Richmond during the Civil War

Why was Richmond a big target during the Civil War?

• It was the largest city in the Confederacy.

• It was the capital of the Confederacy.

• It had the most advanced technology of the time.

• It was the main port for the Confederacy.

What did Richmond have that made it an important location for military supplies?

• A large population.

• Numerous battlefields.

• Factories and railroads.

• The largest army base.

What was the "Evacuation Fire" and what caused it?

• A planned fire by the Union Army to force Confederate surrender.

• A fire caused by Confederate forces destroying supplies they couldn't take with them.

• A natural disaster that coincided with the fall of Richmond.

• A fire started by the citizens of Richmond in protest.

Which question is answered in paragraph 3?

• How many people stayed in Richmond after the government leaders left?

• Who was the president of the Confederacy?

• What is the distance from Petersburg to Richmond?

• Where did the government leaders go when they left Richmond?

Which of these events is out of order?

Union forces captured Petersburg, Virginia.

The Confederate government fled Richmond.

Retreating Confederate soldiers set fire to supplies.

The Confederacy chose Richmond, Virginia as its capital.

• Union forces captured Petersburg, Virginia.

• Union forces captured Petersburg, Virginia.

• The Confederate government fled Richmond.

• The Confederacy chose Richmond, Virginia as its capital.

Which statement would the author most likely agree with?

• The April 1865 fires in Richmond were Union General Ulysses S. Grant's fault.

• The Confederacy capital was a better choice than the Union's capital.

• Rebuilding Richmond would be a difficult process.

• Confederate Robert E. Lee was confident his soldiers could defend Richmond after they lost at Petersburg.

Read this sentence from the text is an opinion?

• Union soldiers captured Richmond in April 1865.

• Trains were one form of transportation used by soldiers join the Civil War.

• It was a difficult decision to burn military supplies.

• The Confederate governement was located in Richmond, Virginia.

Read this sentence from the text.

They hoped to prevent Union soldiers from finding useful war supplies.

Select all of the synonyms for prevent.

• assist

• stop

• tease

• allow

• block

What is the main reason the author wrote this text?

• to persuade the reader that Ulysses S. Grant was the best general of the Civil War.

• to explain the damage done by the "Evacuation Fire"

• to describe the last major battles of the Civil War

• to inform the reader about how the Union captured Richmond near the end of the war

What was the main idea of the first paragraph?

• Richmond was a strong capital for the Confederacy because it had lots of resource

• Having access to railroads made the Confederate Army strong.

• Richmond is the capital of the state of Virginia.

• Richmond has always had an industrialized economy.