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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 destroy civilian property ad damage southern support
B
to convince border states to stay with the union
C
to punish people in the north who helped the south
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
Southern solderis forced union troops to retreat
D
Union troops cut a forty-mile wide path of destruction
3) Why did General Grant want to capture Petersburg?
A
he needed the food and military supplies stockpiled there
B
he could then attack Richmond from the south
C
He could thenattack 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 a shad bake
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 bed
D
Pickett thought the war was over
5) Why was Atlanta an important Southern city?
A
Atlanta was a great southern seaport
B
Atlanta served as the capital of the Confederate states
C
Atlanta was a railroad center and supply depot for the South
D
The fight for Atlanta was the final battle of the Civil War
6) How did Federal troops finally capture Petersburg?
A
Grant captured Richmond and cut off all help to Petersburg
B
Grant laid seige to the city for over nine months
C
Federal soldiers attacked and defeated the southern troops
D
The Federal Troops attacked the city with Quaker cannons
7) What was Lincoln doing when he was assassinated?
A
Watching a play at Ford's Theatre
B
Traveling from the White House to the Capitol building
C
visiting the captured southern capital of Richmond
D
inspecting union troops outside Washington
8) Who captured Atlanta and marched through Georgia to the sea?
A
General Ulysses S. Grant
B
General William Tecumseh Sherman
C
General Robert E. Lee
D
General George PIckett
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 prisoners were taken
D
No officers were tried for treason
10) What advice did General Lee give his defeated soldiers at Appolattox?
A
to regroup and attack the Yankees
B
to take to the hills and fight a guerilla war
C
to disobey the nation's laws
D
to go home, plant crops, and be good citizens
11) How did the Civil War give the nation a new birth of freedom
A
the Constitution immediately granted the right to vote to everyone
B
The Constitution took away the rights of former Confederates
C
a new Constitution was written to help guarantee the equality of all men
D
the Constitution was amended to help guarantee the equality of all men
12) To whom does Walt Whitman compare Lincoln?
A
the general of a great army
B
the captain of a ship
C
the head of state
D
the president of a nation
13) What Southern sympathizer assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
A
General George Pickett
B
Jefferson Davis
C
John Wilkes. Booth
D
Robert E. Lee
14) What finally prohibited slavery in the United States?
A
Emancipation Proclamation
B
The Fugitive Slave Act
C
Thirteenth Amendment
D
The Declaration of Independence
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 wanted the South to become an independent nation
C
Lincoln wanted the South to pay for the war
D
Lincoln favored a policy of punishment toward the South
16) What happended at Appomattox?
A
General Ulysses S. Grant surrendered his army to General Robert E. Lee
B
The south defeated the north
C
Southern troops disbanded to fight a guerilla war
D
General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Grant
17) What was Reconstruction?
A
The process of constructing homes in the South for freed slaves
B
the rebuilding of Northern cities destroyed by the war
C
The process of rebuildingthe south and putting the union back together
D
The building of monuments honoring Civil War soldiers
18) What did Lincoln urge in his second inaugural address?
A
That the nation put aside hard feelings and act with forgiveness toward the south
B
That the south should pay for all war damages
C
that a defeated south be punished for the war
D
that the South be allowed to become a new nation
19) What does the diary of Dolly Sumner Lunt Burge describe?
A
Grant's seige of Petersburg
B
Sherman's march through her Georgia plantation
C
The surrender ceremony of Appomattox
D
the fall of Richmond
20) Why did Wilmer McLean say that the war began in my dining room and ended in my parlor
A
McLean fired the first and last shots of the war to protect his home
B
A cannonball hit his house during the first Battle of Manassas,and the surrender took place in his home at Appomattox
C
The war split McLean's family who met again after the last battle
D
Soldiers visited his home at the war's first and last battles
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