The Final Civil War Chapter

The president finally found the leader he needed in ________. Lincoln named him commander of the Union forces in March 1864.

• General Lee

• General Grant

• General Sherman

• General Morrison

In May 1864, General Grant invaded Virginia with a force of more than _______men.

• 100,000

• 10,000

• 60,000

• 1,000,000

Grant believed in _______. He fought the enemy's will to fight. He also fought its ability to support an army.

• Total War

• Cooperative Bargaining

• Iron Will

• Iron Curtain

In May 1864, General Sherman left Tennessee for ________. He was given orders to inflict "all the damage you can against their war resources."

• Georgia

• Kentucky

• Virginia

• Texas

Luckily for the president, two events occurred just in time to rescue his campaign. First, Sheridan had destroyed the Shenandoah Valley. Second, Sherman had captured ________.

• Louisville

• Savannah

• Chattanooga

• Atlanta

For nine months, Grant's forces battered Lee's army. They fought at Petersburg, the gateway to Richmond. On April 2, 1865, the _______ forces finally broke through _________ lines.

• Confederate

  Union

• Union

  Confederate

Grant's terms of surrender were _______. They enabled Confederate soldiers to go home if they promised to discontinue the fighting.

• harsh

• mean

• retaliatory

• generous

Billions of dollars had been spent on the conflict. More than ________ Union and Confederate soldiers had died. Almost every family had lost a member or a friend.

• 740,000

• 1,000,000

• 2,000,000

• 620,000

It would take several years for the South to recover from the environmental destruction wrought by the war.

• true

• false

Secession and enslavement were gone. However, conflicts over states' rights and the status of immigrants would continue.

• true

• false