THE DIVIDED UNION - Part 4 - TOTAL WAR

1. T or F Jefferson Davis responded to the crisis of the Civil War better than President Lincoln.

2. How did Lincolnís writings/speeches differ from politicians today?

3. T or F There was a sense of chivalry and fraternity among the officers of the Civil War.

4. During the Civil War, violence also erupted at home. What city did this occur most rapidly?

5. Street violence began as a protest against the war. What occurred which changed this into a fight between races?

6. The recruitment of black troops began after what battle?

7. What was the one item that blacks wanted more than anything?

8. Who did Lincoln name as Commander of the Union Army?

9. What city if captured would further split the Confederacy?

10. Why didnít the Confederate troops shoot their cannons at Grantís army at Missionary Ridge?

11. What term is used to describe the first meeting between Lee and Grant at Wilderness Battlefield?

12. T or F The North could not recover from their losses at Wilderness Battlefield.

13. What city was the major port where supply ships could slip past the Union blockade?

14. Which notorious confederate ship single-handedly destroyed several hundred union ships?

15. Where was the southern fleet destroyed by David Faragut who said "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."

16. Which Civil War general is most associated with the term Total War?

17. What was even more devastating news to the Confederacy than Shermanís march through Georgia?

18. T or F Shermanís tactics were used with Lincolnís blessing.