Chapter 17: Lesson 2

Chapter 17: Lesson 2

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Multiple Choice

After which battle did both sides realize that this would be a long and bloody war?

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Richmond

• Shiloh

Multiple Choice

Who or what was the Merrimack?

• a battle near Bull Run in Northern Virginia

• a damaged ship that was rebuilt and covered with iron by the Confederates

• a victory for the Confederate forces in the East

• a soldier who was killed in battle

Multiple Choice

Which April 1862 battle lasted only two days but resulted in 23,000 casualties?

• Gettysburg

• Richmond

• Shiloh

• Vicksburg

Multiple Choice

The leadership of which two generals was a key factor in the Confederates’ military success in the East?

• Ambrose Burnside and Joseph Hooker

• George McClellan and George Meade

• Ambrose Burnside and Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson

Multiple Choice

Who pointed out to Lincoln that if the war was cast as a fight against slavery, European countries would be less likely to aid the South?

• David Farragut

• Frederick Douglass

• George B. McClellan

• Ulysses S. Grant

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