APUSH midterm- The Civil War

Question 1

Name the Document: Lincoln's declaration that freed slaves of Confederate rebels.

Accepted Answer

The Emancipation Proclamation

Question 2

Johnson frequently vetoed bills which:

Accepted Answer

granted blacks rights

Question 3

Monitor v Merrimac marked a shift from wooden ships to:

Accepted Answer

Ironclad ships

Question 4

Name this incident: The Union took Confederate diplomats aboard a British ship prisoner.

Accepted Answer

The Trent Affair

Question 5

Which thing did Lincoln NOT use his exacutive power to do at the beginning of the war?

Accepted Answer

Implement universal healthcare

Question 6

What law did Reconstruction end?

Accepted Answer

3/5 rule

Question 7

Which slave states did not secede?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 8

What was the significance of the First Battle of Bull Run?

Accepted Answer

ended the illusion that the war would be short

Question 9

The Union plan to blockade southern ports was known as:

Accepted Answer

the Anaconda Plan

Question 10

The Emancipation Proclamation immediately freed what percentage of slaves?

Accepted Answer

1

Question 11

Who was the first president to be impeached?

Accepted Answer

Johnson

Question 12

Who won the First Battle of Bull Run?

Accepted Answer

The Confederacy

Question 13

Lincoln's 10% Reconstruction plan said a Confederate State could rejoin the Union IF:

Accepted Answer

10% of voters took an oath of loyalty

Question 14

True or False: Britain eventually recognized the Confederacy as an independent country.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

The "Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction" (1863) pardoned Confederate leaders who:

Accepted Answer

took an oath of loyalty

Question 16

THe Confederacy issued over 1 billion paper dollas, leading to:

Accepted Answer

inflation

Question 17

What did black codes do?

Accepted Answer

prevented blacks from owning or renting property

Question 18

Confederate secession led to the __________________ party dominating the Union's Congress.

Accepted Answer

Republican

Question 19

Which was NOT a part of the Union's plan for winning the war?

Accepted Answer

Buy up the south's surplus cotton supply

Question 20

The Civil War marked the first American use of the Conscription Act, also known as:

Accepted Answer

the Draft

Question 21

What was the largest Confederate military advantage?

Accepted Answer

the were fighting a defensive war

Question 22

Lincoln was the first President from which party?

Accepted Answer

Republican

Question 23

The Confederacy thought that they could win the CIvil War because they had:

Accepted Answer

Cotton

Question 24

The Freedmen's Bureau was an early:

Accepted Answer

welfare system

Question 25

The civil war started at:

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter, Charleston SC

Question 26

True or False? President Lincoln never acknowledged the Confederacy leaving the Union.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Slavery Officially ended with:

Accepted Answer

the 13th amendment

Question 28

The bloodiest day of civil war combat was during:

Accepted Answer

The battle of Antietem

Question 29

True or False: Black Freedmen were segregated from white soldiers in the Union Army.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Sherman's march accross the south destroying civilian property was an example of:

Accepted Answer

total war

Question 31

The Turning point of the war was the Union Victory at:

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg and Vicksburg

Question 32

Who assassinated Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 33

The South relied on:

Accepted Answer

King Cotton

Question 34

The South believed that "King Cotton" would lead to economic help from:

Accepted Answer

Britain and France

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APUSH midterm- The Civil War

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