CH 14

5 Written Questions

1. Passed in 1862, it gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years. The settler would only have to pay a registration fee of $25.
2. 1862, provides federal subsidies in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad.
3. Name for Union paper money not backed by gold or silver. Value would fluctuate depending on status of the war.
4. First battle of the Civil War fought between Federal and Confederate infantry. Decisive victory for the Confederacy and ended the thought of a short end to the war.
5. Federal military fort located in Charleston harbor which was attacked by Confederate forces and is considered the beginning of the Civil War.

5 Matching Questions

1. Anaconda Plan
2. David Farragut
3. Morrill Tariff Act
4. Confederate states of America
5. Robert E. Lee

1. a 1861 law that increased tariffs duties to 10%
2. b Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi River, and to take an army through heart of south.
3. c Union admiral whose fleet captured New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
4. d Commander of the Confederate Army.
5. e A republic formed in February of 1861 and composed of the eleven Southern states that seceded from the United States.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. An American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.
   1. homestead act
   2. laird rams
   3. Bull Run
   4. Ulysses S. Grant
2. Powers of the President of the United States, delegated or implied by the Constitution, used to implement and enforce laws.
   1. Fort Sumpter
   2. Anaconda Plan
   3. executive power
   4. election of 1864
3. Lincoln vs. McClellan, Lincoln wants to unite North and South, McClellan wants war to end. Lincoln wins the election.
   1. election of 1864
   2. Trent Affair
   3. executive power
   4. Anaconda Plan
4. An American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America.
   1. laird rams
   2. Jefferson Davis
   3. border states
   4. Copperheads
5. In 1861 the Confederacy sent emissaries James Mason to Britain and John Slidell to France to lobby for recognition. A Union ship captured both men and took them to Boston as prisoners.
   1. Trent Affair
   2. homestead act
   3. greenbacks
   4. Antietam

5 True/False Questions

1. Ex Parte Milligan → He was a Union general that was in charge during the beginning of the war. He defeated Lee at Antietam, securing a much needed Union victory. But was later replaced.

   True        False

2. Emancipation Proclamation → Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi River, and to take an army through heart of south.

   True        False

3. 13th amendment → abolishes slavery in the U.S.

   True        False

4. Copperheads → A group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War.

   True        False

5. insurrection → the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with almost 23,000 casualties. After this "win" for the North, Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation

   True        False