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WorksheetsThe Boy's War: Prologue
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 7mins
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
a. Battle of Indiana
b. Battle of Shiloh
c. Battle of Gettysburg
d. Battle of Fort Sumter
Where was Fort Sumter located?
Nashville
New York
Charleston Harbor
Virginia
3. Who did Fort Sumter belong to originally?
Union
Confederacy
Which side took Fort Sumter?
Union
Confederacy
True or False. No one had been seriously injured during the bombardment of Fort Sumter.
True
False
True or False. No one knows exactly how many boys enlisted for either side.
True
False
After the war, an army statistician estimated that _____________ of soldiers were boys.
50%
100%
1%
10 to 20%
How do we know the boys' stories even though we do not know exactly how many boys were in the war?
from television interviews
from newspaper articles
from magazines
from firsthand accounts from letters, journals, and diaries
Why was the spelling and wording so choppy from the boys for the most part?
They were highly educated
They were uneducated farm boys for the most part
