Chapter 16 - Section 5 The Way to Victory

Who was the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?

• George McClellan

• Robert E. Lee

• U.S. Grant

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Occupying a strong defensive position

• entrenched

• emancipated

• offensive

• ratified

Who replaced Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac? He was soon replaced by George Meade.

• Joseph Hooker

• Robert E. Lee

• U.S. Grant

• Irvin McDowell

The Union and Confederate armies met by accident on July 1, 1863 at ____________, Pennsylvania.

• Fredericksburg

• Chancellorsville

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

Union troops under U.S. Grant laid seige to __________, Mississippi. On July 4, 1863 this city surrendered marking one of the turning points in the war.

• Vicksburg

• Fredericksburg

• Chancellorsville

• Petersburg

After __________ charge failed, the Confederate forces retreated to Virginia meaning the Union won the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863.

• Meade's

• Lee's

• Pickett's

• Jackson's

After the Battle of Chattanooga, Lincoln appointed ______ the commander of all Union army in March of 1864 because "he fights."

• Ambrose Burnside

• George Meade

• George B. McClellan

• U.S. Grant

Who won the election of 1864?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• U.S. Grant

• James Buchanan

On Sherman's march to the sea he cut a path of destruction 50 miles wide destroying anything useful to the south. This method of waging war was known as ________.

• habeas corpus

• total war

• ratification

• entrenchment

After the fall of Petersburg and Richmond, Robert E. Lee realized the situation was hopeless and surrendered to Grant in a small Virginia village called ________ Court House.

• Appomattox

• Bull Run

• Manassas

• Supreme