Chapter 14 Quiz

A  President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

B  President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union forces.

C  President Jefferson Davis announced the Confederate government was defeated.

D  President Lincoln met President Davis.

E  Lee recognized the futility of continued fighting.

A  infantry troops began to fight standing in line formations.

B  soldiers were forced to carry rudimentary gas masks.

C  the Gatling gun became the primary combat weapon.

D  organized infantry did not fight in formation.

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  saw a quick Union victory.

D  briefly revived the military hopes of the Confederacy.

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

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

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

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  All these answers are correct.

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  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.

A  1,000.00

B  500

C  2,000.00

D  5,000.00

E  4,000.00

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

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

C  formal political parties quickly developed.

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

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

A  that joined the Union military.

B  in the parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion.

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

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

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

A  proved to be unnecessary in the war effort.

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

C  allowed no provisions for escaping service.

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

E  severely discouraged voluntary enlistment.

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.