Chattanooga Group

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Civil War quiz (History buffs easy 10 points)?

Okay you must get a 95 or better on this quiz but there is extra credit along the way

1. Another name for the North and the South
2. Name the two presidents that governed the North and South E.C. name their first and last name
3. What happened on July 21,1861 and what was its significance
4. What major battle did the North TECHNICALLY win but not really.
5. What was the battle where General J.Johnston got injured
6. How did "Stonewall" Jackson get his name E.C. What battle did he die in
7. What day did the Emancipation Proclamation take effect E.C. Why did Pres.Lincoln sign it
8.What battle was the turning point in the Civil war E.C. name a close estimate for about how many North soldiers died
9.Name three major generals for the North and three major generals for the South E.C. name one more for each group.
10.Why was the battle for Chattanooga important E.C. what North general fought in that battle

A quiz for the American Revolution will be coming out soon

1: North - the Union
South - The Confederacy

2: North - Abraham Lincoln
South - Jefferson Davis

3: First Battle of Bull Run.It was important because the Confederate victory meant the war would not end quickly.

4: Shiloh, Antietam, The Wilderness would all qualify.

5: Johnston was wounded at the battle of Seven Pines, during the Peninsula campaign.

6: At First Bull Run, Confederate troops under General Bee were being pushed back. He reportedly waved his sword at Jackson's brigade and called to his men "There stands Jackson like a stone wall.Rally behind the Virginians." Bee was shot and mortally wounded a few minutes later. Richmond newspaper reports of this incident gave Jackson his nickname.
Jackson was killed at the battle of Chancellorsville.

7: 1 January 1863. Lincoln was worried that European powers (particularly France and Britain), would officially recognize the Confederacy. The Emancipation Proclamation made foreign support from European countries extremely unlikely, for moral reasons.

8: Gettysburg. 3,155 Northern dead

9: North - U S Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Joseph Hooker, George C. Meade

South - Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, P. T. Beauregard

10: Chattanooga was a major railroad junction, so was strategically important. The Union army wanted to capture the city.
U. S. Grant commanded the Northern army.