Across Five Aprils Final Exam-study guide – Flashcards
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Where did Jethro live?
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Illinois
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How old was Jethro when the story began?
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9
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Jethro was born the same year as what?
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The death of three older brothers
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What was special about Walnut Hill?
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His three brothers and sister were buried there
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Which child did Ellen favor?
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Jethro
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Shadrach Yale
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He taught school in the winter, worked on farm in the summer, and loved Jenny
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How did Mary Creighton die?
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In an accident caused by Travis Burdow
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Who was Jethros favorite brother?
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Bill
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Who is Eb Carron?
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Matt Creightons nephew
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Which of Jethros siblings had been very close since they were children?
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John and Bill
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How did the Creightons get most of there information about the war?
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Newspaper
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Did the Creightons have many family ties or roots in the South?
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Yes
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What happened at the first battle of Bull Run?
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Carriages full of spectators drove to watch the battle
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John and Bill disagreed with what about the war?
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The souths right to live without northern interference
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Which one of Jethros brothers did not join the Union army?
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Bill
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Why couldn't Jenny marry Shadrach Yale at the beginning of the war?
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Her father thought Jenny was too young
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What was many peoples belief about the war?
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It would be over in a short time
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Which northern general loved his troops but was relieved of command because of his inability to move quickly?
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George McClennon
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Which Union general was given command of all troops?
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Which confederate general appeared to be undefeated?
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Robert E. Lee
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How did the South and North view Abraham Lincoln?
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Both North and South critized him
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What did Shadrach do before the war?
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Left his books with Jenny and Jethro
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Who is Ross MIlton?
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Editor of county newspaper
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Who saved Jethros life on his return trip from Newton?
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Davis Burdow
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What kind of book did Ross Milton give Jethro?
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Speaking Properly
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What happened to Matt Creighton shortly after Jethro came back from Newton?
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He had a heart attack
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How old was Jethro when he became the man of the house?
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10
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Who helped Jethro plow the fields?
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Jenny
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When did Jethro become angry at Jenny?
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She refused to read Shadrachs letter
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During John's absence, how did his two sons feel about Jethro?
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Grew fond of Jethro
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Why was Matt Creighton's barn burned?
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Because he supported Bill's decision
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What happened to Jethros brother Tom?
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Died in the battle Pittsburg Landing
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Jethro saw that Shad was correct when he predicted the North would what?
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The North tried to take control of Mississippi and cut the south in two
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Why was Guy Wartman humiliated?
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He was shot in the backside while trying to vandalize a store
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In one of Johns letters, how did the suffering and scenes of death make him feel/react?
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Made a mans heart sick of war
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What did many union soldiers do when things were at the worst for them?
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Deserted
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Why did the federal registrars come to the Creighton farm?
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Eb Carron deserted
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Jethro wrote a letter on Eb's behalf, who was it to?
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Abraham Lincoln
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Which battle was Shadrach Yale seriously injured in?
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Gettysburg
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Who took care of shad in DC?
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His Aunt
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What happened when Jenny went to Washington?
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She married Shad
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What happened to Abraham Lincoln in 1864?
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Reelected President
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Which Union general lead his army on a path of destruction from atlanta to Savannah, Georgia on the fall of 1864?
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William Sherman
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What had happened to Bill when John found him?
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He was a union prisoner of war
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Bill told his mother that he was not at _________ Landing.
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Pittsburg
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What were 2 things that happened during the 5th April of war?
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Lincoln died, terms of peace
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Ross Milton realized that, with the end of the war, the county still faced the problem of what?
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Dealing with futures of former slaves
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How old was Jethro when the war ended?
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13
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Instead of staying on the farm, Jethro planned to do what?
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Go to school
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Which family members fate is uncertain?
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Bill
