Standard 3 Quiz 2 The war

Which one of these factors contributed to the outcome of the Civil War?

• The North had more resources and people and was able to defeat the South in a war of attrition.

• War materials provided by Great Britain gave the North the resources they needed to keep fighting.

• The destruction of southern factories stopped the South's primary sources of revenue for the war.

• Newly freed slaves provided the North's armies with unique insights to the weaknesses of the South.

What was Abraham Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War?

• to free the slaves

• to punish the South

• to restore the Union

• to gain the support of Britain and France

Why was Abraham Lincoln reluctant to emancipate the slaves at the beginning of the Civil War?

• He feared that freeing the slaves would bring England and France into the war on the side of the Confederacy.

• He did not want to go against Congress who believed the war was about preserving the Union.

• He had always been against abolishing slavery.

• He feared that emancipation would drive the border states out of the Union.

What was an effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It made former slaves legal citizens of the United States.

• It enlisted African American troops into the North's military.

• It gave former slaves a contract for 40 acres and a mule.

• It gave African Americans the same constitutional privileges as white citizens.

Which one of the following was an advantage of the South over the North?

• Southern states had greater economic resources and better military leadership than the North.

• Southern states had better military leadership and used their knowledge of the land against the North.

• Southern states had more economic resources and used their knowledge of the land better than the North.

• Southern states had greater economic resources and a larger army than the North.

How did the outcome of the Civil War impact the debate over state's rights?

• It strengthened the rights of individual states to challenge the actions of the federal government.

• It prevented the states from passing their own laws and forced them to accept federal legislation.

• It ended the idea of secession and reaffirmed the sovereignty of the federal government.

• It ended any further conflict over the rights of states in relation to the actions of the federal government.

Which idea best summarizes the significance of the events at Fort Sumter in 1861?

• Fort Sumter was the site where the Confederacy formally surrendered to the Union.

• Fort Sumter was the site of the first major victory for the Union Army.

• The worst defeat of the Confederate Army was suffered at Fort Sumter.

• The first shots officially starting the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter.

What goal does the snake represent in the North's plan in the Civil War?

• to blockade southern ports and divide the South at the Mississippi River

• to march soldiers from the Virginia Peninsula to Richmond

• to destroy all the civil and economic resources of the South

• to incorporate former slaves as contraband of war

Based on the graph, what is true about each sides ability to fight the war?

• The Union could produce war materials but lacked the ability to transport them out of the states where they were manufactured

• The Union's economy was agrarian-based and suffered when trade with the Confederacy was cut off.

• The Confederacy had the necessary infrastructure to switch from farming to producing war materials

• The Confederacy's economy relied on the exportation of cash crops, and they lacked the resources needed to fight the war over a long period of time.

What war strategy is being demonstrated in this picture of General Sherman's troops in Atlanta, in 1864?

• total war

• Anaconda Plan

• collecting slaves as contraband

• capturing the Mississippi River