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In the aftermath of Lincoln’s election to the presidency in 1860, southerners feared that following
Lincoln would break his promise and interfere with slavery where it existed.
Why did President Lincoln decide to suspend habeas corpus during the Civil War?
He believed it would stop disloyal activities, such as protests against the draft.
The second Confiscation Act, passed in July 1862, declared that
any slave who came to Union lines, through either flight or capture, would be forever free
Which of the following describes the 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaign?
Union troops led a scorched-earth campaign to punish farmers who had aided the South.
Which of the following describes Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan, which he announced in December 1863?
It specified that a state could return to the Union when 10 percent of its voters took an oath of loyalty to the Union.
President Buchanan responded to the secession crisis by
declaring secession illegal but claiming that the federal government had no power to reverse it.
Which of the following was the major cause of death for Civil War soldiers?
Disease and infection
Which pair of battles marked the turning point in the Civil War?
Vicksburg and Gettysburg
In his attack on Atlanta in the summer of 1864, Sherman’s Union forces
waged a campaign that began in July and succeeded in early September.
How was the Wade-Davis Bill of 1864 different from Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan?
It stipulated that new southern governments could be formed only by those who had not fought against the North in the Civil War.
The Crittenden Compromise of 1861 included a proposal to
amend the Constitution to protect slavery where it already existed.
How did the Confederacy, with its agricultural economy, acquire the products and equipment it needed to supply it's army?
Profits from cotton exports provided funds to purchase imported products.
Why was the South unable to convince England to provide it with more support during the Civil war?
England needed Union wheat more than the South’s cotton.
Approved by Congress in January 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment
prohibited slavery throughout the United States.
Southern whites responded to the end of slavery by enacting
Black Codes
What was the Confederacy seeking to achieve with the war in 1861?
Permanent independence and "to be let alone"
The Confederacy financed the Civil War primarily by
issuing paper currency that was not backed by gold or silver.
Which of the following statements characterizes the role played by African Americans in the Civil War?
African Americans served in segregated regiments and fought courageously
Why did so many Confederate soldiers flee their units by 1865?
Poor white soldiers resented fighting for the benefit of wealthy slave owners.
Under President Johnson’s restoration plan, high-ranking Confederate leaders and wealthy southerners
could request and expect to receive presidential pardons that exempted them from punishment.
The Civil War has been described as the first total war in modern times. A total war is defined as
one in which all the resources, including civilians, are mobilized for war.
During the early years of the Civil War, the term contraband came into use to describe
freedom-seeking slaves who fled from Confederate masters to Union armies.
After being placed in charge of all Union armies in 1864, General Grant and Abraham Lincoln crafted which of the following new military strategies?
An attack of every major Confederate army simultaneously
Which of the following describes the South after the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865?
Many of the South’s factories, railroads, and cities lay in ruins.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
asserted that all former slaves would receive equal protection under the law.