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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Grant (February 3, 1865) Lee (February 1865): Chapters 35-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lee see the Southern resistance in the Civil War as representative of?
(a) A fight for control of land.
(b) A fight for freedom from federal authority.
(c) A fight to preserve the union.
(d) A fight for equality.

2. Who prepares his Confederate cavalry to meet Sheridan's larger force?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Lee.
(c) Sorrel.
(d) Grant.

3. What were the northern and southern troops friendly enough to barter?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Women.

4. If the South won the Civil War, what might disintegrate as a result?
(a) The Confederacy.
(b) The Economist group.
(c) The Federalist group.
(d) The Union.

5. What kind of repeating carbines do Sheridan's man have?
(a) 4-shot.
(b) 7-shot.
(c) 10-shot.
(d) 9-shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the north and south troops NOT share in common?

2. What has a far weaker central government than the Union?

3. Which officials, consisting of the vice president, assistant secretary of war, and president of the senate, visit Lincoln?

4. What goes nowhere ecause Lincoln wants to preserve the Union?

5. What is the area that Lee expects to confront Grant in?

(see the answer key)

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