62.  Which statement about the finances of the Confederacy is the MOST accurate?
A.  A.  By using cotton as collateral, the Confederacy was able to borrow large sums of money from European countries.
B.  B.  The Confederacy refused to challenge individual states by turning to an income tax.
C.  C.  To finance the war, the Confederacy first tried to requisition money from the states.
D.  D.  Inflation was a significant problem in the South, but it was a greater problem in the North.
E.  E.  The Confederacy did have serious financial problems, but the lack of a uniform currency was not one of them.
Answer: C


64.  The greatest division within the South over the war concerned
A.  A.  class differences.
B.  B.  states' rights issues.
C.  C.  tax policies.
D.  D.  racial tensions.
E.  E.  draft policies.
Answer: B

7. The last major Confederate stronghold on the 
Mississippi River was 
(A) Memphis 
(B) Vicksburg 
(C) New Orleans 
(D) Fort Donelson 

9. Which of the following is a true statement about 
the Union presidential election of 1864? 
(A) It was the first presidential election ever 
held by a nation involved in a civil war. 
(B) It attracted little public interest because 
the people of the North were occupied 
with the war effort. 
(C) Lincoln's reelection was considered a 
certainty because the nation did not 
want to change governments in the 
middle of the war. 
(D) Lincoln's reelection was considered 
unlikely because Lincoln had failed to 
support abolition prior to the war. 
 
10. The Union general in command of the 
Shenandoah Valley campaigns of 1864 was 
(A) Philip Kearny 
(B) Philip Sheridan 
(C) William T. Sherman 
(D) George A. Custer 



11. Grant's confrontation with Lee at Petersburg can 
best be described as a  
(A) Confederate rout of the Union army 
(B) swift, decisive victory for the Union army 
(C) tragic blunder on the part of the Union 
high command 
(D) prolonged siege ending in Union victory 
 
12. Under the Fourteenth Amendment, many of 
those who had served in the Confederate 
government or army were 
(A) automatically reinstated as full citizens of 
the United States 
(B) forbidden to bear arms 
(C) forbidden to hold public office 
(D) interned for a minimum of six months 


6. Of those who died as a result of the war, the 
majority were 
(A) civilians deliberately or accidentally killed 
by hostile troops 
(B) soldiers killed outright in combat 
(C) soldiers who died later of wounds received 
in battle 
(D) soldiers who died of disease 



 
4. Through the course of the Civil War, which of 
the following was true of Jefferson Davis's 
cabinet? 
(A) It remained stable in makeup and firm in 
support of the president. 
(B) It remained stable in makeup but opposed 
to the president on many issues. 
(C) Its members changed considerably but 
remained constant in support for the 
president. 
(D) Its members changed considerably and 
were divided in their support for the 
president.