Civil War #11

Question 1

Who opposed Lincoln in the 1864 election?

Answer 1

George McClellan

Question 2

What helped Lincoln in the election of 1864?

Answer 2

the fall of Atlanta

Question 3

What year was the 13th Amendment which outlawed slavery passed?

Answer 3

1865

Question 4

Where did Sherman march to and what did he do?

Answer 4

from Atlanta to the sea burning everything in his path

Question 5

What did the Confederate leaders propose?

Answer 5

arming the slaves which weren’t enthusiastic about it

Question 6

What remained the obstacle to the Union?

Answer 6

Lee’s Conf. Army

Question 7

Who caught up with Lee’s forces at the Appomattox Court House?

Answer 7

Grant’s Union Army

Question 8

Who surrendered?

Answer 8

Lee

Question 9

Celebration in Washington was muted by what?

Answer 9

The assassination of Lincoln

Question 10

When did Lincoln die? How?

Answer 10

• April 14

- got shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington to view “Our American Cousin”

Question 11

Who shot the president?

Answer 11

Booth and then he fled the theatre

Question 12

What happened to Booth later on?

Answer 12

got killed in a barn

Question 13

How many accomplices and hanged?

Answer 13

8 accomplices

4 hanged

Question 14

Who was attacked?

Answer 14

Secretary of State Steward was wounded, but lived

Question 15

How many casualties did the civil war cause?

Answer 15

over 1 million casualties

Question 16

Who was devastated?

Answer 16

the South

Question 17

One if four men between ___ and ___ died?

Answer 17

20 and 40

Question 18

What percent of livestock was lost?

Answer 18

40% and was the the farm machinery

Question 19

What did the Union victory solve?

Answer 19

The constitutional problem of secession and ended slavery

Question 20

What was the most important result for Southerners?

Answer 20

emancipation

Question 21

overall conclusion:

Answer 21

Civil War stimulated a host of diverse changes that unfolded over time