Black volunteers made up approximately _____ of the Union Army.
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 30%
D. 35%
Answer: A

Which of the following is NOT true of the experiences of black volunteers & soldiers during the Civil War?
A. They served in integrated units.
B. The commanding officers were white.
C. They were paid less than whites until 1864.
D. Confederates regarded them as escaped slaves subject to execution.
Answer: A

The high casualty rate in the Civil War occurred because of all the following EXCEPT
A. use of massed infantry offensives.
B. the inaccuracy of field artillery.
C. ignorance about medical care.
D. failure to handle health needs of a large army.
Answer: B

"A rich man's war but a poor man's fight" was a view shared by both
A. poor southern whites and northern urban workers.
B. southern slaves and northern free blacks.
C. Radical Republicans and Peace Democrats.
D. Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.
Answer: A

An observer in Atlanta in 1863 would have seen all of the Following EXCEPT
A. hunger.
B. class-based tension.
C. volunteers lined up to enter military service.
D. high prices for everyday goods.
Answer: C

The warfare that Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman practiced was designed to
A. conduct limited war to reduce casualties.
B. protect the civilian population from harm.
C. use guerrilla warfare to disable the southern military.
D. inflict maximum damage on the South.
Answer: D

A clear sign of the Confederacy's desperate condition in early 1865 was
A. arming prisoners held in southern jails to fight for the Confederacy.
B. lowering enlistment age to 14.
C. authorizing the draft of black soldiers.
D. the government's use of the barter system to pay Confederate troops.
Answer: C

Which of the following women was NOT associated with hospitals and caring for the wounded Union soldiers?
A. Mary Livermore
B. Mary Chestnut
C. Clara Barton
D. Mary Anne Bickerdyke
E. Dorothea Dix
Answer: B

Which of the following facts about African American Union soldiers is NOT true?
A. Although just 1% of the northern population, they made up 10% of the Union troops.
B. Most black soldiers were volunteers (about 85%).
C. About 40% of the Massachusetts 54th all-black regiment were killed at the battle of Fort Wagner.
D. A majority of the black soldiers were free blacks and runaway slaves.
E. All of the above ARE true
Answer: E

The Civil War was a religious time. Which of the following individuals either invoked God or claimed to be instruments of God during the war?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. John Brown
C. Robert E. Lee
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
Answer: D

Which of Lincoln's speeches was less than 2 minutes and contained the phrase "a new birth of freedom"?
A. The Emancipation Proclamation
B. The Gettysburg Address
C. First Inaugural Address
D. Second Inaugural Address
E. Freeport Doctrine
Answer: B

Who does NOT belong in this list of successful Union generals after 1862?
A. Grant
B. Sherman
C. Thomas
D. McClellan
E. Sheridan
Answer: D