Chapter 9 The Civil War

Which of the following is true about the North at the start of the Civil War?

• They had a strong Naval tradition

• They had a large population

• They had more railroad lines and more industry than the South

• All of the above

• None of the above

British textile factories depended on the South's...

• Railroad lines

• Cotton

• Greenbacks

• Slavery trade

A new technology for the Civil War was the use of...

• Warships

• Ports for trade

• Medicine

• Cone shaped bullets

Blockading ports in order to take control of areas and cut off the flow of supplies, was the strategy of the...

• North

• South

Following a defensive war of attrition, meaning wearing down the other side by forcing it to use all of its resources and troops, was the strategy of the...

• North

• South

The Battle of _____ was the bloodiest one-day battle in American history and kept the British from recognizing the Confederacy.

• Anaconda

• Bull Run

• Shiloh

• Antietam

One of the greatest threats facing Civil War soldiers was...

• exposure

• disease

• rioting

• lack of transportation

How long did the siege at Vicksburg last?

• 6 weeks

• 21 days

• 3 weeks

• 24 hours

Which battle proved to be the turning point of the war?

• Shiloh

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Pickett's Charge

Lincoln made _____ a lieutenant general, a rank no one had held since George Washington.

• Robert E. Lee

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• John Brown

• Ulysses S. Grant