HIUS 390 Quiz Civil War

HIUS 390 Quiz: Reading — Civil War

Set 1

1. Why did Virginia become the primary battleground of the Civil War?
2. What was NOT a reason Lee had for crossing into Maryland in 1862?
3. What previous events did John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry evoke in the minds of Virginians?
4. What caused Virginia to secede from the Union on April 17, 1861?
5. What battle marked the last time the Army of Northern Virginia was on the offensive?
6. By 1860, what posed the greatest threat to the power of Virginia’s planters?
7. Which political party did the Kansas-Nebraska bill ultimately destroy?
8. What was Virginia’s Congressional representatives’ overarching response to the Compromise of 1850?
9. What event did President Lincoln use to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, transforming the war into a revolutionary event intended to abolish slavery?
10. Just before the onset of the Civil War, what best describes Virginia’s economic outlook?
11. What was one thing the “restored” government of Virginia under Francis Pierpont did NOT do during the Civil War?
12. Why was a negotiated peace not possible after Abraham Lincoln’s reelection in 1864?
13. Which Virginian officer who rose to prominence during the Civil War had Old Virginia connections to the Washington, Lee, and Carter families?
14. What were most of the patients at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond hospitalized for?
15. What was the result of the Second Wheeling Convention, which met to discuss what the western counties should do following Virginia’s secession?
16. What happened to Chimborazo Hospital after the Civil War?
17. Which area of Virginia saw the greatest amount of irregular (guerrilla) warfare during the Civil War?
18. What two things best represent the main Civil War experience in southwestern Virginia?
19. Why was President Lincoln hesitant to sign the West Virginia statehood bill?
20. Which side had control of the Cumberland Gap between Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee during the Civil War?

Set 2

1. What two notable proposals did William Preston put forth to Virginia decision makers throughout his career?
2. Just before the onset of the Civil War, what best describes Virginia’s economic outlook?
3. What was Virginia’s Congressional representatives’ overarching response to the Compromise of 1850?
4. What event did President Lincoln use to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, transforming the war into a revolutionary event intended to abolish slavery?
5. What city did Grant attempt to take to capture rail lines and block Lee’s supply line, but failed, resulting in a nine-month siege?
6. By 1860, what posed the greatest threat to the power of Virginia’s planters?
7. What were key demographics in how Virginia’s secession vote was split?
8. What was the official reason given for Virginia’s secession from the union?
9. Why was Virginia’s secession so important to the Confederacy?
10. Which political party did the Kansas-Nebraska bill ultimately destroy?
11. What event in Virginia Civil War history does “the burning” refer to?
12. What did Virginians and other southerners fear most about the admission of California and New Mexico into the Union as free states?
13. What battle marked the last time the Army of Northern Virginia was on the offensive?
14. Why did the Union burn the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia during the Civil War?
15. What was the result of the Second Wheeling Convention, which met to discuss what the western counties should do following Virginia’s secession?
16. During his visit to the city in 1856, where was Abraham Lincoln heading in Richmond when he was recognized by former slaves and mobbed by a crowd increasing in size?
17. What was the primary natural resource southwestern Virginia contributed to the Confederacy?
18. Which side had control of the Cumberland Gap between Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee during the Civil War?
19. What two things best represent the main Civil War experience in southwestern Virginia?
20. Why was President Lincoln hesitant to sign the West Virginia statehood bill?