CH 14 Quiz 5 Review
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What was Grant's greatest defeat?
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Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Shiloh
Forts Henry and Donelson
Vicksburg
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Battle of Cold Harbor
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Why did Grant continue to fight after
suffering so many losses in the eastern
campaigns of 1864-65?
◦ He knew he could replace his lasses, but the
South could not.
◦ He was a poor general who kept making
mistakes.
◦ He was a cold, unsympathetic general.
◦ He was constantly short on supplies for his
men.
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He knew he could replace his lasses, but the
South could not.
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The capture of what city insured Lincoln's
reelection in 1864?
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Atlanta
New Orleans
Petersburg
Vicksburg
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Atlanta
True/False
 ___ Sherman estimated that his army
destroyed less than one million dollars
worth of Southern property during the
march on Savannah.
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False
True/False
 ___ The Civil War was the bloodiest war
in American history.
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True
True/False
 ___The South suffered more casualties
than the North during the Civil War.
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False
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A) March to the Sea
B) Appomattox Court House
C) siege of Petersburg
D) Wilderness Campaign
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___ continual fighting in the woods north
of Richmond
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D) Wilderness Campaign
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A) March to the Sea
B) Appomattox Court House
C) siege of Petersburg
D) Wilderness Campaign
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___ Sherman's destruction of Georgia
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A) March to the Sea
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A) March to the Sea
B) Appomattox Court House
C) siege of Petersburg
D) Wilderness Campaign
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___ effort to capture the rail center
feeding Richmond
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C) siege of Petersburg
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A) March to the Sea
B) Appomattox Court House
C) siege of Petersburg
D) Wilderness Campaign
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___ surrender of the Army of Northern
Virginia
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B) Appomattox Court House