Why did the South especially hate the Union general William T. Sherman?

B. He led the capture of the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia.

By the end of the war, who were the head generals leading the armies of the North and South?

C. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee

What event is considered the symbolic end of the Civil War?

A. Lee’s surrender to Grant at the courthouse in Appomattox, Virginia

During the Civil War, how did the North and South compare in terms of troop numbers?

A. The North outnumbered the South three to one.

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1
Why did the South especially hate the Union general William T. Sherman?
B. He led the capture of the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia.
A. His troops destroyed Southern homes, farms, and fields
He was responsible for the victories at both Vicksburg and Gettysburg.
C. He personally captured the president of the Confederacy
2
Approximately, how many Americans died in the Civil War?
100,000
600,000
300,000
50,000
3
By the end of the war, who were the head generals leading the armies of the North and South?
C. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
A. Ambrose Burnside and Jefferson Davis
B. George McClellan and Stonewall Jackson
William T. Sherman and Albert Sidney Johnston
4
What city became the South’s last stronghold in the Western Theater?
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Richmond, Virginia
B. Nashville, Tennessee
C. New Orleans, Louisiana
5
Which of the following killed the most soldiers during the War?
B. traitors and spies
A. bullets and artillery
diseases
C. surgery
6
What was the name of Lincoln and the North’s initial plan to defeat the South?
A. the Richmond, Virginia Plan
C. the Forced Monetary Attrition Plan
the Anaconda Plan
B. the Stonewalling Plan
7
What event is considered the symbolic end of the Civil War?
B. the assassination of President Lincoln
C. the capture of Richmond, Virginia, by Union forces
the South’s simultaneous losses at Gettysburg and Vicksburg
A. Lee’s surrender to Grant at the courthouse in Appomattox, Virginia
8
During the Civil War, how did the North and South compare in terms of troop numbers?
B. The South outnumbered the North three to one.
Sometimes the North had more troops, sometimes the South had more.
C. They were almost even.
A. The North outnumbered the South three to one.
9
Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation after the Union victory in what battle?
Gettysburg
C. Shiloh
B. Antietam
A. Richmond
10
When did Lincoln say “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth”?
B. the Emancipation Proclamation
C. the Gettysburg Address
A. his first Inaugural Speech
his second Inaugural Speech

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