Chapter 17 Review

Why did some schools and churches close during the war?

• to allow students to fight in the war

• to help the army plan their strategy

• to protest the Civil War

• to serve as hospitals for the wounded

As what did Clara Barton serve during the Civil War?

• general

• nurse

• soldier

• spy

Which battle began on July 1, 1863, when the Confederates entered a town for supplies and encountered Union troops?

• Gettysburg

• Richmond

• Shiloh

• Vicksburg

What was the name of the Union’s strategy to gain control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two?

• the Anaconda Plan

• the Great Divide

• the River Conquest

• the Squeeze Play

What was the main goal of the North at the beginning of the war?

• to be recognized as independent

• to end slavery

• to punish the South

• to reunite the country

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

• Gettysburg

• Richmond

• Shiloh

• Vicksburg

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

In which Virginia battle did Lee’s forces defeat a Union army twice its size?

• Bull Run

• Washington, D.C.

• Chancellorsville

• Corinth

Why is Appomattox Court House a significant site?

• It was the site of a bloody battle.

• It was the site of Confederate headquarters.

• It was the site of Robert E. Lee’s surrender.

• It was the site of Union headquarters.

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