Question 1

In the election of 1864,President Abraham Lincoln

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

Question 2

The 1862 Morrill Act was designed to help

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A)   banks.
B)   free blacks.
C)   industry.
D)   railroads.
E)   education.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

Disloyal northerners,such as the "Copperheads." were

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A)   intent on using the Civil War to rapidly end slavery.
B)   Northerners who secretly spied for the Confederacy.
C)   largely members of the Republican Party.
D)   strong Lincoln supporters who often suppressed dissent violently.
E)   sometimes arrested on the order of President Lincoln.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

The Crittenden Compromise found its greatest support in

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A)   abolitionists.
B)   Republican senators.
C)   the western territories.
D)   Southern senators.
E)   President Abraham Lincoln.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

By the end of the Civil War,communication by telegraph was used by both the North and South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Confederacy financed its war effort primarily through

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A)   printing money.
B)   seizure of Northern assets.
C)   selling bonds.
D)   foreign loans.
E)   an income tax.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

The Peninsular campaign in 1862

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A)  saw General George McClellan plan an ambitious assault on Charleston,South Carolina.
B)  was an example of General McClellan's conservative approach to battle.
C)  ultimately ended in a major Union victory and signaled a turning point in the war.
D)  All these answers are correct.
E)  saw the first Confederate siege of Washington,D.C.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

As a supporter of land operations,the Union naval presence was particularly important on the

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A)   southern gulf.
B)   Great Lakes.
C)   Outer Banks.
D)   western rivers.
E)   Chesapeake.F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

After the Battle of Gettysburg,the weakened Confederate armies were never again able to seriously threaten Northern territory.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In the Confederacy,a military draft

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

Question 12

How did new technology change the strategy of war?

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Question 13

In 1861,President Abraham Lincoln realized that volunteer state militias

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A)   could not be counted on to serve longer than three months.
B)   would operate as a drag on the more efficient and experienced United States army.
C)   could not wage an effective military campaign.
D)   would have to do the bulk of fighting for the Union.
E)   would provide all the military manpower the Union would require.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

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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Question 15

All of the following were "Radical Republicans" EXCEPT

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A)   Charles Sumner.
B)   Benjamin Wade.
C)   Thaddeus Stevens.
D)   None of these answers is correct.
E)   Abraham Lincoln.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 16

The first state to secede from the Union,in 1860,was

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A)   Virginia.
B)   Mississippi.
C)   Alabama.
D)   Georgia.
E)   South Carolina.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 17

In the early part of the Civil War,the sympathies of the ruling classes in France and England lay with the Confederacy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In the Civil War,the number of deaths for every 100,000 of the population was

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A)   500.
B)   1,000.
C)   4,000.
D)   5,000.
E)   2,000.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

In 1861,the so-called Trent affair

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A)   created an international diplomatic crisis for Abraham Lincoln.
B)   was eventually resolved with an indirect apology by England.
C)   saw the capture of Union diplomats by the Confederate government.
D)   resulted in France recalling its ambassador from the United States.
E)   led England to form closer political ties with the Lincoln administration.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 20

By the end of 1862,Union forces

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A)   All these answers are correct.
B)   had driven Confederate forces out of Kentucky.
C)   had closed the mouth of the Mississippi to Confederate trade.
D)   had made considerable progress in the West.
E)   were having little success in the East.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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The Crittenden Compromise found its greatest support in

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In the election of 1864,President Abraham Lincoln

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