Question

va & us history – semester 1 exam
vus.8d

1. which amendment to the constitution guaranteed voting rights regardless of

ace, color, or previous condition of servitude\?
a. eighteenth
b. fifteenth
c. fourteenth
d. seventeenth

vus.9a

1. the union general who accepted the surrender of robert e. lee’s confederate army at appomattox court house was

a. ambrose burnside.
b. george mcclellan.
c. ulysses s. grant.
d. william t. sherman.

vus.9b
use the following passage to answer question #41.
\... on the first day of january, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty - three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free;\

1. from what document was this passage taken?

a. grant’s speech at appomattox courthouse
b. lincoln’s emancipation proclamation
c. south carolina’s ordinance on secession
d. thirteenth amendment to the constitution
end of passage questions

vus.9c
use the following chart to answer question #42.
casualties of the civil war

	union troops	confederate troops
wounded	275,175	194,000*
died of wounds	110,070	94,000
died of disease	249,458	164,000

— garraty and mccaughey, the american nation, harper and row, 1987;
*shelby foote, the civil war: a narrative, vintage books, 1986

1. which of the following statements is best supported by the data in the table?

a. more soldiers died from disease than from war wounds.
b. the civil war had more casualties than any other war.
c. the confederate troops lost the civil war because of their higher numbers of injuries and fatalities.
d. the union army had better generals during the civil war.
end of chart questions

vus.9d

1. lincoln’s plan for dealing with the south after the civil war was based on the idea that the

a. division in the union should be healed as quickly and painlessly as possible.
b. former confederate states ought to be treated as conquered territory.
c. freedmen must be given the right to vote in order to keep the republican party in power.
d. southern states had seceded and should, therefore, be punished.

Explanation:

1. The Fifteenth Amendment explicitly prohibits denying voting rights based on race, color, or previous servitude.
2. Ulysses S. Grant was the Union general who accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House.
3. The passage, dated January 1, 1863, freeing enslaved people in rebel states, is from Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
4. Comparing data: Union + Confederate disease deaths (249,458 + 164,000) are far higher than wound deaths (110,070 + 94,000). Other options lack table support.
5. Lincoln's post-war plan focused on quick, lenient reconciliation to heal the Union, not harsh punishment.

Answer:

1. B. Fifteenth
2. C. Ulysses S. Grant.
3. B. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
4. A. More soldiers died from disease than from war wounds.
5. A. division in the Union should be healed as quickly and painlessly as possible.