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HIUS 221 Quiz 8
1. What finally abolished slavery in the United States?
2. Lack of unity among Southerners was evidenced by Jefferson Davis’s vice president,
Alexander Stephens, who criticized
3. Led by Dorothea Dix, beginning in the Civil War women nearly entirely took over what
profession?
4. Which was a major problem on the Southern home front throughout the Civil War?
5. As North and South prepared for the Civil War, most people on both sides of the conflict
thought that
6. Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
7. What portion of the total enlisted men in the Union Army and Navy were African
Americans?
8. How did the war affect women in both the North and South?
9. Which battle left the West firmly in the hands of the Union for the rest of the war?
10. Whom did President Lincoln name as commander of all Union forces in early 1864?
11. According to McClure, the Compromise of 1820 merely
12. “The Lesson of Our Civil War” was delivered to
13. According to McClure, what battle was the most decisive for the future of the
Confederacy?
14. According to McClure, absolute sovereignty lies with
15. According to McClure, for Jefferson, the sovereignty of the was the bulwark of
safety against centralized power.
16. McClure stated that the founders did not approve of slavery, but accepted the
compromises in the Constitution because
17. According to McClure, the basis of state sovereignty was established in
18. According to McClure, up to 1863, Lincoln would have accepted peace with the South
without destroying the institution of slavery
19. According to the resolutions presented to President Lincoln in May, 1863, the arrest by
military authorities of Clement Vallandigham did each of the following EXCEPT
20. Many of General Grant’s victories in Virginia were characterized by
21. In 1861, President Lincoln suspended the right of habeas corpus for the purpose of
22. Which statement about the Civil War is true?
23. The Battle of Antietam was a major turning point because
24. Why did many Southerners object to the incorporation of state militias into a Confederate
Army?
25. According to the video presentation, which state was the first to secede from the Union?
26. According to the video presentation, at which battle did Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
earn his nickname?
27. According to the video presentation, what did the war do to the prices of everyday items
in the Northern states?

2. 28. According to the video presentation, which famous Civil War nurse later founded The
Red Cross?
29. According to the video presentation, where did Lee surrender to Grant?
30. According to the video presentation, where did the second major surrender of the Civil
War take place?