Unit 6: Conflict Test Review

Which was the first state to draft an Ordinance of Secession after the election of 1860?

• South Dakota

• South Carolina

• North Carolina

• Texas

If this picture and caption had appeared in a Charleston newspaper in 1861, what might have been the headline?

• General Robert E. Lee Surrenders

• Union Troops Capture Port Royal Sound

• Civil War Begins

• City of Columbia Burned

Why did the Confederates order their troops to fire on Union forces at Fort Sumter?

• Union officers refused to surrender the Fort after the Confederate government was notified that President Lincoln was sending supply ships.

• President Lincoln declared under the Emancipation Proclamation that all slaves in the Confederate states were to be set free.

• The Star of the West, a Union ship, opened fire on Charleston homes.

• The Confederates were notified of fighting that had broken out in Virginia, The Battle of Bull Run.

According to the infographic to the right, which side had the bigger advantage at the beginning of the war in production of war materials and economy?

• Mexico

• Union

• Confederacy

• Territories

What factor most contributed to the outcome of the Civil War?

• The North had more resources and people, with which they were able to defeat the South over time.

• War materials given by the French provided the North resources to keep fighting.

• The destruction of southern factores stopped the South's primary sources of revenue.

• California, a Union state, found gold to buy more materials late in the war.

In which area did the South have an advantage over the North in the Civil War?

• Weapons production

• Political allies, such as Great Britain

• Industrial capacity

• Better generals and soldiers at the beginning of the war

A student wrote down these notes during social studies class. What is the best heading for the notes?

• Abolitionist Plans to Encourage a Slave Revolt

• Reasons for the Confederacy's Secession

• Impact of the Emancipation Proclamation

• Union Strategy (Anaconda Plan)

Which statement BEST describes African Americans during the Civil War?

• Both the Confederate and Union armies allowed them to serve as officers.

• They earned some of the highest medals and were recognized immediately for their honor in battle.

• They never were allowed to fight but continued to work on the plantations to honor their owners.

• They volunteered to fight, fought with distinction, but were paid less than white soldiers.

The Confederate strategy for winning the Civil War was to:

• Fight a defensive war by keeping the Union out of the south

• Take the capital of Washington, DC.

• Divide the United States into east and west to prevent them from communicating.

• Blockade northern ports of New York and Boston to keep the Union from trading with Great Britain.

How did the Battle of Port Royal benefit the Union?

• The Union immediately sent troops north to capture Charleston.

• The Union set up a naval blockade along the coast of South Carolina.

• The Union attacked British ships that were bringing supplies to the Confederacy.

• The Union sent spies behind Confederate lines to steal Charleston's arsenal.