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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was Col. Shaw's response to the 54th tearing up pay vouchers?
He demanded they stop
He tore his own up
He had Priv. Tripp whipped
He refused to fight in battles
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who was commander of the 54th Massachusetts?
Cabot Forbes
John Rawlins
Jupiter Sharts
Robert Gould Shaw
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who was the famous abolitionist whose two sons fought for the 54th Massachusetts?
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Horace Mann
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who was Robert Shaw's friend growing up, well-educated, worked for Shaw's family, and was one of the first volunteers in the 54th Massachusetts?
Thomas Searles
Trip
Jupiter
John Rawlins
- 5. Multiple Choice
What piece of legislation, by Abraham Lincoln, freed all slaves in the South?
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
Monroe Doctrine
Homestead Act
- 6. Multiple Choice
What kind of disability does the little drummer boy have?
mute
deaf
blind
paralyzed
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which army is the 54th Massachusetts a part of?
Union Army
Confederate Army
Southern Army
Western Army
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which volunteer in the 54th Massachusetts was a grave digger before joining and is later promoted to Sergeant Major?
Rawlins
Trip
Jupiter
Forbes
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which volunteer in the 54th Massachusetts was a sharpshooter and stuttered?
Trip
Jupiter
Shaw
Forbes
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which battle was a turning point in the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Saratoga
Gettysburg
Fort Wagner
- 11. Multiple Choice
What fort in South Carolina did the 54th Massachusetts lead a charge on?
Fort Sumter
Fort Wagner
Fort Wilderness
Fort Worth
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which statement describes how black soldiers were treated differently than white soldiers?
Black soldiers were paid more than white soldiers
Black soldiers were paid less than white soldiers
Black soldiers had better uniforms than white soldiers
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who won the battle of Fort Wagner?
Confederates
Union
it was tie
North
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which character was a runaway slave?
- 15. Multiple Choice
What nationality was the man they brought in to help train the regiment?
German
Scottish
Irish
English
- 16. Multiple Choice
What city was the commanding officer from?
New York
Boston
Pittsburgh
Stratford
- 17. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the regiment on which the story centered?
110th Maine
49th Connecticut
54th Massachusetts
18th Ohio
- 18. Multiple ChoiceCommonly, the Union soldiers uniforms were...RedGreyBrownBlue
- 19. Multiple Choice
To show their contempt for the soldiers of the 54th, the Confederates dumped all of their bodies _____________________.
in the ocean
in a lagoon
in a single unmarked trench
in a swamp
- 20. Multiple Choice
Colonel Shaw was first wounded at ____________________.
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Antietam
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