Answer the following questions on the Civil War

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1	Robert E. Lee surrendered because
		his troops were trapped by General Grant's army
		he realized that the South had been wrong to secede.
		Lincoln visited him and asked him to stop fighting.
		he was seriously wounded.
		he had lost at Gettysburg.

2	As the Civil War began, the North had all of the following advantages EXCEPT
		a larger population
		more railroads
		more industrial capacity
		superior military leadership
		more gold

3	Lincoln's strategy for the Civil War was to all the following EXCEPT
		blockade the Southern coast.
		pressure the Confederates to negotiate a compromise peace.
		gain control of the Mississippi and so divide the Confederate states.
		capture Richmond.
		convince European nations not to support the South.

4	Lincoln justified the Emancipation Proclamation on grounds of
		moral imperatives
		natural rights
		economic advantage
		military advantage


5	The New York City riots were primarily a protest against
		the Emancipation Proclamation
		the draft.
		the suspension of habeas corpus.
		the declaration of martial law in the city.
		the continued bad news for the North from the war.

6	General Grant planned to end the war by
		leading a slave rebellion in the South.
		persuading southern civilians to support the North.
		fighting a total war to ruin the South's ability to fight.
		waiting until the South was tired of the war and then offering terms for surrender.


7	In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln stated that his main goal was
		to maintain a nation devoted to equality.
		to punish the Confederacy.
		convince the Confederates to abolish slavery.
		to negotiate a compromise peace.


8	As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation,
		European nations decided not to give support to the Confederacy.
		European nations gave support to the Confederacy.
		border states seceded from the Union.
		slaves were freed throughout the country


9	Lincoln hoped to weaken the South by
		freeing all slaves in the Union and the Confederacy,
		freeing slaves living in the Confederacy.
		paying slave owners if they freed their slaves.
		allowing black officers to command black regiments.


10	Which of the following statements regarding how new technologies changed the way the war was fought is NOT true?
		New repeating guns meant soldiers could fire more rounds.
		Armored ships changed naval battles and soon made wooden ships obsolete.
		The telegraph meant that military leaders could communicate with each other and with their governments almost instantly.
		The development of the first submarines played a major role in changing the naval battles of the war.
		Trains meant that troops could be moved more speedily about the country.

11	Which of the following was not a victory for General Grant?
		Fort Henry
		Fort Donelson
		Vicksburg
		Chickamauga
		Chattanooga

12	Which of the following is not true of the battle of the Merrimac and the Monitor?
		The Merrimac was renamed the Virginian
		The Confederate ship destroyed several Union wooden ships on the first day.
		After this battle, wooden ships in battle were obsolete.
		The Union ship won a decisive victory.
		After this battle, the Union was able to resume its blockade of Southern ports.

13	Which of the following Union generals was nicknamed 'Little Napoleon,' but was so slow in attacking Lee's men that he suffered several defeats despite having more troops. Lincoln replaced him once, put him back in command and then replaced him again.
		George McDowell
		George McClellan
		Ambrose Burnside
		William Tecumseh Sherman
		Ulysses Grant

14	Which Union victory gave Lincoln the right moment to make the Emancipation Proclamation?
		Chancellorsville
		Shiloh
		Gettysburg
		Second Bull Run
		Antietam

15	Which of the following statements about women's roles during the war is NOT true?
		They worked in jobs that had not been open to women before the war.
		Some women were employed in the armies as cooks and laundresses.
		Both armies drafted women into their armies near the end of the war when there were not enough soldiers.
		Some women disguised themselves as men to serve in the army and to be close to their husbands.
		Women served as spies for both sides.

16	Which of the following was NOT one of the changes that General Grant made when he was appointed the Commander in Chief of the Union forces/
		He concentrated the federal forces in the West to solidfy control of that region.
		He abolished the prisoner exchange.
		He replaced Rosencrans after the Battle of Chickamauga.
		He proceeded South after the Battle of the Wilderness towards Spotsylvania rather than retreating to recover as previous Union generals had done.
		He adopted the strategy of fighting a 'total war.'

17	Which of the following statements about the election of 1864 is TRUE?
		The Democrats nominated a popular southern leader to oppose Lincoln.
		Lincoln barely won and did not get much support from the soldiers serving in the field.
		The Democrats nominated a popular Union general to oppose Lincoln.
		The Democrat candidate proposed a more vigorous campaign to win the war.
		Lincoln ran unopposed.

18	Which of the following battles meant that the Union controlled the entire Mississippi River?
		Mobile Bay
		Shiloh
		Vicksburg
		Chickamauga
		Chattanooga

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