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THE CIVIL WAR
22.6 – 22. 8 Questions
22.6
1. What were the Monitor and the Merrimac?
2. What did these two ships prove?
3. What location did the Confederates control that prevented the Union from being
able to move men and material up and down the river?
4. On what river was Vicksburg?
5. Who was the Union naval leader?
6. Who was the Union army leader?
7. What is a siege?
8. What did the Union do to Vicksburg for 6 weeks?
9. How did the citizens of Vicksburg respond to what the Union was doing?
10. How did the citizens of Vicksburg survive?
11. What was the outcome of the siege of Vicksburg?
12. Describe the problems the Confederate had on the home front.
THE CIVIL WAR
22.6 – 22. 8 Questions
22.8
13. Who took over as the leader of the Union army and what was his philosophy on
fighting a war?
14. What was the plan he mapped out to when the war?
15. How many men did Grant invade Virginia with? How many did Lee have?
16. Who was the general in charge of taking over the Shenandoah Valley?
17. Who ran against Lincoln in the election of 1864? What was his previous
profession?
18. What did Lincoln’s opponent want done immediately?
19. What two military victories help lead to Lincoln’s reelection?
20. What state did Sherman March through and what was the purpose of “Sherman’s
March”?
21. Describe the devastation left by “Sherman’s March”?
22. How far did Sherman march in 50 days?
THE CIVIL WAR
22.6 – 22. 8 Questions
23. How long did Grant fight Lee at Petersburg, Virginia?
24. What did Gen. Lee say after Gen. Grant broke through his lines?
25. Where did Gen. Lee surrender Confederate forces and on what date?
26. What were Gen. Grant’s condition for Lee’s surrender?
27. Name 4 effects the Civil War had on both the Confederacy and the Union.
28. What did historians call the Civil War?
29. What were some of the technological advances the Civil War supplied?
30. With secession and slavery gone, what were two issues that still lingered on after
the war?
THE CIVIL WAR
22.6 – 22. 8 Questions
QUIZ QUESTION 22. 6:
Describe the difference in the military leadership of General McClellan and General
Grant.