AMH2010 Chapter 15 Exam Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions
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Before the first battle of the Civil War, most people on both sides thought: - ✔✔their side would win
easily
Who said "There are no neutrals in our cause of Union, only patriots and traitors." - ✔✔Stephen Douglas
In the spring of 1862, which side enacted the first general draft in American history - ✔✔The
Confederacy
All of the following were advantages for the North - ✔✔much larger manpower reserve, a more
advanced industrial system, a better transportation system, twice as many rail lines as the South
The Confederate economy was especially hurt by: - ✔✔the Union's effective naval blockade on cotton
exports
The Union successfully financed the war through all of the following methods - ✔✔issuance of insurance
paper currency; the sale of interest bearing treasury notes; levying the nation's first income tax
The Confederacy had a difficult time developing a national consciousness because: - ✔✔Southerners
were very similar to the people of the nation they had renounced.
Jefferson Davis did all of the following - ✔✔serve in the Army during the Mexican War; serve as
secretary of war; serve as a senator from Mississippi.
President Lincoln earned an early political and military advantage when: - ✔✔The union managed to
keep key border states in the union
This state's strategic position north of Washington DC made it vital for the Union cause: - ✔✔Maryland
, Several counties in the western part of __________ supported the Union and eventually became the
35th state. - ✔✔Virginia
Which states joined the Confederacy? - ✔✔South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia,
Louisiana and Texas
What flaw existed in the Confederacy's strategy for victory? - ✔✔they did not possess enough resources
to stay the course of their defensive strategy
During the Civil War, __________ occupied Mexico. - ✔✔France
During the Civil War, the Monroe Doctrine: - ✔✔
A major outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run was: - ✔✔The North's realization that the war would not
be won easily.
In the West, General Ulysses S. Grant employed the wise strategy of: - ✔✔Combined land and sea
attacks
Union victories in the West gave them the key strategic control of: - ✔✔the mississippi river
When Joseph Johnston was badly wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, he was replaced by: -
✔✔Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee: - ✔✔had a famous father who fought in the Revolutionary War.
Robert E. Lee opposed secession, but: - ✔✔was unwilling to take up arms against his native Virginia
President Lincoln understood that emancipation of African-American slaves would: - ✔✔provide Union
troops with a moral and strategic advantage.
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Before the first battle of the Civil War, most people on both sides thought: - ✔✔their side would win
easily
Who said "There are no neutrals in our cause of Union, only patriots and traitors." - ✔✔Stephen Douglas
In the spring of 1862, which side enacted the first general draft in American history - ✔✔The
Confederacy
All of the following were advantages for the North - ✔✔much larger manpower reserve, a more
advanced industrial system, a better transportation system, twice as many rail lines as the South
The Confederate economy was especially hurt by: - ✔✔the Union's effective naval blockade on cotton
exports
The Union successfully financed the war through all of the following methods - ✔✔issuance of insurance
paper currency; the sale of interest bearing treasury notes; levying the nation's first income tax
The Confederacy had a difficult time developing a national consciousness because: - ✔✔Southerners
were very similar to the people of the nation they had renounced.
Jefferson Davis did all of the following - ✔✔serve in the Army during the Mexican War; serve as
secretary of war; serve as a senator from Mississippi.
President Lincoln earned an early political and military advantage when: - ✔✔The union managed to
keep key border states in the union
This state's strategic position north of Washington DC made it vital for the Union cause: - ✔✔Maryland
, Several counties in the western part of __________ supported the Union and eventually became the
35th state. - ✔✔Virginia
Which states joined the Confederacy? - ✔✔South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia,
Louisiana and Texas
What flaw existed in the Confederacy's strategy for victory? - ✔✔they did not possess enough resources
to stay the course of their defensive strategy
During the Civil War, __________ occupied Mexico. - ✔✔France
During the Civil War, the Monroe Doctrine: - ✔✔
A major outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run was: - ✔✔The North's realization that the war would not
be won easily.
In the West, General Ulysses S. Grant employed the wise strategy of: - ✔✔Combined land and sea
attacks
Union victories in the West gave them the key strategic control of: - ✔✔the mississippi river
When Joseph Johnston was badly wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, he was replaced by: -
✔✔Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee: - ✔✔had a famous father who fought in the Revolutionary War.
Robert E. Lee opposed secession, but: - ✔✔was unwilling to take up arms against his native Virginia
President Lincoln understood that emancipation of African-American slaves would: - ✔✔provide Union
troops with a moral and strategic advantage.
