Topic 7: Learning Check #2 - Week 3
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- Q1Where were the first "shots" of the American Civil War fired?Battle of VicksburgBattle of GettysburgBattle of ShilohBattle of Fort Sumter60s
- Q2This battle was one of the deadliest of the Civil War and would later become a national cemetery dedicated to the soldiers who died on the battlefield there.Battle of VicksburgBattle of Fort SumterBattle of Bull RunBattle of Gettysburg60s
- Q3Where did the last major battle of the Civil War take place which resulted in the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to the Union general Ulysses S. Grant?Battle of ShilohBattle of AntietamBattle of Appomattox CourthouseBattle of Gettysburg60s
- Q4What controversial approach did General William Sherman take during his march across the south as he attempted to defeat and weaken the Confederate Army?guerrilla warfare approachdivide and conquer approachcivilian attacks approachtotal warfare approach60s
- Q5Why was the Civil War so deadly?All of the aboveImproved weapons and technology met outdated battle strategiesDiseaseBoth sides were Americans60s
- Q6This person was responsible for starting the American Red Cross after they spent years helping care for wounded soldiers on the battlefields of the American Civil War.Clara BartonJohn BrownJefferson DavisDorothea Dix60s
- Q7Ulysses S. Grant was _______________________.Commander of the Confederate (southern) Army during the later part of the Civil War.Commander of the Union (northern) Army during the later part of the Civil War.Responsible for total warfare approach that resulted in the burning of cities all across the south including Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia.Abraham Lincoln's Vice President during the war.60s
- Q8This was the first major BATTLE of the American Civil War which the Union lost, giving the South a major victory and moral boost early in the war.Battle of VicksburgBattle of AntietamBattle of Bull RunBattle of Gettysburg60s
- Q9Jefferson Davis was ______________________.A famous soldier who died at one of the first battles in the American Civil War.Commander of the Confederate (southern) Army during the later part of the Civil War.Abraham Lincoln's Vice President during the war.President of the "Confederacy" or the Southern states that seceded from the Union at the beginning of the American Civil War.60s
- Q10True or False? More Americans died during ONE BATTLE of the Civil War than died in the ENTIRE American Revolution and the War of 1812 combined.FALSETRUE60s