Question 1

Captains of industry like steel magnate Andrew Carnegie and oil man John D. Rockefeller:

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A)   began creating or consolidating their fortunes during the Civil War.
B)   benefited after the war from the respect their military service earned for them.
C)   became important advisers to President Lincoln.
D)   voluntarily provided important resources to the war effort.
E)   made millions bilking southerners who were buying war bonds.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT true of Abraham Lincoln's slavery policy during the first two years of the war?

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A)   He initially insisted that slavery was irrelevant to the Civil War.
B)   He supported the colonization of freed slaves on an island near Haiti.
C)   He rescinded an emancipation order by a Union general in Missouri.
D)   He proposed gradual, compensated emancipation in the border states.
E)   He proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery immediately.F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 3

Lincoln was hesitant to support abolition early in the war because he:

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A)   did not believe slaves could be productive American citizens.
B)   owned slaves himself.
C)   feared losing the support of the slaveholding border states within the Union.
D)   did not want to support the policies of the Radical Republicans.
E)   promised during his 1860 campaign that he was against abolition.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

Beginning in 1863, what did Frederick Douglass urge northern blacks to do?

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A)   enlist in the Union army
B)   embark to Liberia
C)   head north to Canada
D)   demand voting rights as a condition of supporting the war
E)   protest the war until Lincoln promised to end slaveryF) None of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 5

Which of the following is true of Jefferson Davis and his governing?

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A)   Although Davis had a poor prewar reputation as an orator, his speechmaking rose to new heights as the Confederacy's president.
B)   His administration actually suffered from the Confederacy's lack of political parties.
C)   He had Lincoln's common touch, but the lack of newspapers in the South reduced his ability to communicate it.
D)   He strongly opposed centralizing authority in the Confederacy's Richmond government.
E)   On more than one occasion, Davis, a West Point alumnus, led Confederate troops into battle.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

Which of the following is true of the Confederacy and Native Americans?

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A)   Indians were united in their opposition to the Confederacy because of its white supremacist policies.
B)   The Davis administration ordered the Navajo to leave their ancestral territory.
C)   Slaveowning Indians generally supported the Confederacy.
D)   Treating Indian tribes as fully independent nations, the Confederacy sent ambassadors to the Five Civilized Tribes.
E)   Confederate troops massacred Indians on several occasions, most notably at Sand Creek, Texas.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

The Wade-Davis Bill was the Democrats' proposed Reconstruction plan.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War, 1861-1865

Which of the following is true of Jefferson Davis and his governing?

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Lincoln was hesitant to support abolition early in the war because he:

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Which of the following is true of the Confederacy and Native Americans?

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Which of the following is NOT true of Abraham Lincoln's slavery policy during the first two years of the war?

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Beginning in 1863, what did Frederick Douglass urge northern blacks to do?

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Captains of industry like steel magnate Andrew Carnegie and oil man John D. Rockefeller:

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The Wade-Davis Bill was the Democrats' proposed Reconstruction plan.

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Exam 14: A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War, 1861-1865

Which of the following is true of Jefferson Davis and his governing?

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Lincoln was hesitant to support abolition early in the war because he:

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Which of the following is true of the Confederacy and Native Americans?

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Which of the following is NOT true of Abraham Lincoln's slavery policy during the first two years of the war?

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Beginning in 1863, what did Frederick Douglass urge northern blacks to do?

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Captains of industry like steel magnate Andrew Carnegie and oil man John D. Rockefeller:

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The Wade-Davis Bill was the Democrats' proposed Reconstruction plan.

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