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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 50 through.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 36, Grant said the campaign had been successful in doing what?
(a) Physically splitting two important Confederate troops.
(b) Gaining more supporters of the northern cause.
(c) Weakening the morale of the Confederates.
(d) Giving him a sense of purpose.

2. In Chapter 50, Grant said that soon after the fall of Atlanta, the Army of the ______________ began the campaign that would eventually result in the fall of the Confederate capital.
(a) Potomac.
(b) Americas.
(c) Cumberland.
(d) Union.

3. Grant noted that when the ladies learned the truth about the condition of the Confederate Army and that the Union had the upper hand, they began to cry. Besides being upset, why did they cry?
(a) The women did not believe Grant.
(b) It was typical in those days to share misinformation, whether by design to keep Confederate loyalties intact or to promote morale.
(c) The women learned the fate of their loved ones.
(d) The women did not want to be reminded of the Confederate's possible defeat.

4. In Chapter 19, Grant was named _________________ and said he was surprised by the promotion.
(a) General.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Lieutenant-Colonel.
(d) Brigadier-General.

5. In Chapter 25, Grant said Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston was wounded at Shiloh and, refusing to give up his command because _________________, remained on his horse until he was so weak from loss of blood that he died.
(a) He wanted to beat the Union soldiers.
(b) He was not willing to give up control.
(c) There was no one to take over.
(d) The wound was not severe.

Short Answer Questions

1. The army clashed with Lee's forces at the Battle of ________________, and Grant noted that there were dead and wounded left in a large, wooded area. When the woods caught on fire, there was no way to reach the wounded and those unable to drag themselves away died there.

2. One of Grant's commanders, General _______________, arrived at a house where Grant was seated on the verandah. The house belonged to Confederate loyalists and Grant was simply waiting there to watch the advance of his men.

3. Rosecrans wanted to pursue farther than Jonesboro but Grant, believing what, ordered him back?

4. The move was prompted, in part, by the proximity of whom?

5. Former slaves join up with the army and Grant's orders were to allow them to remain within the protection of the military, as long as the slaves do what?

(see the answer key)

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