Unit 7 - ReviewUnit 7 - Review

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Which of the following events occurred last?

A)The South Carolina Ordinance of Secession

B) Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration

C) The surrender of Fort Sumter

D) The secession of Virginia

E) The secession of Alabama

D

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

A)They feared losing Northern grain shipments

B) They did not want to fight against the superior American navy

C)The British upper class had supported the North from the outset of hostilities

D)The war caused no economic problems for Britain

A

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A supposed asset for the South at the beginning of the Civil War that never materialized to its real advantage was

A)Effective military leadership

B) Intervention from Britain and France

C)The fighting skill of Southern males

D)Its ability to fight on its own soil

B

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The Battle of Antietam was particularly crucial because it

A)Inflated an already dangerous overconfidence among Southerners

B) Probably prevented intervention by Britain and France on behalf of the Confederacy

C)Delayed Lincoln’s plan to announce the Emancipation Proclamation

D)Ensured the reelection of President Lincoln

B

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The Union victory at Vicksburg was of major importance because

A)It reopened the Mississippi River to Northern trade

B) Coupled with the victory at Gettysburg, foreign help for the Confederacy was irretrievably lost

C)It helped to quell Northern peace agitation

D)All of the above

D

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At the beginning of the Civil War, President Lincoln favored

A)Postponing military action as long as possible

B) Ending slavery

C)Long-term enlistments for Union soldiers

D)Quick military action to show the folly of secession

D

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As a result of the Confederate victory in the Peninsula Campaign,

A)Robert E. Lee was named to command the entire Southern army

B) Lincoln named Ulysses S. Grant as commander of the Union forces

C)Lincoln delayed his issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation

D)The Union turned to a strategy of total warD

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Confederate commerce-raiders such as the Alabama

A)Were of little value

B) Proved effective against Union shipping

C)Were supplied by the French

D)Lasted less than a year

B

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To fill the army’s demand for troops, the North relied mainly on

A)The draft

B) Bounty brokers

C)Substitute brokers

D)volunteers

D

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

A)Of the South’s emphasis on states’ rights

B) There was such a strong agreement on policy in the South

C)He did not believe in strong executive action

D)All of the above

A

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The Confederacy enlisted slaves into their army

A)A month before the war ended

B) At the beginning of the war

C)As a response to the Emancipation Proclamation

D)To help in the attack on Gettysburg

A

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In “Conventions of Freedom,” blacks

A)Established their own state legislatures

B) Expressed radical views on equality

C)Were led by Northern white politicians

D)Fought to make their freedom a reality

D

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The 14th Amendment

A)Required former Confederate states to pay their war debts

B) Prohibited ex-Confederate leaders from holding public office

C)Guaranteed freed slaves “due process of law”

D)Met all the demands of the radical Republicans

B

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In the 1866 congressional elections,

A)President Johnson conducted a highly successful “swing around the circle” campaign tour

B) Radicals replaced moderates as the dominant faction in Congress

C)Voters endorsed the congressional approach to Reconstruction

D)Republicans lost their majority control of Congress

C

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Radical congressional Reconstruction ended of the South ended when

A)The South accepted the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments

B) Federal troops were removed

C)President Johnson was not reelected in 1868

D)The Supreme Court ruled that military tribunals could not try civilians

B

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During Reconstruction, in five Southern states

A)Blacks predominated in the state legislature

B) Blacks made up a majority of the electorate

C)There was a black governor

D)Blacks were elected to the United States Senate

B

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The “Exodusters” westward movement to Kansas faltered when

A)They began migrating North

B) Steamboat captains refused to transport them across the Mississippi

C)The 15th Amendment was passed

D)None of the above

B

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That the Southern states were “conquered provinces” and therefore at the mercy of Congress for readmission to the Union was the view of

A)War Democrats

B) Congressional Republicans

C)President Lincoln

D)President Johnson

B