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Civil War Part 4

Civil War Part 4

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8th Grade

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Elizabeth Gaines

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31 Slides • 15 Questions

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Civil War Part 4

The War's Final Stages

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Select the true statements about Ulysses S. Grant.

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He was the Union general who gained control of the Mississippi River

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He was the Union general who accepted the surender of Lee at the end of the war.

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Lincoln appointed him to lead the entire Union army.

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He died in the Battle of Chancellorsville.

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Select the statements that are true about the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

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It was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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It became a Confederate anthem.

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It became a Union anthem.

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It was written by Julia Ward Howe.

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Open Ended

Why does Lincoln quote the Declaration of Independence in the Gettysburg Address, saying "Four Score and seven years ago, our fathers.... dedicated to the proposition that All Men are Created Equal."

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Multiple Choice

Which landgrant act offered free land in the Great Plains to settlers?

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the Morrill Act

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the Free Land Act

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the Homestead Act

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the Dawes Act

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What did the Morrill Act do?

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gave free land to settlers in the Great Plains to promote settlement

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gave land to the states for the purpose of creating colleges

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took land from Native Americans and redistributed it to farmers

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Open Ended

Explain how the railroad, cameras, and the telegraph impacted the Civil War.

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Multiple Choice

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D

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By laying siege to Petersburg, Virginia, what stage of the Anaconda Plan was General Grant attempting to accomplish?

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Step 1- blockade southern ports

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Step 2- take control of the Mississippi River

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Step 3- capture Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital

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Multiple Choice

What city did Union General William Tecumseh Sherman capture in 1864-65?

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Richmond, Virginia

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Houston, Texas

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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Atlanta, Georgia

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Open Ended

Why was total war an effective strategy?

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Multiple Choice

What was the "March to the Sea"?

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General Sherman's surrender to the Confederacy when he tried to capture Atlanta.

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the Union's victory in Mobile Bay that completed the blockade of southern ports.

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the death march that Union soldiers had to face after they were captured by Confederate forces.

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General Sherman's path of total war and destruction through Georgia.

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Open Ended

What helped Lincoln win re-election in 1864?

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Multiple Select

Select the true statements about the events in Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia on April 9, 1865.

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The Civil War began.

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The Civil War ended.

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Grant surrendered to Lee.

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Lee surrendered to Grant.

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It took place in a courthouse.

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Multiple Select

Select the statements that are accurate about the effects of the Civil War.

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Very few people died compared to other American wars.

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It set a precedent against secession.

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It led to the era of Reconstruction.

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Former slaves have been treated as equals to white Americans ever since.

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What do you predict will happen during the era of Reconstruction?

Civil War Part 4

The War's Final Stages

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