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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant described the complicated maneuvering it took to establish a siege of ______________.
(a) Philiipsburg.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Strongsville.

2. Grant said that if the Confederates had time to rest, what would happen?
(a) It would inevitably draw out the war.
(b) They would be victorious.
(c) The Union would grow fatigued.
(d) They could be attacked while resting.

3. Were the talks successful?
(a) Yes, immediately.
(b) Somewhat.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, but not immediately.

4. Grant communicated with Lee after a particular stage of the battle, asking that there be a temporary truce. Why?
(a) To discuss a possible surrender.
(b) To discuss peace.
(c) To remove the dead and wounded from the battlefield.
(d) To give the troops a break.

5. In Chapter 52, Grant detailed the battle at the Courthouse at _______________. Grant sent a letter to Major-General Halleck, Chief of Staff of the Army in Washington, outlining the casualties which he said probably approached twenty thousand Union troops and included eleven generals.
(a) Spotsylvania.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Appomattox.
(d) Pine Bluff.

Short Answer Questions

1. On May 22, Grant issued orders that scouts be sent out in search of what?

2. Grant said the campaign against Atlanta lasted some ___________ months and "was one of the most memorable in history."

3. Grant wrote Sherman a letter on ______________ 3, 1864. He said that it appeared Sherman faced no real obstacles but Grant declined celebrating Sherman's victory, saying he didn't want to do so until "the victory is assured".

4. On another occasion, Grant saw a man drawing water from a tree that had fallen in the river and questioned him before discovering what?

5. In one of those letters, Grant urged Thomas to attack whose rebel forces in Nashville or risk losing the ground he'd gained as far as Chattanooga?

Short Essay Questions

1. General Burnside found himself in distress for rations. How did loyalists help him and his men?

2. What does Grant note about both the battle at Cold Harbor and Vicksburg? Why does he say this?

3. When Lee's troops were discovered, what was learned about Lee and his men?

4. Grant urged Thomas to attack Hood's rebel forces. How did Thomas respond? Why did he respond in this way?

5. What significant event happened soon after Grant was promoted to Lieutenant General of the Union Army? How was this significant?

6. Grant outlines troops, their positions and their strengths under specific commanders. What is the reason Grant does this?

7. What happened when Grant requested from Lee that a temporary truce take place to remove the dead and wounded? Why did this happen?

8. At the surrender of the Confederates, the Union men were energized. Why? Should they have been?

9. Describe Grant and Lee at the end of the war. What does this reveal about each man?

10. How were traveling conditions in Virginia different than other parts of the country in which the troops had traveled?

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