SOL Quiz 16.7

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SOL Quiz 16.7

• Civil War II

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1. Which of the following factors proved to be
the MOST important in the North winning the Civil
War? a. a spirited and unified population b.
high quality military leadership c. faithful
allies d. large population
The North had 22 million people as compared to 9
million for the South (of whom 3 1/2 million were
slaves). Without large numbers of soldiers, the
North would have found it difficult to defeat the
spirited and well-led Confederates.
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2. One important result of the Emancipation
Proclamation of 1863 was that a. all slaves were
made free b. all owners of freed slaves were paid
for their "lost property" c. freedom for slaves
became an official aim of the war d. every freed
slave was given 40 acres and a mule
Although the Proclamation did not free slaves
throughout the U.S. (it did not outlaw slavery in
states like Missouri which had been loyal to the
U.S.), it did have the effect of officially
freeing slaves wherever the Union army marched in
the South.
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3. The Confederacy expected the European nations
to officially recognize its new government in
order to insure continued shipments of
Southern a. cotton b. wheat c. tobacco d. oil
While European mills suffered, they started to
import cotton from Egypt. Many British people
were opposed to any assistance to the South
because of its pro-slavery policies. The British
working class, in particular, was opposed to
slavery.
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4. Some Civil War leaders became folk heroes in
American history. One became the commander of
all the Confederate armies. He was a. Salmon P.
Chase b. Robert E. Lee c. Ulysses S. Grant d.
William T. Sherman
In the Civil War, Lee led the Confederate Army of
Virginia on two of their failed invasions into
the North into the state of Maryland which
resulted in the Battle of Antietam (1862) and
into the state of Pennsylvania which ended at the
Battle of Gettysburg (1863). He was later
appointed general in chief of all the Confederate
forces (February 1865), a position the
Confederate president (Jefferson Davis) had
previously reserved for himself.
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5. A Civil War leader led a naval attack on New
Orleans in 1862, taking the city for the North.
Who was this person? a. Salmon P. Chase b. David
G. Farragut c. Ulysses S. Grant d. William T.
Sherman
David G. Farragut served in the United States
Navy from the War of 1812 through the Civil War.
His exploits in the Battle of New Orleans (1862)
and later at Mobile Bay, Alabama (1864) led to
his promotion as the navy's first Rear Admiral in
1862 and its first Admiral in 1866.
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6. Some Civil War leaders became folk heroes in
American history. The general who led a Union
army on a destructive "March to the Sea" was a.
Salmon P. Chase b. Robert E. Lee c. Ulysses S.
Grant d. William T. Sherman
General William T. Sherman led his Union army on
a destructive march through Georgia from Atlanta
to Savannah (October 1864 to December 1864).
This "March to the Sea" broke the back of
Southern resistance. His soldiers composed and
sang a song, "Marching Through Georgia."
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7. One Civil War leader became commander in chief
of the United States Army after his successful
campaigns in the Western sector of the Civil War.
He was a. Ulysses S. Grant b. William T.
Sherman c. William H. Seward d. David G. Farragut
General Ulysses S. Grant became commander in
chief of the United States Army after his
successful campaigns in the Western sector of the
Civil War. He gained the attention of President
Lincoln early in the war with his capture of
Forts Henry and Donelson (both in Tennessee)
using combined army and navy forces.