How did the Civil War affect the American economy?

Government spending led to growth

Which is true of the Union draft law?

It allowed wealthy people to pay for a substitue, It resulted in massive protests

Which of the following hampered Davis' ability to lead the Confederate army?

Commitment to state sovereignty

In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised to...

Leave slavery in the South alone, just not let it expand

What resulted from Lincoln suspending Habeas Corpus in the border states?

A person could be imprisoned without trial.

What resulted from the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Violence broke out in Kansas after election interference

Why did more soldiers die from disease and infection than on the battlefield?

Equipment and hospitals were not sterile.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation proclaim?

Freedom for all slaves in the rebelling states

What was one advantage the South had over the North?

More military colleges and training

Why did Lincoln stop prisoner exchanges during the Civil War?

Confederates had been executing African-American POWs

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1
Why did the South suffer from food shortages during the Civil War?
Farmers grew cotton, not food
Food went to soldiers instead of citizens
The South concentrated on industry, not agriculture.
Money was spent on weaponry rather than food
2
How did the Civil War affect the American economy?
Southern debt led to a near-collapse of the economy
Wages rose sharply due to a labor shortage caused by the war
Government spending led to growth
Destruction from the war outpaced any economic growth
3
Pickett's charge was a part of what battle?
Chancellorsville
Antietam
Gettysburg
2nd Bull Run
4
Thousands of Union soldiers died in what Confederate prisoner of war camp?
Chancellorsville
Andersonville
Wagner
Chickamauga
5
All of the following states seceded form the Union except...
Missouri
North Carolina
Virginia
Texas
6
What battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
New Orleans
Chancellorsville
7
Which is true of the Union draft law?
It allowed wealthy people to pay for a substitue
It was supported by a strongly pro-war Union
It resulted in massive protests
8
Which of the following hampered Davis' ability to lead the Confederate army?
The desire to fight a war of attrition
Weak military leadership
Dependence on money from cotton exports
Commitment to state sovereignty
9
How did Stephen Douglas want to resolve the issue of slavery?
Let the Supreme Court decide
Popular Sovereignty
Have it banned everywhere
Have it be allowed everywhere
10
How did Union General Grant capture Vicksburg?
Land battle
Blockade
Siege
Naval battle
11
In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised to...
Let new states use popular sovereignty
Leave slavery in the South alone, just not let it expand
Fight to preserve the Union
Provide amnesty for the South if they rejoined the Union
12
Confederate General ___ surrendered to Union Gen. ___ at _____, Virginia.
Grant to Lee at Gettysburg
Lee to Grant at Appomattox
Lee to McClellan at Yorktown
Stonewall Jackson to Rosencrans at Vicksburg
13
What resulted from Lincoln suspending Habeas Corpus in the border states?
A person could be imprisoned without trial.
The states were put under martial law.
Anyone could be tried for treason and executed.
Anyone could be drafted.
14
What resulted from the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Both territories peacefully became slave states
Kansas became a slave state
Both territories peacefully became free states
Violence broke out in Kansas after election interference
15
Which of the following was NOT a part of the Union's Anaconda Plan?
Take control of Richmond
Fight a war of attrition
Take control of the Mississippi River
Blockade the Southern coast
16
Why did more soldiers die from disease and infection than on the battlefield?
Camps were overcrowded and dirty
They didn't; more men died in battle than of disease
Many soldiers had to have limbs amputated
Equipment and hospitals were not sterile.
17
Who burned Atlanta in his mission to break the South's fighting spirit?
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
David Farragut
George McClellan
18
What did the Emancipation Proclamation proclaim?
That the Union would not accept a Southern surrender
Freedom for all slaves in the border states
That a 13th amendment would be added to the Constitution
Freedom for all slaves in the rebelling states
19
What was one advantage the South had over the North?
Better developed industry
More miles of railroad tracks
More military colleges and training
More reliance on foreign imports
20
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
21
Why did Lincoln stop prisoner exchanges during the Civil War?
Confederates were treasonous and should not be released
He did not; the Confederacy stopped prisoner exchanges
The conditions at Andersonville were revealed
Confederates had been executing African-American POWs
22
What role did Britain play in the Civil War?
Supported the Confederacy
Supported the Union
Remained neutral

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