Author Question: The Confederacy worked to gain recognition from __________. A) Spain and the Netherlands B) ... (Read 58 times)

jerry coleman · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Which of the following was true of the Battle of Gettysburg?

A) It was an important victory for the Confederacy.
B) Casualty rates on both sides exceeded 50 percent.
C) It was an important victory for the Union.
D) It ended in a stalemate.

Question 2

What led to the April 1863 riot by several hundred Richmond women?

A) food shortages
B) a new draft law
C) a series of Confederate defeats
D) layoffs at the Tredegar Iron Works

Question 3

Until late in the war, black Union soldiers were __________.

A) paid less than whites
B) not allowed to serve in combat
C) kept far from the front lines
D) almost always given the most dangerous assignments

Question 4

In the North, the Emancipation Proclamation __________.

A) was greeted with general indifference
B) was seen by most whites as an act of desperation
C) spurred the enlistment of black men in the Union army and navy
D) made Lincoln the most popular man in the Union

Question 5

Which of the following was true of the Unions Second Confiscation Act?

A) It authorized Union generals to return runaway slaves to their masters.
B) It authorized Union generals to enlist slaves into the Union army.
C) It authorized Union generals to seek out slaves to liberate.
D) It authorized Union generals to employ runaway slaves as laborers.

Question 6

The Confederacy worked to gain recognition from __________.

A) Spain and the Netherlands
B) Britain and France
C) the independent South American nations
D) Austria and Russia