Unit 8 Part 1 Quiz A

Why did the states in the Upper South secede after the fall of Fort Sumter?

• President Davis asked each state to leave the Union

• President Lincoln asked each state to send funds to help put down the rebellion

• President Davis asked each state to support the Union

• President Lincoln asked each state to send soldiers to put down the rebellion

At the start of the war, the Union held advantages in all of the following except...

• Manufacturing

• Farmland

• Population

• Railroads

The South relied on large numbers of these to fight the war.

• Slaves

• Draftees

• Volunteers

• Foreigners

Which of the following events happened LAST chronologically?

• States in the lower South seceded from the Union

• States from the upper South seceded from the Union

• Fort Sumter falls

• Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States

Which of the following was a major Confederate advantage during the war?

• Because of its military tradition, the South had a large number of brilliant officers

• The war was fought mainly in the North so Southern property suffered little damage

• The South was home to many factories that could produce large numbers of weapons

• Great Britain supported the South with soldiers and resources

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

• Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter

• First Bull Run

• The Clash of the Ironclads

Which general rallied and inspired the Confederate troops at the First Battle of Bull Run?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• James Longstreet

• Thomas Jackson

How did the Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run deal a blow to the North?

• It destroyed the Union army protecting Washington, D.C.

• It signaled that the war would not end quickly

• The Union general in charge was killed during the battle

• It convinced Great Britain to publicly support the South

What was important about the Battle of Hampton Roads, fought between the C.S.S. Virginia and the U.S.S. Monitor?

• It was the decisive naval battle of the war

• It was the first time in history that ironclad warships engaged in combat

• It prevented the Union Navy from destroying the Confederate shipyards at Hampton Roads

• It temporarily kept the Union Navy from advancing up the Mississippi River

What was the first part of General Scott's Anaconda Plan?

• Begin a naval blockade to prevent Southern exports and European imports

• Seize the Mississippi River in order to cut the Confederacy in two

• Attack east through the deep South towards the Atlantic Ocean

• March on and capture Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy