History of the Americas Questions

During the Civil War, the U.S. Sanitary Commission was composed ofA) military personnelB) street sweepers and refuse haulersC) a volunteer nursing corpsD) grave diggers and cremation techniciansE) ex-slaves who served as a supply corps

During the Civil War, the economy of the SouthA) was stimulated greatly by wartime productionB) experienced a net gain, as wartime growth was greater than destructionC) suffered a net loss, as destruction exceeded the substantial growthD) flourished as a result of trade with EnglandE) was devastated by the widespread destruction

In his first inaugural address, Lincoln laid down all the following basic principles exceptA) no state could leave the UnionB) acts of force or violence to support secession were insurrectionaryC) the government would hold federal property in the seceded statesD) the institution of slavery would not be allowed to continue anywhere in the United StatesE) the South must not assail federal property

Of the over two million men who served in the Union armies, the largest number were men whoA) were drafted into serviceB) volunteered for serviceC) were in the army at the start of the warD) were paid a bounty to serveE) had been dedicated abolitionists

Charles Sumner, Benjamin Wade, and Thaddeus Stevens wereA) CopperheadsB) war DemocratsC) Lincoln RepublicansD) fire-eatersE) radical Republicans

In the North, the Civil War had the effect on women ofA) reinforcing the traditional sex roleB) creating support for female suffrageC) hastening the conversion of nursing into a female occupationD) opening the professions to large numbers of women in all fieldsE) creating an opportunity for women to serve in special units of the armed forces

As the commander in chief of the Union army, President Lincoln wasA) brilliant; the best military mind of his timeB) highly competent but not infallibleC) about equal to his confederate counterpartD) incompetent; a serious burden to the Union forcesE) unable to take part in military decision making

Revisionist historians, such as James G. Randall, argued that the Civil War was caused byA) smuggling of slaves from the West IndiesB) fundamental sectional differencesC) inept political leadershipD) the extreme brutality of slaveryE) constitutional disputes

The Confederacy financed its war effort primarily byA) borrowingB) collecting taxesC) printing paper moneyD) confiscating Union propertyE) taking loans from European powe

The difficulties of the Union war effort includedA) insufficient number of soldiersB) timid, inept leadership in the White HouseC) extended supply lines across hostile territoryD) Confederate superiority in weapons technologyE) long lines of communication in enemy territory

President Lincoln responded to opposition to the war effort byA) ordering suspension of civil liberties in a few extreme casesB) upholding the Bill of Rights in all casesC) prohibiting election activities of the opposition partyD) engaging in widespread suspension of civil libertiesE) banning the Democratic party

During the Civil War, the largest source of revenue for the U.S. government wasA) confiscating rebel propertyB) printing paper moneyC) collecting taxesD) borrowingE) personal donations

During the war, the Republican Party enacted legislation designed to promoteA)​all of the answers belowB)rapid development of westC)construction of transcontinental railroadD)state collegesE)use of paper money known as greenbacks

What series of laws to the new southern state legislatures pass in 1865 and early 1866?

How did Johnson's nasty attempt to fort the 14th amendment and the Republican Party in the congressional elections of 1866 backfire on him? What power to the Republicans controlled Congress now hold?

Among historians, the key question about the Civil War wasA) was the war inevitable?B) who started the war?C) could the South have won?D) why did the war last so long?E) what were the motives of the South?

In the presidential election of 1864, the Democrats nominatedA) George B. McClellanB) Andrew JohnsonC) Abraham LincolnD) Thaddeus StevensE) Clement L. Vallandigham

The event that touched off the process of secession for the majority of southern states wasA) John Brown's raidB) antiunion riots in BaltimoreC) the bombardment of Fort SumterD) "Bleeding Kansas"E) the election of Lincoln to the presidency

What did Congress pass in 1866 the granted full citizenship and two African Americans?

The Civil War began whenA) the North fired on Southerners surrounding Fort PickensB) the South fired on Northern forces in Fort SumterC) the North sent troops to invade VirginiaD) the South cut off Northern supplies near ManassasE) the South sent troops to invade Maryland