HIUS 420 Quiz: Secession and the
Outbreak of War and National Policy,
Foreign Diplomacy, and Early Union
Victories in the West
Question 1
pts
The cause of the Civil War was
state rights.
slavery.
the tariff.
the machinations of northern bankers.
Question 2
pts
The majority of the Founding Fathers believed that slavery
could exist indefinitely within the American system of government.
was completely consistent with the ideals of the American Revolution.
was in the process of dying out.
would eventually cause a massive civil war.
Question 3
pts
The poem “All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight” expressed
the satisfaction of northerners when the guns were finally silent after four years of war.
, the sense of reassurance many in the North felt in knowing they finally had a general in Virginia
who looked and acted like a great commander.
sadness that individual common soldiers still died even when no progress was being made
toward victory.
a meditation on the beauty of the moonlit river on a quiet night even in the midst of a great
war.
Question 4
pts
After Union forces suffered defeat in the first major battle of the war, Lincoln chose to
command the Union army in Virginia.
Irvin McDowell.
Ulysses S. Grant.
George B. McClellan.
John C. Fremont.
Question 5
pts
In the 1860 presidential election, the candidate of the southern wing of the Democratic Party
was
Jefferson Davis.
John C. Breckinridge.
John Bell.
Stephen A. Douglas.
Question 6
pts
Outbreak of War and National Policy,
Foreign Diplomacy, and Early Union
Victories in the West
Question 1
pts
The cause of the Civil War was
state rights.
slavery.
the tariff.
the machinations of northern bankers.
Question 2
pts
The majority of the Founding Fathers believed that slavery
could exist indefinitely within the American system of government.
was completely consistent with the ideals of the American Revolution.
was in the process of dying out.
would eventually cause a massive civil war.
Question 3
pts
The poem “All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight” expressed
the satisfaction of northerners when the guns were finally silent after four years of war.
, the sense of reassurance many in the North felt in knowing they finally had a general in Virginia
who looked and acted like a great commander.
sadness that individual common soldiers still died even when no progress was being made
toward victory.
a meditation on the beauty of the moonlit river on a quiet night even in the midst of a great
war.
Question 4
pts
After Union forces suffered defeat in the first major battle of the war, Lincoln chose to
command the Union army in Virginia.
Irvin McDowell.
Ulysses S. Grant.
George B. McClellan.
John C. Fremont.
Question 5
pts
In the 1860 presidential election, the candidate of the southern wing of the Democratic Party
was
Jefferson Davis.
John C. Breckinridge.
John Bell.
Stephen A. Douglas.
Question 6
pts
