Quiz 6B Battles of the Civil War

Match the following battles of the Civil War

• Fought by the 54th Masschusetts Infantry

• Fort Sumter

• Proved the war would be long and bloody

• Battle of Fort Wagner

• First shots of the Civil War

• Battle of Bull Run

• Wealthy plantation owners flee

• Battle of Port Royal

Which started as a Confederate attack after President Lincoln sent supplies on an unarmed ship?

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Wagner

• Port Royal

• Bull Run

Who or What was H.L. Hunley?

• A man who stole a ship for the Union army

• An ironclad ship

• A submarine

• The President of the Confederate States

The last name of the man who stole a Confederate blockade runner and delivered it directly to the Union army. This man later became a South Carolina legislative delegate.

What is the meaning of the phrase "Rich man's war, poor man's fight?"

• The enslaved were fighting for freedom

• Wealthy northerners blamed the poor southerners for the war

• Wealthy men benefited from the war while poor men did the fighting

• Poor men were more willing to get dirty and fight in the war

What is conscription?

• A person who joins a group for a secret reason

• forced military service

• armored wooden ships

• a type of weapon

CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. Which opportunities were given to the previously enslaved African Americans in Port Royal as part of the Union's Port Royal Experiment?

• Wages and Property

• Voting Rights

• Schools

• Military Service

What are blockade runners?

• Union submarines used to strengthen their blockade

• Battle ships covered in iron used to run over the blockade

• Large ships used to block the Union army from coming in to Charleston

• smalls ships used to carry supplies through the Union blockade for the Confederacy