10th Grade War and Peace Quiz 2

Lead the Confederate Army

• Ulysses S. Grant

• “Stonewall” Jackson

• William Sherman

• Robert E Lee

Responsible for the death of thousands of soldiers at Shiloh 

• Ulysses S. Grant

• “Stonewall” Jackson

• William Sherman

• Robert E Lee

Marched to the Sea destroying everything in his path

• Ulysses S. Grant

• “Stonewall” Jackson

• William Sherman

• Robert E Lee

Bloodiest battle of the war that forced Lee’s retreat

• Chickamauga

• Vicksburg 

• Antietam

• Bull Run

Exhausting the opponents resources 

• Attrition

• Habeas Corpus

• Scorched Earth 

Destroying everything

• Attrition

• Habeas Corpus

• Scorched Earth 

What did the Militia Act do?

• Outlawed state militias

• Restricted funding to militias in rebel states

• Gave the president the authority to call state militias into federal service 

• Required every American to perform two years of military service 

How did blockade runners help the Confederacy? 

• Smuggled supplies through the Union blockade 

• Destroyed Union railroads 

• Ran army hospitals

• Planed the assignation of Abraham Lincoln

How did Shiloh effect Americans’ support of Ulysses S. Grant? 

• Americans became very supportive of Grant 

• It ruined Grant’s chances of becoming president 

• Americans did not here news of Shiloh until after the war was over 

• Americans believed Grant would be fired by Lincoln

What speech did Lincoln give that became a rallying point for the war effort?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Fireside Chat

• Gettysburg Address

• The Stonewall Speech