Civil War Problems of the Week
Week 22 Due February 8

 
 

There are 12 questions this week.  Each one is worth 3 points.  However, the assignment is out of 30 points.  You can receive 6 points extra credit this week.

1. In 1860 what percent of Southern plantations owned more than 20 slaves? What percent owned none?

2. What military experience did the commanders of the opposing forces at Fort Sumter have in common?  In other words, which war did they both fight?

3. What was Ulysses S. Grant doing when the Civil War broke out?

4. What was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War?

5. Who was the other orator at the Gettysburg cemetary on the day Lincoln delivered his famous address?

6. In what Civil War batle did the first African-American win the Congressional Medal of Honor?

7. What was Lincoln's "eye for an eye" order?

8. Where did Sherman's March to the Sea begin and end?

9. Did Grant and Lee meet in a courthouse to discuss terms for Lee's surrender? Explain.

10. How many Americans died in the Civil War?  How many for each side?

11. Was Jefferson Davis wearing woman's clothing whn he was captured?

12. Who killed Stonewall Jackson?  What was his fate?