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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A President Lincoln met President Davis.
B Lee recognized the futility of continued fighting.
C President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union forces.
D President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
E President Jefferson Davis announced the Confederate government was defeated.
Question #2
A infantry troops began to fight standing in line formations.
B battlefields became more organized.
C organized infantry did not fight in formation.
D soldiers were forced to carry rudimentary gas masks.
E the Gatling gun became the primary combat weapon.
Question #3
A saw a quick Union victory.
B was decided by a massive assault by Union troops.
C briefly revived the military hopes of the Confederacy.
D allowed the North to split the Confederacy in two.
E put George McClellan back in good standing with President Lincoln.
Question #4
A was a Union victory, thanks to Meade having found a copy of Lee’s orders.
B saw Union General George Meade clearly be more aggressive than Robert E. Lee.
C saw Robert E. Lee poised for victory after his attack on Cemetery Ridge.
D represented the last time Confederate forces seriously threatened Union territory.
E saw Union General George Meade lose nearly a third of his army.
Question #5
A was a significant Confederate victory.
B led President Abraham Lincoln to remove George McClellan from command.
C saw Robert E. Lee field an army twice the size of the Union forces.
D both saw Robert E. Lee field an army twice the size of the Union forces, and led President Abraham Lincoln to remove George McClellan from command.
E All these answers are correct.
Question #6
A 2,000.00
B 4,000.00
C 5,000.00
D 1,000.00
E 500
Question #7
A Southern politicians were strongly united in supporting secession and the war.
B the national government was almost completely impotent in its dealings with the states.
C formal political parties quickly developed.
D many Southerners resisted efforts by the Davis government to exert its authority.
E President Jefferson Davis developed a reputation for reckless political action.
Question #8
A throughout all states that existed as part of the United States prior to the Civil War.
B that joined the Union military.
C in the slave states that had remained loyal to the Union.
D in the parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion.
E in the parts of the Confederacy already under Union control.
Question #9
A allowed no provisions for escaping service.
B proved to be unnecessary in the war effort.
C severely discouraged voluntary enlistment.
D resulted in murderous attacks in New York City against free blacks.
E saw little in the way of opposition from the public.
Question #10
A after eleven Southern states had seceded.
B in a meeting hall in Washington, D.C.
C after Fort Sumter fell to forces from seceding states.
D despite the passage of the Crittenden Compromise.
E after Texas seceded from the Union.