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Chapter 14 Self-Quiz 1
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In his inaugural address of March 1861, Abraham Lincoln
reasserted his intention to leave slavery alone where it already existed
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agreed that there was such a thing as a constitutional right to property in slaves.
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shared a plan to interfere with slavery where it already existed
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reassured the South that they would not lose the federal protection that slavery already enjoyed
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The Upper South was dominated by
abolitionists
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cooperationists
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secessionists
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Republicans
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After Fort Sumter surrendered, what did not happen?
Lincoln issued a call to states for 75,000 militiamen to report to duty
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The governments of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi refused to send troops to duty
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Virginia seceded
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The South became a united front
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What concerned the Republicans most about the Crittenden Compromise?
The federal protection of slavery
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The restoration of the Missouri Compromise.
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The compensation of masters who were unable to recover fugitive slaves from the North
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The protection of slavery in territories acquired in the future
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Which statement is not correct?
Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri joined the Confederacy
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Unionist sentiment remained strong in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee.
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The western third of Virginia was against secession
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Where slavery was weak, support for secession was weak
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After the ________________, the North realized that the war would last longer than anticipated.
The first Battle of Bull Run
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The Battle at Shiloh
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The Battle of Antietam
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The Battle Manassas
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What was not one of the differences between the Confederate Constitution and the U.S. Constitution?
The Confederate Chief Executive served a single, six-year term
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The Confederate Constitution defined slaves as property.
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The Confederate Constitution restricted the government's power to build railroads, canals, and turnpikes
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The Confederate Constitution did not allow for a line-item veto by the chief executive
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Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis both experienced all of the following except
critics to the war
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obstreperous states.
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having to choose to suspend habeas corpus
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a two-party political system
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At the beginning of the war, why did the South have a military advantage?
It had more agriculture
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It was defending its own territory with their sources of supply nearby
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It was operating within a completely friendly civilian population
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It had more industry than the North
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The Homestead Act offered
land at low prices to settlers in the West
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incentives for scientific development of agriculture.
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protection for greenbacks
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houses to men who served in the military
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What was the most common motivation among both northern and southern soldiers?
Abolishment of slavery
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Patriotism
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Acquisition of wealth
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Land ownership
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Which is not one of the reasons that thousands of soldiers were killed during the Civil War?
Contaminated water
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Inadequate clothing and shelter.
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Mosquitoes and vermin
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Lack of ammunition
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Which is not true about the New York City Draft Riots?
Homes of the leading Republicans were attacked
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White mobs lynched many African Americans.
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They were an outgrowth of multiple tensions
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They lasted for one day
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Emancipation became a military ____________ as slave laborers sustained the Confederacy.
concern
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strategy
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necessity
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obligation
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Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
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George B. McClellan
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Robert E. Lee
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Edmund Ruffin
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George B. McClellan's greatest strength was his eagerness to take men into battle.
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In the North, draftees could escape conscription by paying a $300 commutation fee.
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The increased number of casualties in the war was mostly the consequence of inept leadership.
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The war was over when General Ulysses Grant surrendered at the Appomattox Court House.
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African American soldiers made up nearly 20 percent of the Union army.
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