Appomattox Surrender AP History Quiz

📚 Quick Study Guide

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• Date: April 9, 1865
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• Location: Appomattox Court House, Virginia
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• Key Figures: Ulysses S. Grant (Union) and Robert E. Lee (Confederacy)
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• Terms of Surrender: Confederate soldiers allowed to keep side arms and horses; officers and men paroled; food rations provided to the Confederate army.
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• Significance: Effectively ended the American Civil War. Signified the beginning of reunification and Reconstruction.
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• Context: Lee's army was severely depleted and surrounded; further resistance deemed futile.
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• Impact: Preserved the Union and set the stage for the abolition of slavery.

✍️ Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following best describes the location of the Appomattox surrender?
1. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
2. Vicksburg, Mississippi
3. Appomattox Court House, Virginia
4. Antietam, Maryland
2. Who were the two main figures involved in the Appomattox surrender?
1. Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
2. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
3. William T. Sherman and Stonewall Jackson
4. George McClellan and P.G.T. Beauregard
3. What was a key term of the surrender offered by Grant to Lee's army?
1. Confederate soldiers would be imprisoned indefinitely
2. Confederate officers would be tried for treason
3. Confederate soldiers were allowed to keep their side arms and horses
4. All Confederate property would be confiscated
4. What was the most immediate effect of the Appomattox surrender?
1. The start of the Spanish-American War
2. The end of Reconstruction
3. The effective end of the American Civil War
4. The impeachment of Andrew Johnson
5. Which of the following was NOT a long-term impact of the Appomattox surrender?
1. Preservation of the Union
2. The abolition of slavery
3. Immediate full racial equality in the South
4. The beginning of the Reconstruction era
6. What was the primary reason Robert E. Lee decided to surrender at Appomattox?
1. He believed the Union army was stronger in numbers.
2. His army was severely depleted and surrounded, making further resistance futile.
3. He had received a promise of amnesty from President Lincoln.
4. He hoped to negotiate a peace treaty that would allow the Confederacy to survive.
7. What did Grant provide to the surrendering Confederate soldiers after the surrender?
1. Land grants in the West
2. Immediate citizenship
3. Food rations
4. Weapons for self-defense