Gettysburg Test

Question 1

The president of the confederacy?

Answer 1

Jefferson Davis

Question 2

The battle of gettysburg was the 2ND time the Confederates invaded the North. The first was?

Answer 2

The battle of Antietam

Question 3

Before the battle of gettysburg, which side was winning most of the civil war battles in the EAST?

Answer 3

South (Confederates)

Question 4

Before the battle of gettysburg, which side was winning most of the civil war battles in the WEST?

Answer 4

North (Union)

Question 5

The 4 reasons why General Lee wanted to invade the north

Answer 5

His army needed plentiful food (The north had lots), He wanted to weaken the north’s “War Appetite”, needed to end the war before his army gets weaker, and he could harvest their fields.

Question 6

Who was the commander of the Union during the B of G?

Answer 6

George G Meade

Question 7

Who did George G Meade Replace?

Answer 7

Joseph Hooker

Question 8

Why did George G Meade replace Joseph Hooker?

Answer 8

he lost the battle of chancellorsville very badly.

Question 9

Why was the battle fought at gettysburg?

Answer 9

because it was a small town with lots of roads and paths leading to it.

Question 10

How many days did the battle of gettysburg last?

Answer 10

3

Question 11

what were the dates when the battle was fought

Answer 11

july 1st - july 3rd

Question 12

which side won day 1 of the battle

Answer 12

confederates (south)

Question 13

Why was general Lee mad at general ewell after day one of the battle?

Answer 13

because he didn’t take little round top, big round top, or cemetery ridge, which was the high ground.

Question 14

which one of lee’s men went missing for the first 2 days of the battle

Answer 14

jeb stuart

Question 15

why was jeb stuart going missing so important?

Answer 15

his cavalry was the eyes and ears for robert e lee

Question 16

by day two, the union occupied which hill?

Answer 16

cemetery ridge

Question 17

by day two, the confederates occupied which hill?

Answer 17

Seminary

Question 18

why was little round top so important for the union to defend?

Answer 18

it was located at the far left of the union line. If the confederates were to take it they could destroy the rest of the union line with cannons.

Question 19

what was the mistake union general dan sickles made on day 2?

Answer 19

he moved his men out of line too far and allowed the confederates a pathway into the union line.

Question 20

what did joshua chamberlain do on day 2 to save little round top?

Answer 20

held a famous bayonet charge

Question 21

why was general longstreet mad at lee?

Answer 21

because he thought the csa should not attack the unions strong position on cemetery ridge.

Question 22

what did general longstreet want to do instead of attacking cemetery ridge?

Answer 22

force the union army to attack the southerners on the ground they chose.

Question 23

Summarize the story about dan sickles and francis barton key

Answer 23

Sickles murder francis for having an affair with his wife. In court, sickles pleaded temporary insanity, which was the first time an excuse like that was every used.

Question 24

who was the only gettysburg citizen killed during the battle?

Answer 24

Jennie Wade

Question 25

how did jenny wade die?

Answer 25

a minie ball pierced through her shoulder to her heart.

Question 26

according to steinberg, why was longstreet’s battle plan better than lee’s?

Answer 26

the union position was way too strong to be attacked, so longstreet was playing a safer option.

Question 27

what did george pickett do on day 3 gettysburg?

Answer 27

pickett’s charge

Question 28

what happened at pickett’s charge?

Answer 28

george pickett ordered a charge in open field, which killed 7000 out of 12000 men.

Question 29

how many casualties were there at gettysburg?

Answer 29

51000

Question 30

gettysburg is known as the ________ battle in american history

Answer 30

bloodiest

Question 31

after the battle, why was president lincoln mad at general meade?

Answer 31

failed to destroy lees army and let him escape to maryland/virginia

Question 32

the civil war continued for ___ months after gettysburg

Answer 32

21 months or 2 years

Question 33

who did lee blame for the loss of gettysburg?

Answer 33

himself

Question 34

how long after the battle did lincoln give the gettysburg address?

Answer 34

4 months

Question 35

what was the occasion of the gettysburg address?

Answer 35

dedication of the gettysburg cemetery

Question 36

how long was lincoln’s speech?

Answer 36

2 minutes

Question 37

four score and seven years = ?

Answer 37

87 years

Question 38

what did lincoln mean when he said, “these dead shall not have died in vain”

Answer 38

he wanted all these deaths to not go unknown. he wanted them to mean something. He was urging the americans to finish the war.

Question 39

“a new birth of freedom” most likely means…

Answer 39

to make a nation without slavery

Question 40

how many troops fought at gettysburg?

Answer 40

union = 90k confed = 70k

Question 41

“let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees”

Answer 41

Stonewall jackson’s last words. Had an illness that made him somewhat insane and make no sense.

Question 42

” It is well that the war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it”

Answer 42

Robert E lee after seeing the slaughter at the battle of fredericksburg

Question 43

“But the cause for which we fought was higher; our thought widen…that thought was our power”

Answer 43

Joshua lawrence chamberlain. Means that they were fighting for more than land, they were fighting for freedom.