11. The Civil War - Death and the Gettysburg Address

The first national cemetery is located where?

• Shiloh National Battlefield

• Gettysburg, PA

• Arlington, VA

• Arlington, TX

Clara Barton eventually founded which organization?

• The Salvation Army

• The Sanitation Commission

• Doctors Without Borders

• The American Red Cross

Why is Henry Bowditch famous?

• He helped begin the Army's ambulance service

• He successfully petitioned for the creation of MASH units

• He created the American Red Corss

• He founded the National Cemetery System

What made Lincoln's use of "Four Score and Seven Years Ago?"

• He was using a fancy dating system

• He was saying that our nation began with the Declaration of Independence and not the Constitution

• He was saying that our nation began with the Constitution and not the Declaration of Independence

• He was trying to confuse them darn Confederates!

What made the Gettysburg Address special? (pick 2)

• It was only 2-3 minutes long

• It assured the American people that the outcome of the war was worth the price

• It inspired the American people to try to settle for peace

• It was the shortest speech ever given by an elected official

Who is the new overall Union commander?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George Meade

• George McClellan

• Ambrose Burnside

What hotel did General Grant stay in during his trip to Washington?

• The Watergate Hotel

• The Willard Hotel

• The Wilson Hotel

• The White House

What were Grant's 2 aims in 1864?

• Destroy McClellan's Army and attack the heart of the Union

• Destroy John Bell Hood's Army of Georgia and strike at the heart of the Confederacy at Richmond

• End the war in 2 years and bomb Atlanta

• Destroy Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia

  and Attack the heart of the Confederacy at Atlanta

Lincoln's invitation to the Gettysburg Cemetery planned out and completely normal for a president of the time.

• True

• False

What process became normalized during the Civil War?

• Arial Bombing

• Sending dead people through the mail

• Embalming of the dead

• Permanent mass graves for the Union soldiers

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