History 1301 Assessment Test Questions with Correct Answers

History 1301 Assessment Test Questions with Correct Answers George McClellan was able to stop Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North by intercepting his force at the Battle of ________________ in western Maryland. - Answer-Antietam During the Civil War, Clara Barton served as __________________. - Answer-A union nurse On two occasions during the Civil War, Robert E. Lee tried to break northern public morale by: - Answer-attempting invasions of the North seeking to win significant battles on Union soil During the Civil War, President Lincoln: - Answer-suspended the right of habeas corpus During the Civil War, the "Trent Affair" didn't involve ________________. - Answer-Union efforts to assassinate Confederate President Jefferson Davis, discovery of a Confederate spy ring working in Washington, D.C. , Confederate efforts to kidnap President Lincoln Who lost the 1864 presidential campaign to Abraham Lincoln? - Answer-George McClellan The Battle of ___________________ is often cited by historians as Robert E. Lee's greatest victory of the Civil War, because of his ability to use knowledge of the terrain and defeat a Union army twice the size of his own. - Answer-Chancellorsville Which of the following sequences are in the proper chronological order? - Answer-Battle of Bull Run; Emancipation Proclamation issued; Battle of Gettysburg; Lincoln's re-election Of the following, who was not a candidate for President in 1860 vs. Abraham Lincoln? - Answer-James Buchanan _____________ was the first presidential nominee of the Republican Party formed during the 1850s. - Answer-John C. Frémont Whose death paved the way for the passage of the Compromise of 1850 by removing the threat of a presidential veto? - Answer-Zachary Taylor A major consequence of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act was: - Answer-The rise of the Republican Party in the North