Navigation » List of Schools » El Camino College » History » History 101 – United States History to 1877 » 2019 » Chapter 14 Quiz
Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A President Jefferson Davis announced the Confederate government was defeated.
B President Lincoln met President Davis.
C Lee recognized the futility of continued fighting.
D President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
E President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union forces.
Question #2
A battlefields became more organized.
B soldiers were forced to carry rudimentary gas masks.
C the Gatling gun became the primary combat weapon.
D infantry troops began to fight standing in line formations.
E organized infantry did not fight in formation.
Question #3
A saw a quick Union victory.
B was decided by a massive assault by Union troops.
C briefly revived the military hopes of the Confederacy.
D allowed the North to split the Confederacy in two.
E put George McClellan back in good standing with President Lincoln.
Question #4
A was a Union victory, thanks to Meade having found a copy of Lee’s orders.
B saw Union General George Meade clearly be more aggressive than Robert E. Lee.
C saw Union General George Meade lose nearly a third of his army.
D saw Robert E. Lee poised for victory after his attack on Cemetery Ridge.
E represented the last time Confederate forces seriously threatened Union territory.
Question #5
A both saw Robert E. Lee field an army twice the size of the Union forces, and led President Abraham Lincoln to remove George McClellan from command.
B All these answers are correct.
C led President Abraham Lincoln to remove George McClellan from command.
D was a significant Confederate victory.
E saw Robert E. Lee field an army twice the size of the Union forces.
Question #6
A 500
B 5,000.00
C 1,000.00
D 2,000.00
E 4,000.00
Question #7
A formal political parties quickly developed.
B the national government was almost completely impotent in its dealings with the states.
C many Southerners resisted efforts by the Davis government to exert its authority.
D President Jefferson Davis developed a reputation for reckless political action.
E Southern politicians were strongly united in supporting secession and the war.
Question #8
A in the parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion.
B in the parts of the Confederacy already under Union control.
C that joined the Union military.
D in the slave states that had remained loyal to the Union.
E throughout all states that existed as part of the United States prior to the Civil War.
Question #9
A severely discouraged voluntary enlistment.
B allowed no provisions for escaping service.
C resulted in murderous attacks in New York City against free blacks.
D saw little in the way of opposition from the public.
E proved to be unnecessary in the war effort.
Question #10
A after Texas seceded from the Union.
B in a meeting hall in Washington, D.C.
C after Fort Sumter fell to forces from seceding states.
D despite the passage of the Crittenden Compromise.
E after eleven Southern states had seceded.