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 correct incorrect

agreed that there was such a thing as a constitutional right to property in slaves. correct incorrect

shared a plan to interfere with slavery where it already existed correct incorrect

reassured the South that they would not lose the federal protection that slavery already enjoyed correct incorrect

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. The Upper South was dominated by

abolitionists correct incorrect

cooperationists correct incorrect

secessionists correct incorrect

Republicans correct incorrect

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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 correct incorrect

The governments of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi refused to send troops to duty correct incorrect

Virginia seceded correct incorrect

The South became a united front correct incorrect

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. What concerned the Republicans most about the Crittenden Compromise?

The federal protection of slavery correct incorrect

The restoration of the Missouri Compromise. correct incorrect

The compensation of masters who were unable to recover fugitive slaves from the North correct incorrect

The protection of slavery in territories acquired in the future correct incorrect

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. Which statement is not correct?

Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri joined the Confederacy correct incorrect

Unionist sentiment remained strong in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. correct incorrect

The western third of Virginia was against secession correct incorrect

Where slavery was weak, support for secession was weak correct incorrect

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. After the ________________, the North realized that the war would last longer than anticipated.

The first Battle of Bull Run correct incorrect

The Battle at Shiloh correct incorrect

The Battle of Antietam correct incorrect

The Battle Manassas correct incorrect

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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 correct incorrect

The Confederate Constitution defined slaves as property. correct incorrect

The Confederate Constitution restricted the government's power to build railroads, canals, and turnpikes correct incorrect

The Confederate Constitution did not allow for a line-item veto by the chief executive correct incorrect

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. Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis both experienced all of the following except

critics to the war correct incorrect

obstreperous states. correct incorrect

having to choose to suspend habeas corpus correct incorrect

a two-party political system correct incorrect

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. At the beginning of the war, why did the South have a military advantage?

It had more agriculture correct incorrect

It was defending its own territory with their sources of supply nearby correct incorrect

It was operating within a completely friendly civilian population correct incorrect

It had more industry than the North correct incorrect

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. The Homestead Act offered

land at low prices to settlers in the West correct incorrect

incentives for scientific development of agriculture. correct incorrect

protection for greenbacks correct incorrect

houses to men who served in the military correct incorrect

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. What was the most common motivation among both northern and southern soldiers?

Abolishment of slavery correct incorrect

Patriotism correct incorrect

Acquisition of wealth correct incorrect

Land ownership correct incorrect

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. Which is not one of the reasons that thousands of soldiers were killed during the Civil War?

Contaminated water correct incorrect

Inadequate clothing and shelter. correct incorrect

Mosquitoes and vermin correct incorrect

Lack of ammunition correct incorrect

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. Which is not true about the New York City Draft Riots?

Homes of the leading Republicans were attacked correct incorrect

White mobs lynched many African Americans. correct incorrect

They were an outgrowth of multiple tensions correct incorrect

They lasted for one day correct incorrect

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. Emancipation became a military ____________ as slave laborers sustained the Confederacy.

concern correct incorrect

strategy correct incorrect

necessity correct incorrect

obligation correct incorrect

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. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

John Wilkes Booth correct incorrect

George B. McClellan correct incorrect

Robert E. Lee correct incorrect

Edmund Ruffin correct incorrect

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. George B. McClellan's greatest strength was his eagerness to take men into battle.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. In the North, draftees could escape conscription by paying a $300 commutation fee.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. The increased number of casualties in the war was mostly the consequence of inept leadership.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. The war was over when General Ulysses Grant surrendered at the Appomattox Court House.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. African American soldiers made up nearly 20 percent of the Union army.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect