HIS 113 Module 8 Quiz

1. Both Grant and Sherman invented the idea of total war.

True

False

2. President Lincoln was assassinated before the war was officially over.

True

False

3. The Emancipation Proclamation

Freed no slaves in actuality.

Was issued by Lincoln as soon as he took office in 1861.

Was issued without the reaction of Radical Republicans in mind.

Made the war more about secession than anything else.

4. At the war's conclusion, Reconstruction of the south was viewed by most as a fairly straightforward and easy process.

True

False

5. The northern economy suffered greatly during the Civil War.

True

False

6. At the start of the Civil War, the south had an organized and well-supplied army ready to support southern secession efforts.

True

False

7. African American regiments

Fought right alongside white regiments in most battles.

Had only white commanders.

Faced little to no discrimination.

Were not allowed to fight in combat.

8. Vicksburg was

A strategic victory for the south in 1864.

Held by the Union for the majority of the war.

Not the turning point of the war.

Instrumental in maintaining Confederate control of access to the Mississippi.

9. Winfield Scott's strategy was to

Institute a draft to get soldiers to join the Union army.

Stay on the defensive and let the Confederate army attack first.

Send troops to seize the Confederate capital.

Set up a blockade of southern ports.

10. The Conscription Act of 1863 made no exceptions to anyone wishing to avoid military service.

True

False

His 113 Module 8 Quiz