Glory Day 4

Fort Wagner is located in what setting?

• a forest

• the mountains

• offshore (like Ft. Sumter)

• a beach

As the Massachusetts 54th walks past, headed for battle, what to the other soldiers do?

• turn their backs to them

• cheer them on

• yell racial slurs at them

• tell them if THEY were the ones going, they would win it

On the way out to the battle, Colonel Shaw ​ gives the reporter ​ (a)   and tells him that if he falls to ​ (b)   ,

• letters and other personal items
• report "what you see here today"
• a handshake
• money to tell his story
• tell his parents he loved them

What is the last thing Shaw does before joining his men for battle?

• He sets his horse free

• He calls his parents

• He writes a letter to Abraham Lincoln

• He does an interview with the reporter

What does Colonel Shaw say to his men before they head into battle?

• He tells them to keep fighting if he is killed

• He tells them they are the best regiment he ever commanded

• He asks who will carry the colors if the first man carrying them dies

• He tells them they are unlikely to win and to fight bravely

During the Battle of Ft. Wagner, Colonel Shaw...

• is unharmed

• is wounded

• is killed

True or false? The 54th Massachusetts was able to successfully take Ft. Wagner from the Confederates.

• True

• False

A positive outcome of the Battle of Ft. Wagner was...?

• The Union took the fort from the Confederacy

• Colonel Shaw was transferred to a safe assignment, working for President Lincoln

• Almost 200,000 more black soldiers joined the Union Army and helped win the war

• Private Trip was awarded the rank of Sergeant Major