Unit 8/9 REVIEW

When Abraham Lincoln sent supply ships to this Fort in South Carolina, Confederate troops fired the first shots of the Civil War.

• Wagner

• Sumter

• Knox

• Saratoga

What was the strategy of Scott's Anaconda Plan?

• Tricking the Confederate forces into attacking Antietam

• Not allowing slavery from further expansion

• Strangle or suffocate the Confederacy and split it in half

• Force the South to form its own country separate from the United States

What is a Civil War?

• A war between bordering states

• A political war of words

• A war between citizens of the same country

This body of water was vital to the South and the target of the Union forces:

• Mississippi River

• Gulf of Mexico

• Tennessee River

• Rio Grande River

What was the only real advantage the Confederate forces had over the Union Army?

• They had more volunteers to join the military

• They had more money for resources

• They would be fighting mainly on terrain they were familiar with.

• They had better weapons and uniforms

What role did David Farragut play in the war?

• Led Union naval blockades of

  Southern ports

• Top Cavalryman in the Confederacy

• Winning Union General at Antietam

• Destructive march through Georgia to Savannah

Not counting Fort Sumter, name the first Battle of the Civil War which was won by the Confederate forces?

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

• Bull Run

This Battle was a turning point in the war as it ended the Confederacy's hopes to invade any further North:

• Shiloh

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Appomattox

This Union General was known for his famous "March to the Sea" and the destruction caused on his journey to Savannah:

• U.S. Grant

• George Meade

• Robert E. Lee

• William Sherman

What 40 day siege and Union victory proved Scott's plan a success; the Mississippi River was finally taken and the South was split in half?

• Vicksburg

• Shiloh

• Mobile Bay

• Lookout Mountain