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Glory

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Col. Shaw's response to the 54th tearing up pay vouchers?

a)

He demanded they stop

b)

He tore his own up

c)

He had Priv. Tripp whipped

d)

He refused to fight in battles

2.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
The North (Union)
b)
the "freed slaves"
c)
The South (Confederacy)
3.
The Civil War began in ______.
a)
1865
b)
1860
c)
1861
4.

What was the bloodiest day of battle?

a)

Battle of Vicksburg

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Battle of Fort Sumter

d)

Appomattox Court House

5.

Who was commander of the 54th Massachusetts?

a)

Cabot Forbes

b)

John Rawlins

c)

Jupiter Sharts

d)

Robert Gould Shaw

6.

Who was the famous abolitionist whose two sons fought for the 54th Massachusetts?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Horace Mann

7.

Who was Robert Shaw's friend growing up, well-educated, worked for Shaw's family, and was one of the first volunteers in the 54th Massachusetts?

a)

Thomas Searles

b)

Trip

c)

Jupiter

d)

John Rawlins

8.

What piece of legislation, by Abraham Lincoln, freed all slaves in the South?

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

Homestead Act

9.

Thomas mentions he reads Emerson and Thoreau. What reform movement are they a part of?

a)

Women's Rights

b)

Transcendentalism

c)

Education

d)

Temperance

10.

What kind of disability does the little drummer boy have?

a)

mute

b)

deaf

c)

blind

d)

paralyzed

11.

Which army is the 54th Massachusetts a part of?

a)

Union Army

b)

Confederate Army

c)

Southern Army

d)

Western Army

12.

Which volunteer in the 54th Massachusetts was a grave digger before joining and is later promoted to Sergeant Major?

a)

Rawlins

b)

Trip

c)

Jupiter

d)

Forbes

13.

Which volunteer in the 54th Massachusetts was a sharpshooter and stuttered?

a)

Trip

b)

Jupiter

c)

Shaw

d)

Forbes

14.

Which battle was a turning point in the Civil War?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Saratoga

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Fort Wagner

15.

Which battle was a turning point in the Civil War because it gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and cut the south in half?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Saratoga

16.

What fort in South Carolina did the 54th Massachusetts lead a charge on?

a)

Fort Sumter

b)

Fort Wagner

c)

Fort Wilderness

d)

Fort Worth

17.

Which statement describes how black soldiers were treated differently than white soldiers?

a)

Black soldiers were paid more than white soldiers

b)

Black soldiers were paid less than white soldiers

c)

Black soldiers had better uniforms than white soldiers

18.

Who won the battle of Fort Wagner?

a)

Confederates

b)

Union

c)

it was tie

d)

North