HIS 1110 Unit 8 Test, Complete Q&A.

 Question 1

After what major military engagement did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
Correct Battle of Antietam
Answer:

 Question 2

The capital of the Confederate States of America was located in which major city?
Correct Richmond, Virginia
Answer:

 Question 3

Both the Union and the Confederacy had advantages and disadvantages when they engaged in
the American Civil War. What was considered the Union's primary advantage?


Correct The Union's great industrial capabilities and extensive railroad grid
Answer:

 Question 4

In 1862, the Confederate Congress gave Jefferson Davis the power to suspend the right of those
arrested to be brought before a judge or court to determine whether there is a cause to hold the
prisoner. What is the power that President Davis suspended known as?
Correct habeas corpus
Answer:

 Question 5

Throughout 1864 and early 1865, General William Tecumseh Sherman set forth on his March to
the Sea, essentially moving his troops across the southeast to the Atlantic coastline. His efforts
accompanied those of General Grant's who focused on General Lee's Army of Virginia. What was
General Sherman's primary objective in his March to the Sea?


Correct to annihilate the military and civilian resources that were within his
Answer: path


 Question 6

What was the first major battle of the American Civil War (after the bombardment of Fort
Sumter)?
Correct The Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
Answer:


 Question 7



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, Fort Sumter, located on an island in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor, had a small Union
garrison of fewer than 100 soldiers and officers. In an effort to demonstrate the Confederacy's
determination, who pressured Confederate President Jefferson Davis to take Fort Sumter?


Correct the Fire-Eaters
Answer:

 Question 8

Both the Union and the Confederacy had advantages and disadvantages when they engaged in
the American Civil War. What was considered the Confederacy's advantage?


Correct The Confederates had the initial advantage of waging in a defensive war,
Answer: allowing the war to be fought on their territory, so they were familiar with
the terrain and had the support of the civilian population


 Question 9

While, nursing had been a position previously considered only suitable for disreputable women,
during the American Civil War it developed into a major service industry, employing more than
3,000 in the Union alone and opening a new role for women after the war. Who was the
trailblazer that was in charge of the Union army's nurses?


Correct Dorothea Dix
Answer:

 Question 10

The Union had many strengths over the Confederacy. Which of the following was not considered
a strength of the Union?
Correct Union soldiers were fighting on familiar ground, giving them a clear
Answer: advantage over the South.


 Question 11

The president of the Confederate States of America was:
Correct Jefferson Davis.
Answer:




 Question 12

Lincoln's status among voters was on the decline in late 1863 and throughout 1864. Which of the




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