use to suppress popular opposition to the war in the North?

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Prior to becoming president of the Confederacy,Jefferson Davis had


A) been vice president of the United States.
B) called for a gradual phase-out of slavery.
C) begged South Carolina not to leave the Union.
D) called for the imprisonment of abolitionists.
E) been regarded as a moderate on secession.

F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

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The North had such an overwhelming advantage in naval power that its blockade of the South was completely effective from the start.

A) True
B) False

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In his capacity as commander in chief,President Abraham Lincoln


A) argued it was essential that the laws of the Constitution be upheld during the war.
B) increased the size of the army without the approval of Congress.
C) quickly called on Congress to enact a naval blockade of the South.
D) moved cautiously in asserting his war powers.
E) waited for Congress to declare war before dispatching troops to the South.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

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