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