The Civil War grinds on (Ch. 17 Sec. 1&2, "Andersonville")

Question 1

With the war dragging on and volunteers dwindling, both sides passed ___ laws to get soldiers.

Accepted Answer

conscription

Question 2

The single most destructive agent to the South's economy was the loss of its

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slaves

Question 3

By 1863 the Confederate states fell into disagreement for the very reason they seceded:

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the principle of "states rights."

Question 4

The commandant of Andersonville who would later be hanged for war crimes was

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Henry Wirz

Question 5

The death of this general severely hurt Robert E. Lee's chances of winning the war for the CSA.

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Stonewall Jackson

Question 6

True or False: Northern prisons could be just as deadly as Southern prisons.

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true

Question 7

This woman journeyed to Andersonville after the war and helped to properly bury its 13,000 dead

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Clara Barton

Question 8

The prison camp with the worse reputation was the South's Camp Sumter, aka _____.

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Andersonville

Question 9

Where in the Confederacy was Andersonville located?

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Georgia

Question 10

The Emancipation Proclamation also declared that...

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African-American men would be welcomed into the Union army

Question 11

An example of the importance women played in the war was that of the Northern nurse ____.

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Clara Barton

Question 12

Prior to the Proclamation, some states led by __ had already begun to form all-black regiments.

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Massachussetts

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT true of the public's response to the Proclamation?

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Northern Democrats were relieved by it.

Question 14

In addition to the draft, the North offered ___ to men who volunteered for service.

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bounties

Question 15

Before the Proclamation, the Union's purpose for fighting the war was to

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preserve and re-unite the Union.

Question 16

By late 1862 a group of Northern Democrats called __ began to loudly oppose Lincoln and the war

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copperheads

Question 17

This woman opened an office in Washington, DC to help locate missing Union soldiers.

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Clara Barton

Question 18

The 54th Massachusetts Regiment achieved fame for its attack on this Confederate fort:

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Fort Wagner

Question 19

By 1863 desperate citizens began to riot in the South due to

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food shortages.

Question 20

A "rich man's war but a poor man's fight" was a Southern saying concerning the gripe over...

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all of these

Question 21

In need of funding, the Union established an emergency ____ to help finance its war effort.

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income tax

Question 22

The most scorned of prisoners in Civil War prison camps were those known as

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tunnel traitors

Question 23

Which of the following is true of the Emancipation Proclamation?

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All of these are true.

Question 24

Lincoln hesitated to end slavery through the Emancipation Proclamation because...

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he didn't believe he had the Constitutional power to do so.

Question 25

Unlike the South, the war helped the North's economy by promoting the growth of

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all of these

Question 26

During the war the North continued to be supplied with cotton from

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all of these

Question 27

The final surrender of Lee to Grant takes place in this Virginia town.

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Appomattox Court House

Question 28

By the war's end, about _____ African-American soldiers had joined the Union army.

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180,000

Question 29

This Northern prison may have been as bad as Andersonville in terms of the human toll:

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Elmira

Question 30

Facing the threat of a money shortage, the Union began producing paper money called _____.

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greenbacks

Question 31

What was the cost charged by guards to mail letters for the prisoners?

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$2

Question 32

The draft was so unpopular in the North that it led to deadly riots in ____ in July 1863

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New York City

Question 33

Food shortages in the South led to high prices and a devaluing of their currency known as

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inflation

The Civil War grinds on (Ch. 17 Sec. 1&2, "Andersonville")

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The Civil War grinds on (Ch. 17 Sec. 1&2, "Andersonville")

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