Question 1
The Compromise of 1877:
• a. gave the White House to Tilden
• b. ended the North–South division
• c. protected the civil rights of ex-slaves
• Selected:d. ended ReconstructionThis answer is correct.
• e. kept federal troops in the Deep South
Correct! The Compromise of 1877 ended Reconstruction.
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Question 2
Of all the women who served during the war, some twenty thousand did so as:
• a. soldiers and guerrillas
• b. spies and double agents
• c. cooks and washers
• Selected:d. nurses and other health-related volunteersThis answer is correct.
• e. chaplains and rabbis
Correct! These women served as nurses and other health-related volunteers.
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Question 3
Slavery was ultimately eradicated by:
• Selected:a. the Emancipation ProclamationThis answer is incorrect.
• b. Lee’s surrender
• c. the Thirteenth Amendment
• d. an act of Congress
• e. divine intervention
Try again. This was the only realistic solution made after the Civil War was completed. Review Chapter 16.
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Question 4
All of the following slave states remained in the Union EXCEPT:
• a. Maryland
• b. Kentucky
• Selected:c. TennesseeThis answer is correct.
• d. Delaware
• e. Missouri
Correct! Tennessee remained in the Union.
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Question 5
The Emancipation Proclamation:
• a. called for a slave uprising
• Selected:b. was justified as a military necessityThis answer is correct.
• c. hurt U.S. relations with Britain and France
• d. immediately freed every slave
• e. reflected Lincoln’s changing views on the morality of slavery
Correct! The Emancipation Proclamation was justified as a military necessity.
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Question 6
What effect did the Union naval blockade of southern ports have on the Confederacy?
• a. It did not have much effect, since commerce continued mostly unobstructed.
• Selected:b. It quickly choked off southern commercial activity.This answer is correct.
• c. It inspired dramatic southern economic growth since the South was forced to become self-sufficient.
• d. Food prices declined as the economy slowed.
• e. It prompted Britain to offer diplomatic recognition to the Confederacy.
Correct! It quickly choked off southern commercial activity.
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Question 7
Why did Congressional Republicans write the Wade-Davis Manifesto?
• a. To proclaim their strong support of President Lincoln’s Reconstruction policies
• b. To warn the South of a second Civil War if it did not grant full civil rights to the freedmen
• Selected:c. To protest Lincoln’s veto of the Wade-Davis Bill and accuse Lincoln of exceeding his constitutional authorityThis answer is correct.
• d. To express their opinion that the South deserved lenient terms to rejoin the Union
• e. To accuse England of meddling in the Civil War
Correct! Congressional Republicans wrote the Wade-Davis Manifesto to protest Lincoln’s veto of the Wade-Davis Bill and accuse Lincoln of exceeding his constitutional authority.
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Question 8
In his inaugural speech, Lincoln:
• Selected:a. said the Union is eternalThis answer is correct.
• b. basically told the seceded states “good riddance”
• c. promised to abolish slavery
• d. called for military volunteers
• e. was angry and defiant toward the South
Correct! Lincoln said the Union is eternal.
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Question 9
After the fall of Fort Sumter, what common hope did partisans on both sides hold?
• a. That the inevitable long war would be a contest of bravery
• b. That the fighting would bring new immigrants to the United States as workers
• c. That the war would last a long time, thus helping the United States get out of its economic depression
• Selected:d. That the war would be quick, ending with one sudden bold stroke, like the capture of the enemy’s capitalThis answer is correct.
• e. The war would provoke French or British intervention
Correct! That the war would be quick, ending with one sudden bold stroke, like the capture of the enemy’s capital.
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Question 10
All of the following were advantages the North held over the South EXCEPT:
• Selected:a. more experienced military leadersThis answer is correct.
• b. a larger population
• c. industrial development
• d. transportation resources
• e. naval strength
Correct! The South had more experienced military leaders.