In his first inaugural speech, Abraham Lincoln : In his first inaugural speech, Abraham Lincoln begged his "dissatisfied countrymen" not to start a civil war. (1.00) 10/37 (27%) 27% 0.450 0.35 0.24 declared that if war must come, it must be a crusade against slavery. (0.00) 5/37 (14%) pronounced "malice toward none." (0.00) Antietam was : Antietam was the clear-cut victory that not only made it safe to issue the Emancipation Proclamation but ensured its acceptance. (0.00) 8/37 (22%) 51% 0.507 0.58 0.14 a gruesome battle in which neither side gained any important advantage. (1.00) 19/37 (51%) the only major battle of the war in which true tactical skill was on display in both armies. (0.00) 1/37 (3%) yet another battle that the Confederates won, despite being outnumbered by Union forces. (0.00) 8/37 (22%) MAP INCLUDED The peninsula of the Peninsula Campaign was : The peninsula of the Peninsula Campaign was the area of Maryland, encompassing Washington, D.C., that stretched south and along the Potomac River. (0.00) 10/37 (27%) 24% 0.435 0.27 0.27 the area between the James and York rivers south of Richmond. (1.00) 9/37 (24%) the high country leading toward Richmond over which it should have been easy for McClellan to take the city. (0.00) 14/37 (38%) a swamp so difficult to cross as to preclude any advance by McClellan. (0.00) 3/37 (8%) SHILOH AND ALBERT SYDNEY JOHNSTON Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson can best be descri : Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson can best be described as a flamboyant champion of southern honor. (0.00) 1/37 (3%) 32% 0.475 0.35 0.08 a pious, determined soldier who, despite poor horsemanship and a habit of sucking lemons, was a relentless fighter. (1.00) 12/37 (32%) one of the greatest of Confederate cavalrymen. (0.00) 3/37 (8%) "our strongest pillar" which, as Jefferson Davis said when Jackson died, "had been broken." (0.00) 20/37 (54%) EASY ONE When General McClellan wrote to his wife that he had seen the "original gorilla" he was referring to: a powerful animal brought from Africa and, despite the war, displayed to curious crowds at the Smithsonian Institution. (0.00) 1/37 (3%) 49% 0.507 0.62 0.36 General Gustav P.T. Beauregard, whom he could see through his telescope when the Confederate general had his headquarters across the Potomac River in the Custis mansion. (0.00) 13/37 (35%) President Lincoln. (1.00) 18/37 (49%) his Confederate-sympathizing father-in-law. (0.00) 3/37 (8%) DO YOU KNOW WHAT SECESSIONISTS ARE??? Union General Benjamin Franklin Butler was : Union General Benjamin Franklin Butler was so tolerant of secessionists in New Orleans that President Lincoln had to remove him from command of the occupying force. (0.00) 14/37 (38%) 35% 0.484 0.38 0.30 Map locate Shiloh - only 41% Border states - only 59% biggest mistakes Virginia and Illinois Bull Run - only 46% mistakes Shiloh and Antietam First to secede - only 65% Emanc Proc - did NOT free all slaves 52% got this WRONG Lincoln sent only supplies to Ft. Sumter - only 32% General McClellan was a superb trainer of soldiers. (1.00) 18/37 (49%) 49% 0.507 0.62 0.49 a fine commander in the field of battle. (0.00) 1/37 (3%) both a and b (0.00) 6/37 (16%) neither a nor b (0.00) 11/37 (30%) KNOW WORD DECISIVE??? The first decisive military operations of 1862 too : The first decisive military operations of 1862 took place in the West. (1.00) 6/37 (16%) 16% 0.374 0.12 0.03 on the Gulf Coast. (0.00) 4/37 (11%)around Washington, D.C. (0.00) 9/37 (24%) along the East Coast. (0.00) 11/37 (30%) in the North. (0.00) 6/37 (16%) READ MCPHERSON - check President Buchanan believed that no state had the constitutional right to secede from the Union. (0.00) 12/37 (32%) 19% 0.397 0.19 0.07 the federal government had no authority to stop a state from seceding from the Union. (0.00) 12/37 (32%) both a and b (1.00) 7/37 (19%) neither a nor b (0.00) 5/37 (14%) HOW MANY THINGS ARE WRONG WITH THESE WRONG ANSWERS (bloody day, which state, etc.) Which statement about the Battle of Antietam is NO : Which statement about the Battle of Antietam is NOT true? It was the bloodiest, single-day engagement of the war. (0.00) 8/37 (22%) 51% 0.507 0.54 0.23 It was a clear Confederate victory in their first offensive attack of the war. (1.00) 19/37 (51%) The North lost an opportunity to destroy or capture much of Lee's Confederate Army. (0.00) 3/37 (8%) It led Lincoln to remove McClellan from command. (0.00) 1/37 (3%) The battle took place in Maryland, which was not a Confederate state. (0.00) 5/37 (14%) OBJECTIVE ? - financing the war printing money No vs. So The Confederacy was formed : The Confederacy was formed before Lincoln was inaugurated. (1.00) 17/37 (46%) 46% 0.505 0.58 0.35 when all the states had seceded. (0.00) 13/37 (35%) COME ON - MAPS Following the surrender of Fort Sumter, : Following the surrender of Fort Sumter, no more slave states left the Union. (0.00) 2/37 (5%) 38% 0.492 0.35 0.26 some slave states decided to remain in the Union. (1.00) 14/37 (38%) both a and b (0.00) 6/37 (16%) neither a nor b (0.00) 14/37 (38%) Ward book pictures? Looking at them? Matching Francis Clalin Mary Chesnut Clara Barton David Faragut Nathan Bedford Forrest CAN'T READ A CHART??? All of the following were true about the election : All of the following were true about the election of 1860 EXCEPT It was primarily a sectional election, with no party having a national voter appeal (0.00) 2/37 (5%) 24% 0.435 0.23 0.01 No candidate received a majority of the popular vote (0.00) 7/37 (19%) Lincoln won more electoral votes than any other candidate, even though he didn't win a single southern state (0.00) 8/37 (22%) The Democratic Party hadn't split, they would have a majority of both the popular and electoral votes (1.00) 9/37 (24%) The Constitutional Union Party won only slave states and probably siphoned votes away from John Breckinridge (0.00) 10/37 (27%) NOT AT GETTYSBURG - AND BATTLE NOT YET COVERED IN CLASS The reputation of General Ulysses S. Grant was established in 1862 : The reputation of General Ulysses S. Grant was established in 1862 because of his brilliant service under McClellan in Virginia. (0.00) 2/37 (5%) 59% 0.498 0.65 0.37 with his stirring victories at Forts Donelson and Henry in Tennessee. (1.00) 22/37 (59%) with his important victory at Perryville. (0.00) 0/37 (0%) in defeat, at Bull Run. (0.00) 1/37 (3%) with his victory at Gettysburg. (0.00) 11/37 (30%) CONTINUOUS BLOCKADE WAS SUCCESSFUL??? Sea power played an especially important role in t : Sea power played an especially important role in the Civil War in the form of the Confederate raids on northern shipping. (0.00) 1/37 (3%) 38% 0.492 0.31 -0.03 transportation of rebel troops and supplies on steamboats. (0.00) 3/37 (8%) continuous and successful Union blockade of the Confederate coast. (0.00) 17/37 (46%) ironclad ships that appeared during the war. (1.00) 14/37 (38%) MAP AGAIN? NOT KNOWING OFFENSE AND DEFENSE??? WOW The South held the "home court advantage" during the Civil War and remained firmly committed to fighting only a defensive war. As a result of this strategy, they were able to win many battles in the first three years of the war, most of them while they had a smaller number of soldiers than the Union had. True (0.00) 20/37 (54%) 43% 0.502 0.31 -0.10 False (1.00) 16/37 (43%)