Confederate forces and sympathizers were prevented from seizing Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah by

At the Battle of Gettysburg

Meade failed to pursue the retreating Confederates.

In August 1862, Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces of John Pope at the battle

2^nd Battle of Bull Run.

Lincoln's primary goal early on was to

Keep the Union together and reconcile the South as soon as possible.

The election of 1864

Turned in Lincoln's favor only after the fall of Atlanta.

Confederate forces and sympathizers were prevented from seizing Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah by

Colorado and California militias.

Lincoln was assassinated by the actor and Confederate sympathizer

John Wilkes Booth

The Thirteenth Amendment

Was advocated by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

The primary victims of the New York City Draft Riots were

African Americans.

The main goal of northern diplomacy during the Civil War was to

Keep Britain and France from extending diplomatic recognition to the Confederacy

Black volunteers in the Union Army constituted

10 percent of the army and 20 percent of them died.

This battle is still considered the single bloodiest day for the American military and it occurred on September 17, 1862, when Robert E. Lee invaded the North and was repulsed at

Antietam

The organization created by President Lincoln to promote healthier conditions at military camps and support the volunteer efforts to supply food and medicine was called the

United States Sanitary Commission.

The map of The Turning Point: 1863 shows

Meade's victory at Gettysburg.

The map of the final battles in Virginia in 1864-65 shows that

Grant chased Lee westward from Petersburg in April 1865.

Lincoln's reaction to the crisis at Fort Sumter was to

Try to resupply the fort with food and other non-essential military supplies

More Americans died in the Civil War than in the first and second World Wars combined because of all of the following EXCEPT

The use of artillery.

Which of the following was not a clear Union Victory

Cold Harbor

The Anaconda Plan would have been largely a policy of

Pressure on the South rather than invasion to subdue it

The major battles of 1862 showed that

North and South were deadlocked in the East.

The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac

Introduced iron plating and revolving turrets.

The war began at Fort Sumter because

The Confederates needed to control their territory as a sign of sovereignty.

Union General George B. McClellan's failed campaign of 1862, which involved ferrying troops to the mouth of the James River in an effort to take Richmond,

Peninsular campaign.

The public attack on the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment in Baltimore was important because

It moved Lincoln to curtail civil rights in the name of national security.

When black soldiers were denied the same pay as white soldiers they

Refused the pay.

How many states left the Union during the first wave of secession between December 1860, and February 1861

Seven

What was the first battle of the Civil War, which occurred in Virginia in July 1861, known as

First Bull Run

Because of his defensive strategy of using trenches, Robert E. Lee's troops called him the

King of Spades

William Seward's Civil War diplomacy

Kept the Laird ironclads from being delivered to the South.

The most famous and effective of the British-made Confederate ships that destroyed Union ships during the Civil War was the

Alabama

Which of the following states seceded during the second wave of secession?

Virginia

A part of a seceded state rejoined the Union in 1863 as a separate state. What name did this new state take?

West Virginia

African Americans serving as soldiers in the Union Army

Came from many places including the South, Canada, and Africa.

The Union officer Benjamin Butler

Declared escaped slaves "contraband of war" thereby attracting slaves to Union lines.

Which of the following set aside land to be given to freed slavers in 40 acre plots

Sherman's Special Field Order 15

Sherman's Special Field Order 15

Set aside 400,000 acres to be given to freedmen in 40-acre parcels.

General Robert E. Lee defeated McClellan's forces outside of Richmond in 1862 in a series of battles known as the

Seven Days

The deadliest battle of the war in the campaign for the Mississippi in 1862 was known as

Shiloh

The Sanitary Commission

Was inspired by the volunteer Women's Central Association of Relief

Clara Barton was best known for

Organizing nursing care and advocating reforms in army medical practices

Lee surrendered to Grant at

Appomattox Court House

The Emancipation Proclamation

Freed the slaves only in Confederate controlled territory.

At the peace conference at Hampton Roads

Jefferson Davis insisted on southern independence.