History of the Americas Questions

-Father of the American Navy-"I have not yet begun to fight"

What major event happened on September 11th, 2001, in the United States?

Opposition to support for the Civil War:did not exist in the Confederacyoccurred in both the Union and Confederacywas extinguished by the Copperheads in the Southwas only present in Western Virginia

Sherman's March to the Sea was unique in that it:created the city of Atlantautilized the American Navy for the first time in the warthe only time when freed African-Americans fought for the Uniontook land and supplies while burning farms, breaking the will of Georgians

In the realm of religion in the Civil War:freedom was guaranteed to the elect, who were soldiersformer enslaved people were the only religious peopleboth sides believed that God ordained their sideThe Copperheads led a religious revival

For the election campaign of 1864, Lincoln changed his Vice Presidential candidate to Andrew Johnson because:his first Vice President Hamlin decided to run against Lincoln in 1864Vice President Hamlin switched to the Democratic Partyhe wanted a Southern running mate to symbolize reconciliationhis first Vice President Hamlin died in office

What kept the British from giving in to the Confederate state's King Cotton Diplomacy where cotton was supposed to be used as bargaining tool to draw the British into the war?the Crimean War drew the British into affairs in Europe and away from American issuesthe British began growing cotton in Egypt and Indiathe price of cotton had dropped globally in 1860 making the crop worthlessthe French intervened, preventing trade with the British

The turning point of the Civil War was in July of 1863 with Union victories at ________________________ that began the downfall of the Confederate States.Atlanta and SavannahGettysburg and VicksburgAppomattox and RichmondMeridian and Shiloh

Communication during the Civil War was different thanks to:the telegraphthe printing pressradionewspapers

At the start of the Civil War, in response to the states of the Deep South seceding from the Union, Lincoln:focused on Vicksburgmobilized troops to keep the northernmost slave states in the Unionhad the American navy shut down all traffic on the Mississippi Riverimmediately sent federal troops to New Orleans

The most important contribution of the Emancipation Proclamation was:it added a war victory goal of ending slaveryit created a new branch of the navy to deal with Confederate spiesit opened up millions of dollars in congressional support for the warit freed all slaves in Texas

Generals Lee and Grant will meet for Lee to surrender and effectively end the Civil War at:AppomattoxVicksburgAtlantaCharleston

What new invention helped publicize events of the war and create propaganda to sway people in the Union to support the war?newspapersthe photographthe telephonethe printing press

What strategy from the American Revolution did the Confederacy attempt to use in the Civil War?Focus on Ticonderoga and Saratogaprolong the fight to bring European allies into the warget aid from Hessiansattack on Christmas

Before Lincoln's second term as president begins, he and some Republicans will divide over the:way the Emancipation Proclamation was interpretedway to reconstruct the South after the warmethod to take Richmond, capital of the Confederacyway to capture South Carolina

During the Civil War, riots:only occurred in the Confederacyonly occurred in the Uniononly happened in immigrant neighborhoodsoccurred in the North and South

The first conflicts of the American Civil War:involved state militias taking federal fortswere part of Bleeding Kansasoccurred in Texas and Californiaended before Abraham Lincoln was elected president

As part of the Anaconda Plan, the Union had a goal of taking the _____________, which occurred with a masterful siege General Grant in 1863 with the fall of Vicksburg.Mississippi RiverConfederate Army of the WestOhio and Mobile Rivercity of Atlanta

Besides reconstructing the South after the war, President Andrew Johnson also had to have a plan for:Formerly enslaved peopleResolving foreign relations issues with the FrenchLincoln's funeralCreating a new Department of War

At the start of the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln's initial goal from the Union perspective was:ending slavery in South Carolinabanning slavery in Kansaspreservation of the Unionkeeping all the slave states separate from the free states