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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. Robert E. Lee

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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. Fort Pillow massacre

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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. Radical Republicans

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Black soldiers in the Union army


A) were less likely than whites to die of diseases.
B) were usually treated as prisoners of war when captured by Confederate troops.
C) comprised nearly one-quarter of the Union army by the end of the war
D) were, from the start, paid the same as white soldiers.
E) were typically assigned to labor detachments or garrison duty and were therefore less likely to be killed in action.

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Explain why the South lost and North won the Civil War. Discuss three of the following issues in your explanation: war goals, economic strengths and weaknesses, public finance, military and naval strengths and weaknesses, relations with the rest of the world, and political systems.

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How did the Union and Confederate governments compare in their handling of dissent?


A) Because both governments originated from the same political tradition, they both viewed dissent the same way.
B) Abraham Lincoln was far less hesitant about imposing martial law and suspending the fundamental right of habeas corpus than was Jefferson Davis.
C) Compared with Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln had greater faith in democracy and therefore thought that dissent was a beneficial part of the political process.
D) Because of the Confederacy's belief in states' rights, dissent was expected and encouraged.
E) The Confederate government was prepared to act swiftly and harshly to stamp out dissent, which it equated with treason.

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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.

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The Civil War can be considered the first modern war for all of the following reasons except


A) There was an extensive reliance on the new communication technology of the telegraph.
B) There was large-scale use of trench warfare by armies on both sides.
C) The size of the armies on both sides was larger than ever.
D) Tactics changed dramatically.
E) Airplanes significantly altered the experience of combat.

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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. Ex parte Merryman

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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. Jefferson Davis

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What did the National Bank Act of 1863 do?


A) It created a national bank in each Confederate state.
B) It established criteria by which a bank could get a federal charter and issue national bank notes.
C) It declared that it was a conflict of interest, and therefore illegal, for federally chartered banks to purchase federal war bonds.
D) It tied the value of Confederate currency to the price of cotton on the European market.
E) It took the Union off the gold standard.

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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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Which of the following best describes the reaction to female nurses during the war?


A) There were concerns about women leaving their proper sphere.
B) Male doctors worried that they were poorly trained.
C) Ministers feared women would be sexually harassed and violated by soldiers.
D) None of these choices
E) All of these choices

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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. Emancipation Proclamation

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Compare the approaches of the Union and the Confederacy in dealing with the following wartime challenges: manning and supplying their armies, public finance, and political dissent.

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What happened to consumer prices during the Civil War?


A) The North had an inflation rate of 80%, while the South had an inflation rate of 9,000%.
B) Prices remained relatively stable in both the North and the South because of government controls.
C) The South experienced a drastic downward spiral of deflation, while northern prices skyrocketed.
D) Both the northern and southern economies suffered from crippling declines in prices and wages.
E) Both the northern and southern economies boomed, as prices rose slowly and modestly.

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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. Maryland, writ of habeas corpus

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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. Hardtack

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Of the following nations/areas, which was the last to abolish slavery?


A) Haiti
B) British West Indies
C) Martinique and Guadeloupe
D) United States
E) Cuba

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What advantages did each combatant, Union and Confederate, possess at the start of the Civil War?

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