Question 1

The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization of civilian volunteers, was led by Horace Greeley.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Robert E.Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox Courthouse after

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A)  President Jefferson Davis announced the Confederate government was defeated.
B)  President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
C)  Lee recognized the futility of continued fighting.
D)  President Lincoln met President Davis.
E)  President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union forces.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

The Confederacy was organized before Lincoln was inaugurated.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Not until 1864 did Lincoln find a military commander he could trust: _____________.

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Question 5

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

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A)  the Union Pacific
B)  the Western Pacific
C)  the Central Pacific
D)  the Western Pacific and Central Pacific
E)  the Union Pacific and Central PacificF) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

General Robert E.Lee first directly engaged General Ulysses S.Grant

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A)  at Gettysburg.
B)  in the Wilderness campaign.
C)  at Chickamauga.
D)  at Vicksburg.
E)  at Nashville.F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

Wartime targets of military arrest in the North were Peace Democrats, or ___________________.

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Question 8

Opinion about the war was more divided in the North than in the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Describe the debate in the North over the involvement of African Americans in the Civil War and assess the significance of their participation in the war.

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Question 10

President Abraham Lincoln believed the main objective of the Union armies was to

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A)  occupy Confederate territory.
B)  free Southern slaves.
C)  destroy Confederate armies.
D)  control Confederate ports.
E)  capture Richmond.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 11

General Ulysses S.Grant

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A)  did not agree with Abraham Lincoln's general strategic objectives.
B)  followed Winfield Scott as Lincoln's military chief of staff.
C)  believed the key to victory was to capture the Confederate capital.
D)  was ultimately succeeded by Henry W.Halleck as chief of staff of the army.
E)  thought the main Union effort should target enemy armies and resources.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 12

An English steamer, the __________, was carrying Confederate diplomats when it was captured in late 1861 by a Union ship.

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Question 13

How did new technology change the strategy of war?

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Question 14

The Confederate States of America was formed

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A)  before Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated president.
B)  after eleven Southern states had seceded.
C)  after Fort Sumter fell to forces from seceding states.
D)  in a meeting hall in Washington, D.C.
E)  despite the passage of the Crittenden Compromise.F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 15

In his capacity of commander in chief, President Abraham Lincoln

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A)  argued it was essential that that 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) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 16

In the early part of the war, Ulysses S.Grant concentrated on the western theater.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The United States Sanitary Commission

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A)  was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. 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 E)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

The prominent commander who died in the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 was

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A)  George McClellan.
B)  Joseph Hooker.
C)  Ambrose Burnside.
D)  Thomas Jackson.
E)  George Meade.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 19

In the election of 1864, President Abraham Lincoln

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A)  emphasized the success of the Republican Party in fighting the Civil War.
B)  won by a narrow margin in the electoral vote.
C)  faced a Democratic opponent who was a former Union general.
D)  proposed a truce in the Civil War.
E)  was greatly aided by Robert E.Lee's surrender just before election day.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 20

The first ironclad ships to engage in a naval battle were the ______________ and the _____________.

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General Robert E.Lee first directly engaged General Ulysses S.Grant

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

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Not until 1864 did Lincoln find a military commander he could trust: _____________.

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General Ulysses S.Grant

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An English steamer, the __________, was carrying Confederate diplomats when it was captured in late 1861 by a Union ship.

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