Civil War Chapters 17-20

Question 1

General Meade was the Union General in the Battle of Gettysburg

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Describe Sherman's march to sea

Accepted Answer

Burned a path through Atlanta to destroy southern supplies

Question 3

Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 4

what was robert e. lee's goal for gettysburg?

Accepted Answer

win on union soil

Question 5

"With malice toward none, with charity for all,"

Accepted Answer

Lincoln's 2nd inaugural Address

Question 6

What did Booth shout when he leaped off the balcony

Accepted Answer

Sic Semper Tyrannus

Question 7

The bloodiest Civil War battle in North Carolina was

Accepted Answer

the Battle of Bentonville.

Question 8

Robert E. Lee Robert became very frustrated at Gettysburg because

Accepted Answer

Union forces took position on high ground of Cemetery Ridge

Question 9

The battle of Gettysburg was

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the deadliest battle of the Civil War

Question 10

Did Lincoln like John Wilks Booth?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 11

Why was the fall of Richmond important to the Union?

Accepted Answer

It was the confederate capital

Question 12

All of these were strengths of Jefferson Davis EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Ability to form strong, central government

Question 13

The Gettysburg Address was given by which president?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln

Question 14

Commanded the siege of Vicksburg - accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox

Accepted Answer

General Ulysses S. Grant

Question 15

A Spy; a person who collects and reports secrate information about other governments or countries

Accepted Answer

secret agent

Question 16

What did Confederate Leaders aim to achieve with the King Cotton Diplomacy?

Accepted Answer

Coerce Great Britain to formally recognize the Confederacy

Question 17

Where Lee surendered to Grant

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Courthouse

Question 18

When did Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?

Accepted Answer

Dedication of the cemetary

Question 19

John Wilks Booth

Accepted Answer

Confederate

Question 20

A person who collects secret information about an enemy often While in enemy Territory

Accepted Answer

Spy

Question 21

States' Rights helped erode Confederate Nationalism

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Where Generals Lee and Grant agreed to meet for Lee to surrender.

Accepted Answer

Appomattox

Question 23

Why did Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?

Accepted Answer

To honor all soldiers who fought and died at Gettysburg

Question 24

Grant's siege of Petersburg & Vicksburg, Sheridan's destruction of the Shenandoah Valley, and Sherman's March to the Sea

Accepted Answer

are examples of total war.

Question 25

What was one of Jefferson Davis' strengths?

Accepted Answer

He had extensive military training

Question 26

Jefferson Davis's biggest weakness was

Accepted Answer

Poor Communication

Question 27

Where was President Lincoln assassinated?

Accepted Answer

Ford's Theater

Question 28

The mountain region of NC was primarily a Confederate stronghold during the Civil War.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

What actions did Jefferson Davis take that hurt the South's military effort?

Accepted Answer

He overruled generals and interfered with the war department

Question 30

Less than a week after Lee&#x27;s surrender to Grant,

Accepted Answer

Lincoln was assassinated

Question 31

Why was the Gettysburg Address so short?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln was not the main speaker

Question 32

Where and when does lee surender?

Accepted Answer

April 9, 1865 in Appomattox

Question 33

Siege of Vicksburg

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 34

John Wilks Booth was a (an)

Accepted Answer

Actor

Question 35

President of the Confederate States of America, proclaimed states' rights.

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 36

Why was Gettysburg such an important battle?

Accepted Answer

Lee never invaded the North again

Question 37

John Wilks Booth killed President Lincoln 5 days after the surrender of the Confederacy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

Who said, "Tonight I will make Lincoln pay for the South's defeat."

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 39

After losing at Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee retreated to what state?

Accepted Answer

Virginia

Question 40

What’s the meaning of consecrate?

Accepted Answer

To declare something holy and hallow

Question 41

The Confederate strategy of "King Cotton" relied on the demand for cotton to bring help from...

Accepted Answer

Europe

Question 42

Jefferson Davis did not want to be president of the Confederacy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 43

Who led the March to Sea using Grants total war strategy?

Accepted Answer

William Tecumseh Sherman

Question 44

The 1863 Battle of Gettysburg:

Accepted Answer

Was considered the "high tide of the Confederacy"

Question 45

What mistake did General Meade make after the Battle of Gettysburg?

Accepted Answer

He allowed Lee's army to escape, making the war longer.

Question 46

Where was John Wilks Booth killed?

Accepted Answer

Outside of a barn

Question 47

What is a famous line from the Gettysburg Address?

Accepted Answer

Government of the people, by the people, and for the people

Question 48

President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address _____.

Accepted Answer

all of these answers

Question 49

Which one was not one of the terms of surrender that Grant and Lee agreed to?

Accepted Answer

Southern soldiers were kept prisoner by Union forces.

Question 50

Why was Chancellorsville a costly victory for the South?

Accepted Answer

Stonewall Jackson was shot and later died from infection

Question 51

A desire to hurt another person

Accepted Answer

Malice

Question 52

How does The Gettysburg Address start?

Accepted Answer

Four score and seven years ago...

Question 53

The telegraph helped Civil War military leaders _____.

Accepted Answer

communicate with each other as a battle was happening

Question 54

The terms of the surrender that Grant and Lee agreed to were:

Accepted Answer

generous

Question 55

After the battle of Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee was forced to retreat to the _______ River.

Accepted Answer

Potomac

Question 56

Why was “King Cotton” so important to the Confederate war effort?

Accepted Answer

They were relying on cotton for trade to gain internatonal aid and commerce

Question 57

Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?

Accepted Answer

Union

Question 58

Confederate states denied the federal goverment by claiming "states rights"

Accepted Answer

True

Question 59

The Siege of Petersburg and Sherman's March to the Sea..

Accepted Answer

Helped Lincoln win the election of 1864

Civil War Chapters 17-20

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Civil War Chapters 17-20

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