Quiz 6B Battles of the Civil War

Match the following battles of the Civil War

• First shots of the Civil War

• Battle of Fort Wagner

• Fought by the 54th Masschusetts Infantry

• Fort Sumter

• Proved the war would be long and bloody

• Battle of Port Royal

• Wealthy plantation owners flee

• Battle of Bull Run

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.

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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

Which battle caused wealthy plantation owners to leave the sea islands, leaving enslaved people behind for the Union Army.

• Fort Sumter

• Port Royal

• Bull Run

• Fort Wagner

What do Robert Smalls, the Port Royal Experiment, and the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment all have in common?

• They were important examples of African Americans taking active roles for the Union during the Civil War.

• They were important examples of African Americans taking active roles for the Confederacy during the Civil War.

• They were Confederate military strategies used to defend Southern cities.