the road to appomattox

Question 1

Union general who replaced Hooker and defeated Lee at Gettysburg.

Answer 1

George Meade

Question 2

Sherman Neckties

Answer 2

Railroad rails that were heated and tied around trees and telegraph poles, example of “total war”.

Question 3

a situation in which neither side in a conflict is able to win:

Answer 3

Stalemate

Question 4

a war tactic in which all rules and laws of war are ignored and all resources are used for defeating the enemy:

Answer 4

Total War

Question 5

Lincoln wrote the final draft of the “Emancipation Proclamation” in July of 1862. Secretary of State William Seward encouraged Lincoln to issue it following a Union victory. The “Emancipation Proclamation” was released to the public after which bloody Civil War battle?

Answer 5

Antietam

Question 6

What was the PURPOSE of the Union’s advance into Virginia that resulted in the Civil War’s first major battle?

Answer 6

Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville

Question 7

The Civil War began with the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor on April 12, 1861. How long did the Civil War officially last?

Answer 7

The Civil War lasted FOUR years, ending in 1865.

Question 8

Lee’s MAIN Confederate forces were commonly known by what nickname?

Answer 8

The Army of Northern Virginia

Question 9

TRUE or FALSE: During an August 1862 meeting; President Lincoln, abolitionists, and freed former slaves agreed that Lincoln’s plans for “colonization” would be the best option to grant slaves freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect in January of 1863.

Answer 9

FALSE; abolitionists and the freed slaves were deeply offended by Lincoln’s suggestion that they should leave the country for another following their emancipation.

Question 10

After General Grant became the leader of the Union forces he promoted William Tecumseh Sherman to General. What was General Sherman’s plan for conquering the South?

Answer 10

Start total war; destroying everything useful in his path.

Question 11

How did slavery give the Confederacy a military advantage?

Answer 11

Slave labor kept the South’s economy going so that more white men could fight.

Question 12

What caused the LARGEST number of deaths among Civil War soldiers?

Answer 12

infectious diseases

Question 13

Which sentence best summarizes General Grant’s final overland campaign in 1864 and 1865?

Answer 13

Grant advanced relentlessly despite multiple defeats and heavy losses.

Question 14

Appomattox Court House, Virginia is famous because it is the site of…

Answer 14

Robert E. Lee’s surrender.

Question 15

What city captured by General Sherman contained an important Confederate arsenal?

Answer 15

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Question 16

What “greater moral purpose” did President Lincoln define for the North after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued?

Answer 16

ending slavery

Question 17

While Sherman fought through the CSA’s heartland, Grant was set to capture which southern city?

Answer 17

Richmond, Virginia

Question 18

Why did the Union prevail in the Civil War?

Answer 18

The Union had more wealth, industry, and manpower.

Question 19

What were THREE conditions included in the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?

Answer 19

arms, munitions, and other supplies issued to them by the Confederate government

Question 20

William H. Carney became the first African-American…

Answer 20

recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest military award one can earn.

Question 21

Why did Sherman and his troops want South Carolina “to feel the worst the war could deliver” according to the author?

Answer 21

South Carolina had been the first state to secede from the Union in 1860.

Question 22

What industry had linked the states of the CSA and the military powers of Europe for decades prior to the Civil War?

Answer 22

the cotton industry

Question 23

TRUE? or FALSE? The 54th Massachusetts helped the Union Army capture Fort Wagner, earning a key victory in the Civil War

Answer 23

False

Question 24

TRUE? or FALSE? The 54th Massachusetts was one of the first African-American regiments to see action in the Civil War.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

The Confederacy had been, since the beginning of the Civil War, attempting to gain the support of which European nations? Please select ALL correct answers.

Answer 25

france
great britan