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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Morrill Land Grant Act

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In 1861, President Lincoln asserted that he had no intention of interfering with slavery where it already existed. Two years later, however, he changed his position and issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Why? What were the practical and the ideological considerations? What did the proclamation do, and what did it not do? Why was it significant?

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Virginia v. Monitor

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southeastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southeastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Richmond, Virginia Richmond, Virginia

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southeastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southeastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Sea Islands Sea Islands

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What was the most important factor in Abraham Lincoln's 1864 reelection victory?


A) He furloughed Union soldiers so that they could vote for him.
B) Atlanta fell to Union forces in September 1864.
C) There was no organized political opposition to his re-election.
D) Lincoln's lenient plan for postwar reconstruction appealed to many.
E) He issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

F) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

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What major advantages did the Union and Confederacy possess at the start of the Civil War? What disadvantages? How did those advantages and disadvantages influence the course and outcome of the war?

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Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southeastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: -Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southeastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Appomattox Court House

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The South had an advantage over the North in terms of


A) population.
B) firearm production.
C) farm acreage.
D) corn production.
E) soldier morale.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Frederick Douglass

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southeastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southeastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia

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Which of the following is not one of the reasons why the Confederacy expected assistance, or at least diplomatic recognition, from France or Great Britain?


A) The French and British upper classes were thought to be sympathetic to the South.
B) A permanent division of the United States would benefit European colonial designs in the Western Hemisphere.
C) Britain depended on the South for four-fifths of its cotton.
D) The British Prime Minister had secretly promised aid and recognition to Jefferson Davis in 1860.
E) There was considerable diplomatic friction between Great Britain and the Union.

F) All of the above
G) C) and D)

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Explain the Anaconda strategy. Who initially developed it, and what did he argue? How did Grant modify and employ the strategy towards the end of the war?

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The Civil War resulted in the end of slavery, the weakening of states' rights, the creation of a national banking system, promotion of large-scale business, and expanded federal powers. What conclusion can you draw from those facts?


A) The war had staggering economic cost.
B) The South would have changed even without the war.
C) In many ways, the war initiated a new American revolution.
D) The North changed more than the South as a result of the war.
E) It was good that the war occurred.

F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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How did the Trent affair almost trigger a war between the United States and Great Britain?


A) American frontiersmen crossed the Canadian border and attacked some settlers.
B) A Union diplomat insulted the British monarch.
C) The Union navy seized a ship carrying Confederate diplomats going to Great Britain and France.
D) British shipyards built the Trent to serve in the Confederate navy as a commerce raider.
E) None of these choices

F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

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Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Abraham Lincoln

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The Battle of Antietam in September 1862


A) was a strategic victory for the South because General Grant called off his invasion of Richmond.
B) encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
C) encouraged Great Britain and France to recognize the Confederacy as an independent nation.
D) was General Ambrose Burnside's most famous victory
E) revealed Robert E. Lee's genius in staging a battle.

F) B) and D)
G) All of the above

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southeastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southeastern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Mississippi River Mississippi River

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Which of the following is an accurate generalization about health and sanitation at the Civil War battlefront?


A) Neither the Union nor the Confederate government devoted much energy to sanitary measures in hospitals.
B) Because of the large number of volunteer nurses in northern hospitals, army camps were free from typhoid, malaria, diarrhea, and dysentery.
C) Although the ratio of disease to battle deaths was much better than during the Mexican War, two-thirds of deaths came from disease rather than battle wounds.
D) Health conditions at the battlefront were so horrific that women were prohibited from coming within five miles of battlefields.
E) None of these choices

F) A) and C)
G) None of the above

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