Chapter 17 Lesson 2: "Early Years of the Civil War"

General George B. McClellan headed the army of the East after the Battle of Bull Run.

• True

• False

The Confederacy used ironclads to defend or protect their harbors and rivers.

• True

• False

The Virginia and the Monitor took part in a battle that raised spirit in the North and in the South.

• True

• False

A key victory for the North was when Union naval forces under David Farragut captured New Orleans on April 25, 1862.

• True

• False

Where was the first major battle of the Civil War?

• Antietam Creek

• Bull Run

• Richmond

• Shiloh

Who was the Union general who captured Fort Henry?

• David Farragut

• George B. McClellan

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

What was the Union goal in the West?

• to control California

• to control Texas

• to control the Mississippi River

• to control the Tennessee River

Together the Union and Confederate armies suffered more than 23,000 casualties in which battle?

• Bull Run

• New Orleans

• Richmond

• Shiloh