REVIEW - Quiz 18.3 - 18.4

Who was the Union's commanding officer in the West?

• George McClellan

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

What was the first major Union victory of the Civil War in February 1862?

• Antietam in Maryland

• Fort Donelson in Tennessee

• Vicksburg, Mississippi

• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

In which battle did Union forces win despite a surprise attack by Confederate troops, helping the Union control part of the Mississippi River valley?

• Battle of New Orleans

• Battle of Vincennes

• Siege of Vicksburg

• Battle of Shiloh

This southern city was the Confederate's largest and gateway to the Mississippi River. However, Captain David Farragut and union forces captured it late April 1862.

• Saint Louis

• New Orleans

• Vicksburg

• Shiloh

This Mississippi town sat 200 feet above the river, giving the Confederate army a definite advantage, but Grant still forced its surrender after a six-week siege.

• New Orleans

• Vicksburg

• Shiloh

• Natchez

Which is the best way to describe the Confederate soldiers who surrendered at Vicksburg?

• Out of Ammunition

• Victorious

• Starving

Why did the Union want to control the Mississippi River?

• It would prevent the Confederacy from moving troops into Texas

• It would divide the Confederacy in two

• It would give the Union the port of New Orleans to use

• It would allow the Union to export goods by water.

The constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment is known as __________.

• Habeas Corpus
• emancipation

• abolition

• contraband

Which of the following groups would have most likely opposed the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Northern Democrats

• abolitionists

• enslaved people

• Republicans

What caused the biggest number of casualties in the Civil War?

• disease

• poor leadership

• outdated fighting tactics

• more powerful weapons