The Civil War

Front

The Battle of Olustee forced Confederate troops to retreat to Jacksonville

Back

FALSE

Front

The Union won the Battle of Shiloh.

Back

TRUE

Front

When the Civil War began, many teenagers stayed home and did not serve in the military.

Back

FALSE

Front

Who convinced officials to let women work as nurses and recruited many women to serve as nurses during the Civil War?

Back

Dorothea Dix

Front

What was the Merrimack?

Back

a damaged ship that was rebuilt by the Confederates

Front

Because the war disrupted its supply of cotton, the South expected support from which two countries?

Back

Britain and France

Front

What city, Florida’s capital, remained under Confederate control during the Civil War?

Back

Tallahassee

Front

The leadership of which two generals was a key factor in the Confederates’ military success in the East?

Back

Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson

Front

Which battle in Florida was one of the last significant Confederate victories of the war?

Back

Battle of Natural Bridge

Front

Why did the Union want to control the Mississippi River and its tributaries?

Back

Union ships could prevent supplies from reaching the eastern Confederacy.