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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Grant (July 27, 1864) Lee (July 30, 1864) Grant (July 30, 1864): Chapters 28-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what period do terribly bloody battles follow one another according to Shaara?
(a) 1867-1868.
(b) 1871-1879.
(c) 1865-1866.
(d) 1861-1863.

2. Who is the first military commander for the Federal forces?
(a) Grant.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Davis.

3. What has Longstreet failed to do that allows Grant the upper hand when considering Lee's troop size?
(a) Attack supplies.
(b) Blow up the enemy.
(c) Join his troops.
(d) Leave his troops.

4. Who will not take the initiative like Stonewall Jackson had for the Confederates?
(a) Ewell.
(b) Sorrel.
(c) Meade.
(d) Stuart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If the South won the Civil War, what might disintegrate as a result?

2. Who iscovers that Grant has not retreated and is moving his army toward the North Anna River with the intent to cross and move farther south?

3. What are the whizzing bullets that pass Lee?

4. What do the Federal forces NOT have necessarily that is superior to the Confederate forces?

5. Who shot Stonewall Jackson during the Battle of Chancellorsville?

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