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(#14) Q1 - Module C: Sherman's March (The Impact) Retrieval Quiz
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Question 1
1.
Sherman's March helped bring an end to the Civil War.
True
False
Question 2
2.
How do we know that Sherman achieved his ultimate goal?
The Confederate Army grew sick of losing large battles and asked to surrender.
The Union allowed the South to secede so that they no longer had to worry about the fighting the war anymore.
The rest of the world decided to help the Union and attack the Confederacy.
Southern civilians stopped supporting the war once Sherman brought troops closer to their homes.
Question 3
3.
The United States was reunited as one country after the Civil War ended.
True
False
Question 4
4.
Sherman's troops caused about __________ in damage to Georgian property, about __________ of which was simply destruction for destruction's sake.
Question 5
5.
Check off ALL of the following statements that are TRUE of the impact of the march on the slave population.
Every southern slave was freed as a direct result of Sherman's March.
Sherman was a northerner but he still supported slavery.
Sherman believed that the white population was generally superior to the black population.
Sherman's troops often stayed behind and helped all the freed slaves so that they could not be harmed by the white southerners.
Question 6
6.
Sherman's March changed the southern economy for decades to come.
True
False
Question 7
7.
Sherman's March caused southerners to __________ northerners even more than they already did.
Question 8
8.
Sherman's March is often seen as one of the first examples of a style of warfare known as:
biological warfare.
appeasement.
nuclear war.
total war.
guerrilla warfare.
Question 9
9.
Sherman's main goal on his march was to kill enough civilians so that all southerners feared the North and would ask for an end to the war.
True
False
Question 10
10.
Sherman's March proved that wars could be fought using an "Army vs. __________" mentality.