Question 1

In the excerpt above, what does "this interest" refer to?

Accepted Answer

Slavery

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Union

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Constitution

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Taxes

Question 2

Which of the following did Ulysses S. Grant accomplish?

Accepted Answer

General in Chief of the Union Army during the Civil War.

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Commander of the U.S. Military during the Indian Wars.

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Radical Republican during Reconstruction

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Andrew Johnsons Vice President after Lincolns assassination.

Question 3

Why did the Siege of Vicksburg affect the balance of power during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

The Confederacy was divided in half.

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U.S. troops were pushed across the Ohio River

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Important Generals were killed.

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Severe casualties were inflicted on Union forces.

Question 4

Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?

Accepted Answer

Appomattox County, Virginia

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Washington, D.C.

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Fords Theatre

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Richmond, Virginia

Question 5

What was an advantage the Confederate forces had over the Union during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Knowledge of the terrain (land) where battles were fought

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More factories to make supplies

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More military troops to help fight

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More Railroads to transport supplies

Question 6

How did the loss of its control of the Mississippi River contribute to the defeat of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

It divided the Confederacy in two and cut off its supplies.

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It removed the physical barrier between slave and free states.

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It provided the Confederacy with a power source for factories and mills.

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It provided direct access to the Union's base of military operations.

Question 7

Which idea does President Lincoln express in this excerpt?

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The Union matters more than the current disagreements between states.

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The union requires a nationwide decision on slavery.

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The Union exists only through the consent of sovereign states.

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The Union will be preserved through military force if necessary.

Question 8

What was the result of the events shown on the map above?

Accepted Answer

General Lee surrendered to General Grant.

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General Lee's troops received necessary reinforcements.

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General Grant and General Lee combined forces.

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General Grants supply lines were completely cut off.

Question 9

Which constitutional issue was President Lincoln addressing in this excerpt?

Accepted Answer

The legal ability of states to secede.

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The power of states to organize militias.

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The unalienable rights of citizens.

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The right of the citizens to choose representatives.

Question 10

How was the attack on Ft. Sumter significant to the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

It initiated the Civil War.

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It divided the Confederacy.

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It lengthened the War.

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It resulted in the surrender of the Confederacy.

Question 11

Which of the following completes the diagram?

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

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The Gettysburg Address

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Lincolns Inaugural Address

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13th Amend ment

Question 12

Why were these tactics effective?

Accepted Answer

Confederate states were unable to use agricultural exports as a source of revenue.

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Union forces were able to earn money for supplies by selling confiscated bales of cotton.

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Union forces were able to use the blockade to gain international suport.

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Confederate states were unable to collect tariffs on manufactured goods.

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