Question 1
Frederick Douglass believed that blacks:
A) should not fight for the Union until all slaves were free.
B) could prove their right to equality by military service.
C) had no reason to fight on either side.
D) were too cowardly to fight effectively.
Question 2
Lincoln initially resisted announcing a policy to free the slaves for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) he wanted to encourage pro-Union sentiment in the South.
B) a policy to free the slaves might have alienated conservatives in border states.
C) Northern public opinion was divided on the slave issue.
D) Lincoln believed that blacks would not make good citizens.
Question 3
The Confederacy actively sought Indian support by offering:
A) to return their lands in Georgia.
B) Indian representation in the Confederate Congress.
C) to grant them full and equal citizenship.
D) to resettle them in Kansas after the Confederacy won.
Question 4
Grant's victory at Vicksburg combined with this admiral's capture of New Orleans gave the North control of the Mississippi River.
A) John Paul Jones
B) Don Carlos Buell
C) David Farragut
D) Henry H. Sibley
Question 5
The Confederate invasion of Maryland was halted by the Union at the battle of:
A) Shiloh.
B) Antietam.
C) Gettysburg.
D) Fredericksburg.
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