The Civil War Lessons 8 & 9

During the Peninsula Campaign, General George McClellan planned to ____.

• capture the Confederacy's capital in Richmond
• take control of the Mississippi River
• capture New Orleans
• move his army into Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, and Tennessee

After reading abut the Battle of Yorktown, you get the idea that ______.

• General McClellan could be easily fooled into believing something that was not true
• General McGruder was not a very smart man
• General McGruder panicked and surrendered Yorktown without a fight
• McClellan and his men took control of Yorktown

During the Battle of Fair Oaks, why didn't President Lincoln send 40,000 troops to help General McClellan?

• President Lincoln didn't know General McClellan needed more men.
• President Lincoln did send 40,000 men to help General McClellan; they got lost and never arrived.
• President Lincoln felt the troops were needed to guard the Union's capital.
• General McClellan told President Lincoln he didn't need any extra troops.

What mistake did General McClellan make during th Battle of Malvern Hill?

• He told his men not to fire their cannons.
• His men didn't take any Confedrate prisoners.
• He allowed General Lee and his army to return to the safety of Richmond.
• He captured the Confederate capital.

What can you learn by studying the Battle of Malvern Hill map on the thrid page of the lesson?

• Malvern Hill is east of the Chesapeake Bay
• The Union capital is south of the Potomac River
• Williamsburg is northwest of Fort Monroe
• Harrison's Landing is east of the York River

What important piece of information would have helped General Pope during the Second Battle of Bull Run?

• Knowing exactly how many Confederate soldiers he was fighting against.
• Where to find the Confederate capital
• The exact location of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and his men.
• President Lincoln's phone number

In the beginning of the Civil War, President Lincoln was most concerned with ___.

• abolishing slavery
• freeing enslaved blacks in all of the Confederate states
• bringing the United States back together
• getting elected as President of the United States for a second time

After reading about black soldiers, you learn that ____.

• they were treated the same as white soldiers
• they were not paid for fighting in the Civil Wat
• black soldiers did not want to fight in the Civil War
• fear of mistreatment or death did not keep black men from volunteering to fight in the Civil War

Why did Robert E. Lee make the bold move of invading the North?

• He was tired of being attacked on Confederate soil in the South.
• He knew his troops outnumbered General McClellan's troops.
• He hoped that winning battles in the North would convince England or France to help the Confederacy.
• He was hiding from General McClellan.

According to the map on the second page of the lesson, Richmond is _______.

• in Maryland
• east of the Potomac River
• west of Chesapeake Bay
• in Pennsylvania