HIUS 221 Quiz 8 answers

HIUS 221 Quiz 8

1. What finally abolished slavery in the United States?
2. Lack of unity among Southerners was evidenced by Jefferson Davis’s vice president, Alexander Stephens, who criticized
3. Led by Dorothea Dix, beginning in the Civil War women nearly entirely took over what profession?
4. Which was a major problem on the Southern home front throughout the Civil War?
5. As North and South prepared for the Civil War, most people on both sides of the conflict thought that
6. Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
7. What portion of the total enlisted men in the Union Army and Navy were African Americans?
8. How did the war affect women in both the North and South?
9. Which battle left the West firmly in the hands of the Union for the rest of the war?
10. Whom did President Lincoln name as commander of all Union forces in early 1864?
11. According to McClure, the Compromise of 1820 merely
12. “The Lesson of Our Civil War” was delivered to
13. According to McClure, what battle was the most decisive for the future of the Confederacy?
14. According to McClure, absolute sovereignty lies with
15. According to McClure, for Jefferson, the sovereignty of the   was the bulwark of safety against centralized power.
16. McClure stated that the founders did not approve of slavery, but accepted the compromises in the Constitution because
17. According to McClure, the basis of state sovereignty was established in
18. According to McClure, up to 1863, Lincoln would have accepted peace with the South without destroying the institution of slavery
19. According to the resolutions presented to President Lincoln in May, 1863, the arrest by military authorities of Clement Vallandigham did each of the following EXCEPT
20. Many of General Grant’s victories in Virginia were characterized by
21. In 1861, President Lincoln suspended the right of habeas corpus for the purpose of
22. Which statement about the Civil War is true?
23. The Battle of Antietam was a major turning point because
24. Why did many Southerners object to the incorporation of state militias into a Confederate Army?
25. According to the video presentation, which state was the first to secede from the Union?
26. According to the video presentation, at which battle did Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson earn his nickname?
27. According to the video presentation, what did the war do to the prices of everyday items in the Northern states?
28. According to the video presentation, which famous Civil War nurse later founded The Red Cross?
29. According to the video presentation, where did Lee surrender to Grant?
30. According to the video presentation, where did the second major surrender of the Civil War take place?
31. Which provision of the 1863 the Conscription Act led to resentment?
32. The Trent Affair resulted in the threat of
33. Which of the following was NOT an advantage for the South?
34. According to the Emancipation Proclamation, emancipation would not go into effect on January 1, 1863 if
35. Legislation passed during the Civil War gave the federal government the power to do which of the following for the first time?
36. The Battle of Fredericksburg resulted in
37. General Sherman’s capture of which city in 1864 helped to ensure the reelection of President Lincoln?
38. Which of the following was NOT an advantage for the North?
39. According to McClure, Lincoln waged the war not against slavery but for
40. According to McClure, each side entered the war thinking it would be a long, drawn-out struggle
41. According to McClure, after 1863 Lincoln had a plan for peace and reunification of the Union based on
42. McClure clearly states that slavery was the source of the war.
43. According to McClure, who are the two opposing figures who were the best examples of American character during the Civil War?
44. According to McClure, one of the darkest days for the South following the war was
45. How does Senator John Crittenden’s personal story reflect the peculiar nature of the Civil War?
46. What was the consequence for Sergeant William Walker of the 21st U.S. Colored Infantry when he had his men lay down their arms in protest over unequal pay?
47. At the outset of the war, what strategy was favored by many on both sides of the conflict?
48. Which of the following is NOT one of the grounds upon which President Lincoln defended the arrest of Clement Vallandigham?
49. According to the video presentation, what percentage of battles was fought in the South during the Civil War?
50. According to the video presentation, due to the lack of industrialization in the South, how did women help to provide blankets to Confederate soldiers?
51. According to the video presentation, what was the name of the army under Robert E. Lee’s command?