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Question 1
Which of the following occurred at Appomattox Court House?
• a. Jefferson Davis was captured.
• b. Joseph Johnston led his last attack against Sherman.
• c. The last battle of the war took place.
• Selected:d. Most Confederate resistance ended.This answer is correct.
• e. The Confederates shifted to guerrilla warfare.
Correct! Most Confederate resistance ended at Appomattox Court House.
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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
Lincoln responded to the fall of Fort Sumter in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
• a. He called for loyal states to provide volunteers.
• b. He ordered a naval blockade of southern ports.
• c. He had federal ships close the Mississippi River to navigation.
• Selected:d. He made one last offer to the South to avoid war in exchange for protecting slavery in perpetuity.This answer is correct.
• e. He had naval squadrons cordon off the southern ports along the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico.
Correct! He made one last offer to the South to avoid war in exchange for protecting slavery in perpetuity.
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Question 4
At the beginning of the Civil War, the North:
• a. generated less farm production than the South
• b. had about the same extent of railroad development as the South
• c. produced almost 60 percent of the nation’s manufactured goods
• Selected:d. had an edge of about four to one in potential manpowerThis answer is correct.
• e. had fewer ships and firearms than the South
Correct! The North had an edge of about four to one in potential manpower.
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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
Emancipation had what impact on the South?
• a. It ended cotton cultivation throughout the region.
• Selected:b. It left the South’s labor system in disarray.This answer is correct.
• c. It resulted in the immediate rebound of tobacco production.
• d. It eliminated racial prejudice in many states.
• e. It encouraged reconciliation with the North.
Correct! Emancipation left the South’s labor system in disarray.
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Question 7
Under Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction:
• a. loyal governments appeared in five states, but Congress refused to recognize them
• b. loyal governments were recognized by Congress in three southern states
• c. 10 percent of elected officials in a state had to be black
• Selected:d. 10 percent of the 1860 voters had to take an oath of allegiance to the UnionThis answer is correct.
• e. leading Confederates would be sent to prison
Correct! Ten percent of the 1860 voters had to take an oath of allegiance to the Union.
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Question 8
Slavery was ultimately eradicated by:
• a. the Emancipation Proclamation
• b. Lee’s surrender
• Selected:c. the Thirteenth AmendmentThis answer is correct.
• d. an act of Congress
• e. divine intervention
Correct! The Thirteenth Amendment eradicated slavery.
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Question 9
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 10
In the North, the Civil War especially elevated the power of:
• Selected:a. business leadersThis answer is correct.
• b. family farmers
• c. ministers
• d. teachers
• e. corporate workers
Correct! Business leaders gained power.