Lesson 5

Question 1

General Grant accomplishments

Answer 1

Led Union troops to victory at Shiloh and Vicksburg. Lincoln put grant in charge of all Union armies in March 1864

He liked that grant took action

Question 2

Grants plan to end war

Answer 2

Attack from all sides
His armies would move on to Richmond, the confederate capital
At same time, Sherman would lead attacks across the Deep South

Question 3

Three battles Grant was responsible for

Answer 3

Battles of the Wilderness
Spotsylvania court house
Cold harbor

Question 4

The wilderness

Answer 4

Where the 6 bloodiest weeks of war began

Question 5

Resistance

Answer 5

Refuse to give in

Question 6

Mobile bay

Answer 6

Union victory led by David Farragut

Question 7

Election of 1864

Answer 7

If Lincoln lost, war would end and most likely the confederacy would become an independent country

Lincoln vs. McClellan

Question 8

What two victories helped get Lincoln Reelected

Answer 8

Atlanta and Mobile bay

Question 9

Sherman’s trail of destruction is known as

Answer 9

Sherman’s March to Sea

Question 10

Total war

Answer 10

Strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military

Question 11

April 9, 1865

Answer 11

Appomattox court house

Question 12

Grants terms

Answer 12

Lees officers could keep small firearms

Any soldier with a horse could keep it

Question 13

Document signed on jan. 1 1863

Answer 13

Emancipation proclamation

Question 14

Union controlled what

Answer 14

Blocked Confederate coast, reducing trade goods getting out and supplies getting in

Controlled Mississippi River cutting off western states from the eastern states