United States History Test

Question 1

Which is NOT an accurate statement concerning Robert E. Lee?

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He supported and encouraged the South's decision to secede from the Union.

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He was a Virginian who won victories over the Union Forces at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.

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He was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.

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He urged the South to accept defeat and reunite with the North after Appomattox.

Question 2

What was Grant's strategy for winning the war?

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Wear down Lee's army with his greater resources of troops and supplies.

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Enlist African Americans in the army

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Decisively defeat Lee in a major battle

Question 3

A political reason as to why Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation was to

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assure British neutrality

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free all slaves throughout the nation

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end the draft riots in the North

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win the presidential election of 1862

Question 4

Lee's surrender to Grant took place at

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Appomattox

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Antietam

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Vicksburg

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Gettysburg

Question 5

Lincoln believed that

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the United States was "one nation" and not a collection of sovereign states.

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all states had the power to nullify federal laws.

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the federal government was too powerful an it violated states' rights.

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the Declaration of Independence legalized a states' right to secede from the Union.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a correct statement?

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The Battle of Chancellorsville was the turning point of the Civil War.

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Fort Sumter was the opening confrontation of the Civil War.

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The Battle of Antietam resulted in the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Appomattox was the site of Lee's surrender.

Question 7

The Emancipation Proclamation did all of the following EXCEPT it

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was issued after the decisive Union victory at Gettysburg.

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declared that slaves in "rebelling" Southern states were free

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made the destruction of slavery a Northern war aim.

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discouraged any interference from foreign governments.

Question 8

Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction could not be fully enacted due to his

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assassination a few days after Lee's surrender

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failure to be reelected in 1864

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impeachment by the Radical Republicans

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philosophy of punishing the South was not supported by Congress.

Question 9

What was Lincoln's goal for Reconstruction?

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Heal wartime bitterness by quickly bringing the South back into the "Union.

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Punish the South for secession and the war.

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Maintain a military presence in the South until the rights of African Americans were guaranteed.

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Get freed blacks, carpetbaggers, and scalawags elected to office so that Republicans could continue to dominate the government.

Question 10

The economic impact of the Civil war on the South included all of the following EXCEPT

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the South appreciated the help of Northerners to rebuild the South following the war.

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The South was left embittered and devastated by the war.

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the South's factories, farms, railroads, and major cities were destroyed and lay in ruins.

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The south remained a backwards agriculture-based economy and the poorest section of the nation for many decades.