Civil War Discovery Ticket #1 Redemption

Civil War Discovery Ticket #1 Redemption

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Multiple Choice

What event forced Lincoln’s hand and began the Civil War (where the first shots were fired)

• Atlanta

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Meade

• Fort Charleston

Union Blockade

•Union leaders set up a blockade of Southern ports in order to cut off Confederate commerce (trade) and weaken the South.

•Union ships lined the southern coast and would not let any Confederate ships in or out.

•Occasionally, blockade runners were able to sneak through and were able to make it to Europe to trade for supplies, making the blockade not as effective.

Multiple Choice

What contributed to the lack of success of the Union blockade?

• The South had a superior navy

• Great Britain found others ways to trade with the South

• Blockade runners slipped through blockade

Multiple Choice

What was the nickname of the Union war strategy designed to cut the Confederacy in half and leave Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas stranded was called the ________________________________.

• Union Blockade

• Anaconda Plan

• Scorched Earth Plan

• Blockade runners

Multiple Choice

The South needed to keep its ports open during the war

• To protect the privateers who were making millions in profits from the war

• To receive needed war supplies from Europe

• To maintain the only major transportation resource for the South

• To maintain its navy for attacks on Northern soil

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a Confederate advantage in the war?

• Greater number of factories

• Better generals

• Larger population

• More miles of railroad track