Chapter 14 Quiz

A  Lee recognized the futility of continued fighting.

B  President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

C  President Lincoln met President Davis.

D  President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union forces.

E  President Jefferson Davis announced the Confederate government was defeated.

A  the Gatling gun became the primary combat weapon.

B  organized infantry did not fight in formation.

C  infantry troops began to fight standing in line formations.

D  soldiers were forced to carry rudimentary gas masks.

E  battlefields became more organized.

A  allowed the North to split the Confederacy in two.

B  was decided by a massive assault by Union troops.

C  briefly revived the military hopes of the Confederacy.

D  put George McClellan back in good standing with President Lincoln.

E  saw a quick Union victory.

A  saw Union General George Meade clearly be more aggressive than Robert E. Lee.

B  saw Robert E. Lee poised for victory after his attack on Cemetery Ridge.

C  was a Union victory, thanks to Meade having found a copy of Lee’s orders.

D  saw Union General George Meade lose nearly a third of his army.

E  represented the last time Confederate forces seriously threatened Union territory.

A  led President Abraham Lincoln to remove George McClellan from command.

B  was a significant Confederate victory.

C  saw Robert E. Lee field an army twice the size of the Union forces.

D  All these answers are correct.

E  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.

A  4,000.00

B  500

C  1,000.00

D  2,000.00

E  5,000.00

A  formal political parties quickly developed.

B  many Southerners resisted efforts by the Davis government to exert its authority.

C  Southern politicians were strongly united in supporting secession and the war.

D  President Jefferson Davis developed a reputation for reckless political action.

E  the national government was almost completely impotent in its dealings with the states.

A  in the slave states that had remained loyal to the Union.

B  in the parts of the Confederacy already under Union control.

C  in the parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion.

D  that joined the Union military.

E  throughout all states that existed as part of the United States prior to the Civil War.

A  severely discouraged voluntary enlistment.

B  resulted in murderous attacks in New York City against free blacks.

C  saw little in the way of opposition from the public.

D  proved to be unnecessary in the war effort.

E  allowed no provisions for escaping service.

A  after Fort Sumter fell to forces from seceding states.

B  after Texas seceded from the Union.

C  in a meeting hall in Washington, D.C.

D  after eleven Southern states had seceded.

E  despite the passage of the Crittenden Compromise.