Pre-Test Questions

   Below are some practice questions that you may want to work on prior to tomorrow's review session.


1. Which of the following fought for the Confederacy?

   A. General George Mead                                                 B. General George Pickett
   C. George Armstrong Custer                                            D. George Ryan


2. Which of the following was a Confederate victory?

     A. Gettysburg                                             B. Siege of Atlanta
     C. Bull Run                                                D.  Shiloh


3. On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee met with Ulysses S. Grant to discuss his terms of surrender.   Give two reasons why Lee decided to surrender.



4. In the election of 1860 Abraham Lincoln did not win a majority of the popular vote but still won the election.  Explain how this happened.



5. What slave states  did not leave the Union?


6. Why did Lincoln fire McClellan?


7.  The Emancipation Proclamation asked for African Americans to enlist in the Union military.  What else did President Lincoln ask former slaves to do?



8. What were two results of "Sherman's March to the Sea"?



9.  How did the Gettysburg Address help motivate the North to win the Civil War?



10. Define Secede:


Here is a link to the notes on General Sherman and the Surrender at Appomattox