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WorksheetsUnit 5 Part 2 Exam
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
What group in South Carolina DID NOT debate the issue of secession?
Warhawks
Secessionists (fire-eaters)
Cooperationists
Unionists
What does the word secession mean?
to stay apart of
to join along with
to break away from
to destroy
What document was issued by South Carolina December 20, 1860, officially announcing the states wish to leave the Union?
Reconstruction Amendments
Ordinance of Nullification
Ordinance of Reparations
Ordinance of Secession
Larger Population?
Southern (Confederate) Advantage
Northern (Union) Advantage
Fought a defensive war?
Southern (Confederate) Advantage
Northern (Union) Advantage
More railroad mileage?
Southern (Confederate) Advantage
Northern (Union) Advantage
Better military leaders?
Southern (Confederate) Advantage
Northern (Union) Advantage
Abundance of war supplies?
Southern (Confederate) Advantage
Northern (Union) Advantage
Knowledge of land and waterways?
Southern (Confederate) Advantage
Northern (Union) Advantage
More industrial (factories etc.) power?
Southern (Confederate) Advantage
Northern (Union) Advantage
Short supply lines?
Southern (Confederate) Advantage
Northern (Union) Advantage
Navy?
Southern (Confederate) Advantage
Northern (Union) Advantage
Which side chose to fight a defensive war?
Southern (Confederate) Strategy
Northern (Union) Strategy
Which side chose to fight an offensive war?
Southern (Union) Strategy
Northern (Union) Strategy
Blockading Ports and Harbors?
Southern (Union) Strategy
Northern (Union) Strategy
Which side chose to fight until their enemy gave up (attrition)?
Southern (Union) Strategy
Northern (Union) Strategy
Which side wanted to control the Mississippi River and their enemies trade routes?
Southern (Union) Strategy
Northern (Union) Strategy
During the American Civil War, why did the Southern states import most of their supplies?
it was less dangerous
the Union destroyed Southern factories
it would help the South save money
the South did not have many factories for making supplies
Sherman's "March to the Sea" is the best example of which type of military strategy?
"mobile war"
"guerrilla warfare"
"trench warfare"
"total war"
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired on April 12, 1861"
Battle of Fort Wagner
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Gettysburg
What South Carolina port became the center of operations for the Union blockade on the Atlantic coast?
Port Lucia
Port Charles
Port Charleston
Port Royal
Who was the former slave who stole the Confederate steam boat the Planter?
Robert Smalls
Denmark Vesey
Fredrick Douglas
Dred Scott
What effect did Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation have on the the soldiers and citizens in the Northern states?
had no effect at all
made the people of the north angry
it gave them a true (moral) reason to continue the war
it made many want to surrender
Which two major battles saw the South try to invade the North?
Gettysburg and Vicksburg
Vicksburg and Antietam
Antietam and Gettysburg
Sharpsburg and Antietam
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson received his nickname at this first land battle of the American Civil War?
1st Battle of Bull Run
2nd Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Secessionville
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Fort Wagner
Name the African American Union regiment that fought and died with honor at the Battle of Fort Wagner in South Carolina?
23rd Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
2nd Volunteer Infantry Regiment of Pennsylvania
54 Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
The Housatonic was an Union ship and it became the first ship to ever be sunk by an enemy submarine. Name that submarine.
H.L.Hunley
Pioneer
American Diver/Pioneer II
Endeavor
What was the job of Southern "blockade runners" during the American Civil War?
to seek and destroy Union ships
to spy on Union ships
to attack Union forts
to bring goods into and out of the harbor
Why was Columbia, South Carolina a prime target for Sherman and his army?
It was the capital of the state where secession started
It was the capital of the South
It was the largest city in the South
It was the command center for the Confederate Army
Why is Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia important?
It is where the war started
It was the location of the deadliest battle during the Civil War
It is where Abraham Lincoln made a famous speech
It is where the war ended and Lee surrendered to Grant
The American Civil War is the deadliest war in American History, what was the number one killer of men?
bullets
starvation
boredom
disease
