- How did the North and South name the battles?
Your answer:
The South names their battles after nearby rivers and the North named the battles after nearby towns.
The South named the battles after nearby towns and the North named the battles after nearby rivers
Both the South and North names the battles after nearby rivers
Both the South and North named their battles after nearby towns
- What battle plan was shared by both General McDowell & General Beauregard at the 1st Battle Of Manassas?
Links to reference material:
Mannassas Battle Plan Description
Your answer:
Each side planned on sending troops up the center of the enemy's lines in the hope of cracking the center
Each commander planned to initiate an attack on the other side with a fake attack on the enemy's right flank and a massed attack on the opposite flank
The two generals did not share the same battle plan
Each side planned on attacking the enemy's right in the hope of gaining interior lines
- Thomas Jackson received his famous nickname after the 1st Battle of Manassass when his troops faced overwhelming odds but they formed a strong line and held their ground. t the sight of this, General Barnard Bee said,"There is Jackson's line over there standing like a stonewall."
Your answer:
TrueFalse
- What was the final outcome of the 1st Battle Of Manassas?
Links to reference material:
Battle Of Manassas
Your answer:
The Federal troops defeated the Confederate troops
Nobody won the battle because both sides ran away from each other on the field
The Confederate troops defeated the Federal troops
The battle was so disorganized it is hard to say who won
- After what battle does Robert E. Lee become commander of Army of Northern Virginia
Your answer:
- What was Lee's goal when he started the Maryland Campaign?
Links to reference material:
Maryland Campaign
Your answer:
He wanted to achieve a decisive victory that would crush the Northern army and force them to surrender
Lee wanted to give Virginia time to recover and undermine Northern morale by striking in a blow in Union territory
Lee intended on marching through the North and taking Washington
Lee thought that the Army of Northern Virigina needed a change of scenery that would help improve morale
- Who won the battle of Antietam?
Links to reference material:
Battle Of Antietam
Your answer:
- Antietam was known as
Links to reference material:
Battle of Antietam
Your answer:
"The South's Most Glorious Victory"
"The Worst Day Of The War"
"The Hardest Battle Of The War"
"The Bloodiest Day Of The Civil War"
- What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Links to reference material:
Text Of Emancipation Proclamation
Your answer:
It ended slavery in all states, North & South
It ended slavery in all Northern states
It ended slavery in all Western territories
It ended slavery in all states in rebellion
- At the Battle of Gettysburg what actions were taken by the 20th Maine?
Links to reference material:
20th Maine
Your answer:
Joshua Chamberlein ordered to conserve ammunition and only fire when absolutely necessary
The 20th Maine was ordered to hold the line at all costs
Joshua Chamberlein ordered his men to fix bayonets and charge the Confederate forces coming up the hill
Chamberlein ordered his men to abandon Little Round Top when it became apparent they could not hold it
- Why did Pickett's Charge fail?
Your answer:
There was no support to exploit
The men had to run across a mile of open field, causing thousands of Confederate deaths
It was poorly planned by Lee
Both 1 & 2 are correct
- Why did the Union win the Battle of Shiloh?
Links to reference material:
Battle Of Shiloh
Your answer:
The Union was able to gain exterior lines and gained a decsive victory
The Confederate troops tried a frontal assault that resulted in numerous casualties giving the North the advantage in numbers
The Confederates were tired after a hard fought battle and gave
The Union was pushed back onto their line of communication, thus giving the Union a stong line of defense
- In the fight for Chattanooga the Union troops were able to take Look Out Mountain by
Your answer:
Heading straight up the Mountain under a rain of Confederate gunfire
Coming up the Mountain below the guns, making Confederate artillery useless
Climbing the mountain behind Confederate lines and surprising them
There were no forces on the Mountain so it was easy to take
- When Grant took over control of the Union army, what were his plans to win the war?
Your answer:
He planned on taking Atlanta so that the Union could have a place to operate out of in the Deep South.
He planned on appointing only competent generals who were well versed in battle tactics.
He planned on using the Anaconda Plan to squeeze the life out of the Confederacy.
He planned on making Richmond his goal by manuevering like he did in the Western theatre.
- Why was General Sherman's capture of Atlanta significant?
Your answer:
The South was forced to realize that the Union army was too strong and they were facing imminent defeat
It cut off the supplies flowing into Virginia from the Deep South
It gave the Union confidence that they could win the war
It forced the Confederacy to move farther into the Deep South
- What were some of the problems involved with the Wilderness Campaign?
Links to reference material:
Wilderness Campaign
Your answer:
There was heavily wooded forests that made it hard to form battle lines
The Union used frontal assaults which did not work
There was unity of command problems
All of the above are correct
- The siege of Petersburg ended when
Your answer:
Lee gave up the town of Petersburg because his men were starving and deserting
The Union launched a successful massive frontal assault on Confederate lines
Lee decided to withdraw from Petersburg and regroup several miles West to attack the Union
The Union was able to break the Confederate lines and come up behind COnfederate defenses
- After Petersburg falls to the Union, the Confederate army is on the run. The Union finally catches up with Lee at Appomattox. This results in
Your answer:
- At Appomattox Lee surrenders what part of the army?
Links to reference material:
Appomattox
Your answer:
- What event caused John Wilkes Booth to change his plans from kidnapping President Lincoln to assasinating him?
Links to reference material:
Lincoln's Assassination
Your answer:
President Lincoln's speeh 2 days after Lee's surrender at Appomattox suggesting African Americans be granted the right to vote
The Emancipation Proclamation
General Lee's surrender to General Grant at Appomattox
Booth's plans always were to assassinate the president