Changing Warfare

Sherman's March

100

What side of the war was Sherman on?

Union

200

True or False: Sherman and his troops destroyed all of the land they marched through.

True

300

What did Sherman's soldiers do to the buildings?

Burn them down

400

Name the states Sherman and his troops marched through. (3)

Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina

500

How did Sherman's march impact the Civil War?

Diminished supplies across the South and accelerated the Civil War's end

Total war

100

What is total war?

War with no humane limits or restrictions

200

Definition of flank:

To surprise attack enemies

300

True or False: Total war impacted food supplies across the country.

True

400

Name the city least affected by total war.

A. Fredericksburg, Virginia

B. Richmond, Virginia

C. Columbia, South Carolina

D. Jacksonville, Florida

D. Jacksonville, Florida

500

Which impact did NOT come from total war? 

A. Soldiers taking people's property

B. Costs of transportation increasing

C. Civil war slowing down with less motivated soldiers

D. Droughts, depressions, and decreases in food supplies

C. Civil war slowing down with less motivated soldiers

Destruction of infrastructure

100

How did soldiers commonly destroy houses?

Soldiers burnt them down

200

Richmond was a city destroyed by total war - was Richmond a part of the Union or Confederacy?

Confederacy

300

Assume 150,000 houses were destroyed during the Civil War. If the average housing price in the 1860s was $1,200, about how costly was the damage, in dollars, from total war?

$180,000,000

400

Atlanta was a city destroyed by total war - what state was Atlanta in?

Georgia

500

What year was Judith Henry's house destroyed in the First Battle of Manassas?

1861

Impact on civilians

100

Name the state that saw the least impacts of total war.

A. Maryland

B. Indiana

C. North Carolina

D. Mississippi

B. Indiana

200

What side of the war was most affected by total war?

Confederacy

300

True or False: Despite the destruction of total war, it didn't affect the Union.

False

400

Food shortages were common across the country as total war progressed. Why?

Destruction of property/More soldiers were being recruited over time

500

The Civil War bread riots were held over severe shortages and inflation across the country. Based on how much different states were affected, where were these most likely held?

A. North Carolina

B. Tennessee

C. Virginia

D. Kentucky

C. Virginia

Miscellaneous

100

Name a decision by the government that led up to the Civil War.

Answers may vary

200

What years did the Civil War start and end?

1861 and 1865

300

Why did the Union have the advantage during the war?

More manufacturing and a larger population

400

Who said the quote: "With malice toward none; with charity for all..."

Abraham Lincoln

500

How many soldiers (approximately) lost their lives in the civil war?

620,000 (Be at most 100,000 in range)