Question 1
At the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee
A) captured control of northern territory between Philadelphia and Washington.
B) suffered losses so heavy that he could never mount another southern offensive.
C) surrendered his army and supplies to General George Meade.
D) ordered Pickett's Charge as a daring escape to save his men.
Question 2
During the Civil War, the northern army
A) treated black soldiers poorly.
B) paid blacks better than whites.
C) refused to recruit blacks.
D) considered blacks to be superior soldiers.
Question 3
Political dissension in the South during the Civil War
A) led detractors to offer programs in opposition to Democratic policies.
B) tended to be factional, petty, and often personal in nature.
C) produced an arbitrary and tyrannical expansion of presidential power.
D) resulted in the establishment of party mechanisms to channel or curb criticism.
Question 4
The New York City draft riots of 1863
A) exposed the racial and class antagonisms of northern society.
B) led to the passage of more fair conscription laws.
C) resulted from extreme northern antiwar sentiment.
D) caused little damage and produced only minor disturbances.
Question 5
The largest civil disturbance of the nineteenth century occurred in New York City in early July 1863, as
A) workers opposed to the draft rioted for three days.
B) peace activists demanded a negotiated end to the war.
C) blacks protested racial discrimination and segregation.
D) nativist mobs beat up Irish immigrants and destroyed their homes and businesses.
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