Civil War 3

Question 1

March to the Sea

Answer 1

Sherman burned towns in Georgia going toward the sea. Purpose was to destroy the Confederate’s morale and their railroads.

Question 2

William T. Sherman

Answer 2

Union General. Led the March to the Sea.

Question 3

Total War

Answer 3

willing to do whatever necessary to win.

Question 4

Sherman Bowties

Answer 4

Sherman’s men would heat up Confederate railroad tracks and then bend them around trees.

Question 5

George Thomas

Answer 5

Union General. Fought in Chattanooga and Chickamauga. “Rock of Chickamauga”

Question 6

John Bell Hood

Answer 6

Confederate General. Fought in Chickamauga. Wounded at Gettysburg and Chickamauga.

Question 7

General Rosecrans

Answer 7

Union General. Replaced after losing at Chickamauga.

Question 8

General Braxton Bragg

Answer 8

Confederate General. Not liked by his men. Fought at Chickamauga and Chattanooga. Replaced after losing at Chattanooga.

Question 9

John Clem (Drummer Boy)

Answer 9

Union Soldier. Drummer at Chickamauga at 9 years old. Shot and killed a Confederate Colonel.

Question 10

General Hooker

Answer 10

Union General. Fought at Chattanooga

Question 11

General Bedford Forest

Answer 11

Confederate Calvary commander for Braxton Bragg. Fought at Chattanooga.

Question 12

Phil Sheridan

Answer 12

Union General. Scorched earth tactics

Question 13

Spotsylvania Courthouse

Answer 13

Ulysses Grant vs Robert E Lee. Confederate Victory. Grant withdrew.

Question 14

Cold Harbor

Answer 14

Ulysses Grant vs Robert E. Lee. Confederate Victory. Grant withdrew.

Question 15

Battle of St. Petersburg

Answer 15

Important railroads for Richmond. Ulysses Grant vs Robert E. Lee. Union Victory.

Question 16

Battle of the Crater

Answer 16

Part of the Battle of St. Petersburg. General Mead vs Robert E. Lee. Confederate Victory. Union stuck in crater created by their own dynamite.

Question 17

Copperheads

Answer 17

Anti-War democrats in the North. Committed treason

Question 18

Appomattox Courthouse

Answer 18

Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant April 1865

Question 19

John Wilkes Booth

Answer 19

Strongly opposed the abolitionist movement and Lincoln. Loved the South. Assassinated Lincoln.

Question 20

Lost Cause

Answer 20

Confederates had no chance of winning the war. They rebelled to protect their state’s freedoms and acted on the will of God.

Question 21

Grant or Lee was better

Answer 21

Lee was the better because confederates won when they were outnumbered, had a smaller amount of soldiers that couldn’t be replaced and lasted till the end of the war.

Question 22

The March to the Sea necessary

Answer 22

It was necessary because it hurt the Confederates ability to fight and make materials and transport. Soldiers wanted to go home to their families.

Question 23

Lincoln’s assassination tragic

Answer 23

Lincoln didn’t punish the south but the next president did.

Question 24

3 effects of Civil War

Answer 24

Slavery ended, U.S. became a world power, brought the U.S. together again and showed that states shouldn’t rebel.

Question 25

Chattanooga casualties

Answer 25

Union - 6,000 total Confederacy - 8,000

Question 26

Chattanooga importance

Answer 26

Union victory. Union gains control of Tennessee and it allows Sherman to begin his March to the Sea. Forced Confederates back to Georgia. Braxton Bragg replaced after.

Question 27

Chattanooga commanders

Answer 27

Ulysses S. Grant and George Thomas VS Braxton Bragg

Question 28

Chattanooga date

Answer 28

Battles: November 23 to November 25, 1863

Question 29

Chattanooga turning point

Answer 29

Battle of Lookout Mountain, Battle of Missionary Ridge

Question 30

Chattanooga reason

Answer 30

Chattanooga was a vital rail hub. Important manufacturing center. Union retreated here after Chickamauga.

Question 31

Chickamauga casualties

Answer 31

Union - 16,000 Confederate - 20,000

Question 32

Chickamauga importance

Answer 32

Confederate victory. Thomas got nickname "Rock of Chickamauga". Confederates outnumbered the Union. One of the bloodiest battles in the war.

Question 33

Chickamauga commanders

Answer 33

Rosecrans VS Braxton Bragg

Question 34

Chickamauga date

Answer 34

September 19-20, 1863

Question 35

Chickamauga turning point

Answer 35

Union troops accidently made a gap in their line and Confederates took advantage.

Question 36

Chickamauga reason

Answer 36

Confederates pushed back to Chickamauga.