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Lessons 23-27
Test Description: 6th Grade Mr Ryan Ms Le Vine
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is he purpose of total war?
A
to punish people in the north who helped the south
B
to convince border states to stay with the union
C
to destroy civilian property ad damage southern support
D
to start up a slave rebellion
2) What happened during the March to the Sea?
A
the southern army surrendered
B
Union troops helped suffering southern civilians
C
Union troops cut a forty-mile wide path of destruction
D
Southern solderis forced union troops to retreat
3) Why did General Grant want to capture Petersburg?
A
He could thenattack Richmond from the south
B
he needed the food and military supplies stockpiled there
C
he could then attack Richmond from the south
D
the city controlled the Mississippi River
4) Why was General George Pickett unprepared for the Union attack at Five Forks?
A
Pickett thought his soldiers had defeated the union troops so he went to bed
B
Pickett thought the Northern soldiers had gone to a shad bake
C
Pickett thought his soldiers had defeated the Union troops so he went to a shad bake
D
Pickett thought the war was over
5) Why was Atlanta an important Southern city?
A
Atlanta was a railroad center and supply depot for the South
B
Atlanta served as the capital of the Confederate states
C
The fight for Atlanta was the final battle of the Civil War
D
Atlanta was a great southern seaport
6) How did Federal troops finally capture Petersburg?
A
Grant laid seige to the city for over nine months
B
Federal soldiers attacked and defeated the southern troops
C
Grant captured Richmond and cut off all help to Petersburg
D
The Federal Troops attacked the city with Quaker cannons
7) What was Lincoln doing when he was assassinated?
A
inspecting union troops outside Washington
B
Traveling from the White House to the Capitol building
C
visiting the captured southern capital of Richmond
D
Watching a play at Ford's Theatre
8) Who captured Atlanta and marched through Georgia to the sea?
A
General George PIckett
B
General Robert E. Lee
C
General William Tecumseh Sherman
D
General Ulysses S. Grant
9) Which was not one of the terms of the surrender at Appopmattox?
A
Robert E. Lee was imprisoned for treason
B
Soldiers who had horses were allowed to keep them
C
No officers were tried for treason
D
No prisoners were taken
10) What advice did General Lee give his defeated soldiers at Appolattox?
A
to disobey the nation's laws
B
to go home, plant crops, and be good citizens
C
to regroup and attack the Yankees
D
to take to the hills and fight a guerilla war
11) How did the Civil War give the nation a new birth of freedom
A
The Constitution took away the rights of former Confederates
B
a new Constitution was written to help guarantee the equality of all men
C
the Constitution was amended to help guarantee the equality of all men
D
the Constitution immediately granted the right to vote to everyone
12) To whom does Walt Whitman compare Lincoln?
A
the president of a nation
B
the captain of a ship
C
the general of a great army
D
the head of state
13) What Southern sympathizer assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
A
Jefferson Davis
B
Robert E. Lee
C
John Wilkes. Booth
D
General George Pickett
14) What finally prohibited slavery in the United States?
A
Emancipation Proclamation
B
The Fugitive Slave Act
C
The Declaration of Independence
D
Thirteenth Amendment
15) Why was Lincoln's plan for the country after the war?
A
Lincoln favored a policy of forgiveness and reconciliation toward the south
B
Lincoln favored a policy of punishment toward the South
C
Lincoln wanted the South to become an independent nation
D
Lincoln wanted the South to pay for the war
16) What happended at Appomattox?
A
The south defeated the north
B
General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Grant
C
Southern troops disbanded to fight a guerilla war
D
General Ulysses S. Grant surrendered his army to General Robert E. Lee
17) What was Reconstruction?
A
the rebuilding of Northern cities destroyed by the war
B
The building of monuments honoring Civil War soldiers
C
The process of constructing homes in the South for freed slaves
D
The process of rebuildingthe south and putting the union back together
18) What did Lincoln urge in his second inaugural address?
A
that a defeated south be punished for the war
B
That the nation put aside hard feelings and act with forgiveness toward the south
C
That the south should pay for all war damages
D
that the South be allowed to become a new nation
19) What does the diary of Dolly Sumner Lunt Burge describe?
A
The surrender ceremony of Appomattox
B
Sherman's march through her Georgia plantation
C
the fall of Richmond
D
Grant's seige of Petersburg
20) Why did Wilmer McLean say that the war began in my dining room and ended in my parlor
A
Soldiers visited his home at the war's first and last battles
B
McLean fired the first and last shots of the war to protect his home
C
A cannonball hit his house during the first Battle of Manassas,and the surrender took place in his home at Appomattox
D
The war split McLean's family who met again after the last battle
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