Ch 9, Lesson 2 "The War Rages On" (QUIZ)

What was the bloodiest battle ever fought in North America?

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Shiloh

Look at the photo. How did this announcement change the reasons for fighting the Civil War?

• Slavery and freedom now were reasons.

• The war was about Southern independence.

• Both sides fought to save the Union.

• The South fought to save the Union.

How did Clara Barton help the Union army?

• She was a scout.

• She spied on Confederate soldiers.

• She made food for the troops.

• She cared for the wounded.

Read the passage. Then answer the question.

The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. . .
–from "The Gettysburg Address," Abraham Lincoln

What does Lincoln say that people will always remember?

• the words of the Gettysburg Address

• the number of soldiers who died during the battle

• the actions of the soldiers who fought in the battle

• where they were during the battle

Read the passage. Then answer the question.

The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. . .
–from "The Gettysburg Address," Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln said the best way to honor the soldiers who died was to _______________.

• build a large monument

• write a play about them

• continue their work

• end the war right away

The _______________ was a speech that President Lincoln gave in honor of those who died in battle.

• Gettysburg Address

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

The _______________ is a document that freed enslaved people in the South.

• Gettysburg Address

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

On which date were all enslaved people in the Confederacy freed?

• January 1, 1861

• January 1, 1862

• January 1, 1863

• January 1, 1864

The fighting of the Civil War was about which of the following?

• Southern independence

• saving the Union

• slavery and freedom

• all of the above

_______________ organized one of the first African American fighting forces.

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert Gould Shaw

• Harriet Tubman