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