Civil War Quiz 2

Which Union general moved towards the Mississippi River to try to control it?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George B. McLellan

• Winfield Scott

His army was surprised by confederate forces at the Battle of

• Manassas Junction

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

The Union Navy under David Farragut worked to capture which important city at the mouth of the Mississippi River in an attempt to control the river?

• New Orleans

• Vicksburg

• Richmond

• Atlanta

The Union forces finally gained control of the Mississippi River after capturing which city?

• New Orleans

• Vicksburg

• Richmond

• Atlanta

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• An order to blockade all southern ports

• A call for 75,000 troops to defeat the south

• An attempt by the south to convince European powers to support them in exchange for cotton

• A degree that all slaves were to be freed

What were contrabands?

• Escaped slaves who fled north

• Illegal goods smuggled into the Confederacy to support their war effort

• Items stolen by the Northerners during their invasion of the south

• Illegal money that was smuggled by the U.S. government during the war

The 54th Massachusetts was a famous regiment because.

• It helped stop Robert E. Lee’s northward advance

• They were a unit of all African Americans who fought at Fort Wagner

• They were a regiment of all Irish who helped capture Vicksburg

• They raced past two forts to capture New Orleans

These were the people who opposed the war.

• The copperheads

• The contraband

• The emancipators

• The ironclads

What was the most common cause of death amongst Civil War soldiers?

• Illness

• Battles

• Assassinations

• Friendly fire

Who founded the organization that would become the American Red Cross?

• Abraham Lincoln

• David Farragut

• Clara Barton

• Ulysses S. Grant