End of the War

Place the following events from the Civil War in the correct order with the numbers in the drop-down menu. Lee surrendered Lincoln assassinated Union forces captured Richmond Sherman made March to the Sea

Answer: ✔ 3 ✔ 4 ✔ 2 ✔ 1

What is "total war"?

Answer: ✔ A military strategy in which military and civilian resources are destroyed.

Sic Semper Tyrannis means "thus always to tyrants." Who was the tyrant Booth was referring to?

Answer: ✔ Abraham Lincoln

Which of the following was an impact of Lincoln's assassination?

Answer: ✔ Democrat vice president Andrew Johnson became president.

Based on the map, what can you tell about Sherman's path?

Answer: ✔ He traveled from west to east and followed railroad lines.

What happened at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia?

Answer: ✔ Lee surrendered to Grant.

Study this table of the 1864 presidential election results. Use the information to answer the question.

Answer: ✔ Lincoln had widespread support in the Union

Based on the quotes you just read, which of the following things are true about the year 1864?Check all of the boxes that apply.

Answer: ✔ Many Northerners wanted the war to end, but Grant persisted. ✔ The South began losing battles.

Which of the following campaigns were fought using the total war strategy?

Answer: ✔ Shenandoah Valley Campaign ✔Sherman's March to the Sea

Think about the challenges that the North and South faced after the war. Choose the right region to answer each question. Which region had to rebuild its towns and railroads and industry? Which region was more industrialized? Which region needed a new economic system?

Answer: ✔ South ✔ North ✔ South

What were the economic challenges that arose after the war? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Answer: ✔ The South had to rebuild many cities. ✔ Plantation owners in the South had to farm their land without the use of enslaved labor.

Read the passage from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address and then answer the question. What did Lincoln mean in this passage?

Answer: ✔ The South would destroy the nation, so the North had to fight for the nation's survival.

According to Booth, what should always happen to tyrants?

Answer: ✔ They should be killed.

How many more popular votes did Lincoln receive than McClellan?

Answer: ✔ about 400,000

According to the chart, the regiment with the highest casualty rate was from the Three of the regiments suffered their casualty rates at the same battle, the Battle of

Answer: ✔ confederacy ✔ Gettysburg

Study the painting of Sherman's March to the Sea. What does the painting show? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Answer: ✔ destruction of railroad and telegraph lines ✔ burning buildings ✔ enslaved people escaping to the Union army

Which of the following was a challenge that formerly enslaved people faced? Why was it difficult for freed people to get out of poverty?

Answer: ✔ finding family members they had lost to slavery ✔ As sharecroppers, it was difficult for them to earn money.