Chapters 15 & 16 Test Review

Where were the first major shots fired to start the Civil War?

• Fort Apache

• Alamo

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Fort Sumter

Which three were considered border states?

• Missouri

• Maryland

• Kentucky

• Virginia

Which three were part of General Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan?

• Capture Richmond

• Control the Mississippi River

• Blockade Southern Ports and cut off their trade

• Free all slaves in the U.S.

Cotton Diplomacy was the idea that the South would cut off cotton supplies to Europe to hurt their economies and hope they would help them fight against the Union.

• True

• False

The first major battle of the war was?

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Shiloh

• Gettysburg

This Confederate general was given a nickname after the Battle of Bull Run.

• Robert E. Lee

• William Sherman

• Thomas Jackson

• U.S. Grant

This Union general tried to capture Richmond in 1862 and was defeated.

• George McClellan

• U.S. Grant

• William Sherman

• Ambrose Burnside

This Confederate general defeated Union general McClellan in a series of battles that saved Richmond from being captured.

• Abraham Lincoln

• William Jackson

• P.G.T. Beauregard

• Robert E. Lee

The Seven Days' Battles were won by the Confederates and forced Union General McClellan to retreat back to Washington D.C.

• True

• False

Union General Pope tried to link up with McClellan in Virginia but was stopped by General Jackson at what battle?

• Bull Run I

• Bull Walk II

• Bull Run II

• Antietam