Author Question: The major strategic gain for the North in 1863 took place in: A) the Peninsular campaign. B) ... (Read 27 times)

storky111 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871:

A) effectively shut down the Klan in the South.
B) had little impact on Klan violence in the Alabama black belt.
C) showed that Congress held the upper hand in Southern community relations.
D) was passed at the request of white Alabama politicians.

Question 2

The incident between John Orrick and Alex Webb in Greensboro, Alabama, illustrates this problem in southern communities.

A) a large influx of carpetbaggers
B) the power of the Ku Klux Klan
C) violent encounters between blacks and whites
D) large plantation owners cheating freedmen out of wages

Question 3

During the Civil War:

A) twice as many men died of disease than in battle.
B) Union doctors made major advances in antiseptics and antibiotics.
C) both sides developed effective systems of caring for the wounded.
D) battlefield wounds were seldom fatal.

Question 4

The Peninsular campaign concentrated on this area.

A) ports along the Mississippi
B) Eastern Tennessee and Kentucky
C) the Carolina coast
D) the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries

Question 5

The major strategic gain for the North in 1863 took place in:

A) the Peninsular campaign.
B) Antietam and Gettysburg.
C) the lower Mississippi River valley.
D) the Texas coast.