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According to your text, how did the Civil War affect the American economy?
By speeding economic change, it helped prepare the way for modern industrial society
The Civil War caused the northern economy to experience
soaring prices after 1862
After the South seceded, Congress passed several measures previously blocked by southern opposition, including the ____ Act
Homestead
Grant's victory at ______ led to Lincoln's giving him command of all troops west of the Appalachians
Vicksburg
In summer 1863, Lee launched his last assault into the North and was defeated in the battle of ______ which probably decided the fate of the Union
Gettysburg
During the Civil War, black soldiers were
more than ten percent of the Union forces by the wars' end
How did blacks react to the Emancipation Proclamation?
They saw it as a beacon promising future improvement
The New York City draft riots in July 1863 were triggered by the Conscription Act of 1863 and
racial backlash against the Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln justified the Emancipation Proclamation as
a military necessity because it would weaken the enemy
The Emancipation Proclamation directly freed
no single slave
The early confidence of both sides was shocked by the staggering casualties sustained in 1862 at
Shiloh
The map, "War in the West, 1862" depicts how control of the ____ was the focus of most of the battles in the West
Mississippi River
The North came to the brink of war with _____ when that nation built powerful cruisers and ironclad "rams" for the Confederate Navy
Great Britain
What role did Great Britain play in the Civil War?
England needed northern wheat more than southern cotton
The idea that "Cotton is King" played a major role in the way
the South conducted foreign affairs
Examining the Confederate war effort, your text argues that
southern armies did not lose any battles because of a lack of armaments
The most vexing problem the Confederacy had during the Civil War was
finance
After the Battle of Bull Run, President Jefferson Davis revised his military strategy to rely primarily upon
building a strong defense to wear down the Union's will to fight
How did Lincoln treat the civil rights of dissenters during the Civil War?
He suspended the writ of habeus corpus in critical areas and applied martial law freely
After the Union was defeated at Bull Run, Lincoln chose _______ to command the Union forces
George B. McClellan
The first major battle of the Civil War on July 21, 1861 was a disaster for the Union; it was called the Battle of
Bull Run
Comparing them as presidents, your text notes the basic difference between Lincoln and Davis was that
Davis allowed personal feelings to distort his judgement
The first and only President of the Confederacy was
Jefferson Davis
In establishing a new government, the South
was handicapped by its states' rights philosophy
Military action early in the Civil War seemed to indicate that
southern generals were superior
According to your text, the Civil War was fought to
preserve the Union
President Lincoln viewed secession as
a rejection of democracy
The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln
called for 75,000 volunteers after the fall of Fort Sumter
The Union general noted for believing in and carrying out the doctrine of total war was
William T. Sherman
As a result of the Union victory, people tended to view American as
a nation, not just a union of states
On April 9, 1865, Robert E Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at
Appomattox Court House
In his second inaugural address, Lincoln
urged tolerance and mercy towards the South
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