Quiz: Chapter 21

The bloodiest single day in American history was the Battle of:

• a. Antietam
• b. Gettysburg
• c. Bull Run
• d. Vicksburg

The Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863) freed enslaved people in:

• a. Confederate-held territory
• b. The border states
• c. The entire United States
• d. Only Virginia

Antietam gave Lincoln the political opening to issue the:

• a. Emancipation Proclamation
• b. Gettysburg Address
• c. Thirteenth Amendment
• d. Anaconda Plan

The Battle of Gettysburg is widely considered:

• a. The turning point of the war
• b. A decisive Confederate victory
• c. The first battle of the war
• d. Fought entirely at sea

The Siege of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the:

• a. Mississippi River
• b. Potomac River
• c. Atlantic coastline
• d. Great Lakes

In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln redefined the war as a struggle for:

• a. Human equality and a "new birth of freedom"
• b. States' rights alone
• c. Tariff policy
• d. Territorial expansion

In 1864, Lincoln made which general commander of all Union armies?

• a. Ulysses S. Grant
• b. Robert E. Lee
• c. George McClellan
• d. William Sherman only

Sherman's March to the Sea (1864) is best described as a campaign of:

• a. Total war against Confederate infrastructure and morale
• b. Naval blockade
• c. Diplomatic negotiation
• d. Defensive retreat

Lincoln was reelected in 1864 over which opponent?

• a. George McClellan
• b. Robert E. Lee
• c. Jefferson Davis
• d. Stephen Douglas

Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at:

• a. Appomattox Court House
• b. Fort Sumter
• c. Gettysburg
• d. Washington, D.C.

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by:

• a. John Wilkes Booth
• b. Jefferson Davis
• c. Robert E. Lee
• d. George McClellan

The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865, formally:

• a. Abolished slavery throughout the United States
• b. Granted Black men the right to vote
• c. Ended Reconstruction
• d. Readmitted the southern states