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What were the economies of the North and the South based on at the start of the Civil War?
The North was industrial, the South was agricultural.
The North was agricultural, the South was industrial.
The North was sea commerce, the South was agricultural.
The North was industrial, the South was on sea commerce.
Both the North and South were based on agricultural economies, but the South more so.
What political development caused the Southern states to secede from the Union?
The election of the Republican candidate to the White House in 1860.
The election of the Democratic candidate to the White House in 1860.
The attack on Fort Sumter.
The admission of Texas into the Union, upsetting the Slave / Anti-Slave State balance.
The assassination of President Lincoln.
Where was the first significant military action between Northern and Southern forces at the start of the Civil War?
The siege and capture of Fort Sumter.
The siege and capture of Fort Pickens.
The first battle of Bull Run.
The siege and capture of Fort Taylor.
The battle of Mobile Bay.
At the start of the war, why did many in the South think they would be able to establish the Confederacy as an independent nation?
Because it wasn't believed the North could fight as one Unit, and Southern Generalship was of high caliber.
Because the North didn't seem interested in keeping the Southern states.
Because the South was self-sufficient for food while the North was not.
Because the South could field a much larger Army than the North.
Because the lack of Northern industry meant they couldn't equip an army.
What did Jefferson Davis believe would happen if the North tried to blockade Southern ports?
That it would draw British and French support and recognition for the South.
That the Southern Navy would fight through the blockades.
That the Northern Navy would be spread too thin to be effective.
That the Southern Forts would destroy the Northern Navy.
That the Southern navy would be free to sink unprotected Northern merchant shipping.
At the start of the Civil War, how many ships did the U.S. navy have in home waters to support a blockade of Southern ports?
3
189
264
100
84
How did the Union Navy provide coal for ships on blockade stations off of the Southern coast?
By capturing and holding coaling bases through the use of Amphibious Landings.
By developing underway replenishment techniques.
By hiring coaling ships from foreign nations.
By mining coal from the sea floor off of the Southern coast.
They did not need coal because they had sails and wind power.
What was the Trent affair?
When a U.S. sloop stopped and boarded a British transport on the High Seas, causing an international incident.
When a U.S. sloop of war engaged and sank the British transport, HMS Trent.
When the HMS Trent, a British transport, successfully ran the Union blockade.
When the USS Trent sank a British warship carrying southern Ambassadors.
When the Southern spy, Nicolas Trent, was captured by a Union Sloop while trying to run the Union blockade.
How was the Trent affair settled?
The U.S. released the Southern Ambassadors it had taken to British representatives.
Britain declared war on the United States.
The South paid a tribute to the North and the prisoners were released.
The U.S. Navy returned the Trent to British custody.
Through diplomacy, England released the U.S. warship that had fired on the Trent.
Why was the capture of New Orleans so important to the North?
Because it was the South's largest port.
Because it was where the main Southern Army was located.
Because the Southern Navy was based here.
Because it was the heart of the South's food production area.
Because it would act as a beachhead for a Northern invasion of the South from behind.
What did the Confederate Secretary of the Navy believe was the best way of driving the Union blockaders from the mouth of the Chesapeake and reopening Norfolk as a cotton port?
The Southern Ironclad CSS Virginia.
The Southern Ironclad CSS Monitor.
The new Southern Steamship CSS Congress.
New and improved-range coastal guns in secret emplacements along the coast.
The use of the first submarine, the CSS Hunley.
What was the great significance of the battle between the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia?
It was the first time Ironclad ships fought in combat.
It was the first naval victory for the Southern Navy.
It ended all further attempts by the South to run the Union blockade.
It marked the first use of rifled guns by naval warships.
It meant that Union forces could land unopposed and capture Richmond.
What was the great significance of the Union victory at Vicksburg?
It gave the Union control of the Mississippi river, cutting the South in half.
It was the largest Southern city to fall to the Union forces.
It gave the agricultural heartland of the South to the Northern forces.
The entire Southern Congress was captured.
It showed that an inland military victory could be accomplished by naval forces alone.
What great battle was the turning point of the war in the East?
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Hampton Roads
Antietam
What was the name give to old gunboats, covered with iron plating and with a charge of gunpowder attached to the end of a long spar protruding from the bow?
Davids
Hunleys
Ironclads
Torpedoes
Mines
What was the name of the Union ship sunk by the southern submarine CSS Hunley?
The USS Housatonic
The USS Constitution
The USS Constellation
The USS Monitor
The USS Minnesota
Why was the Confederate effort with privateers unsuccessful?
The Declaration of Paris of 1856 had declared privateering illegal and was followed by most of the nations of Europe.
Because there wasn't enough Northern shipping to attack.
Because the Northern Navy protected its shipping with strong Naval forces.
Privateers were successful and had a major impact on the war
Because Jefferson Davis refused to support the use of privateers.
What was the principal effect of the Confederate cruisers?
To draw away Union ships from Southern blockade duty.
Ultimately, the defeat of the Union Navy.
To draw the European powers into the war on the side of the South.
The total destruction of Northern Merchant Marine ships.
Significant damage to the Northern economy.
Which Southern cruiser was the most successful?
The CSS Alabama
The CSS Virginia
The CSS Hunley
The CSS Sumter
CSS Shenandoah
What was the result of commerce raiding by the cruiser CSS Shenandoah?
She all but destroyed the American whaling industry.
The breaking of the Union blockade at Charleston in August, 1864.
The collapse of more than 600 Northern shipping companies.
The Northern Navy forming the 6th Fleet to find and destroy her.
The CSS Shenandoah was ineffective and had only a few minor victories.
What sunk the Union ironclad Tecumseh during the battle of Mobile?
Southern Torpedoes (mines)
Gunfire from Southern forts
The CSS Hunley
Southern Ironclads
The CSS Shenandoah
Why did Admiral Farragut believe he could successfully run the minefield at the battle of Mobile Bay?
Because he believed that the mines would be ineffective due to the length of time they had been in the water.
Because he had sent in SEALs to deactivate the mines the night before.
Because he knew the location of the minefield and could avoid it.
Because Union spies had cleared the minefield during the night.
Because he believed his Ironclad ships could withstand the impact of the mines.
What was the importance of Fort Fisher at Wilmington, North Carolina?
Fort Fisher was the key to Confederate defenses at the mouth of the Cape Fear River and Wilmington, the last Southern port supporting the Southern Army.
It was the Headquarters of General Lee's Southern Army.
It was the Southern Navy's major stronghold in the East.
It contained the South's primary supply of gold used to finance the war.
It was needed as a coaling base for the blockade of Wilmington.
What was the thing that caused the greatest loss of warships for the Union Navy during the war?
Mines
Costal gun batteries
Southern Ironclads
Davids
Southern cruisers
What was the name of the first Hospital ship?
The USS Red Rover
The USS Mercy
The USS Hope
The CSS Mercy
The CSS Comfort
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Raphael Semmes
Which was the first of the southern states to declare itself independent fro the Union?
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Texas
Georgia
Who was the leader of the main Confederate Army for most of the war?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Raphael Semmes
Stonewall Jackson
Jefferson Davis
Who was the most famous and successful of the Confederate cruiser skippers?
Captain Semmes
Captain Grant
Captain Farragut
Captain Welles
Captain Hunley
What was the name of the CSS Virginia before it was raised and rebuilt by the Confederates?
The USS Merrimack
The CSS Shenandoah
The USS Red Rover
The USS Housatonic
The CSS Hunley
Who was President Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy?
Gideon Welles
Ulysses S. Grant
Raphael Semmes
David Farragut
Gordon Hunley
Name the first and only submersible vessel used in the Civil War.
The CSS Hunley
The USS Monitor
The CSS Virginia
The CSS Shenandoah
The CSS Alabama
What was one of the key lessons learned by the U.S. Navy in its amphibious actions against the South?
That forts were vulnerable to accurate naval gunfire.
That Naval gunfire had little effect on forts.
That sneak attacks and landings were better than naval bombardments.
That U.S. Marines and Sailors were not useful in assaults on forts.
That not enough ships could be brought to bear on the forts to be effective.
Which one of the following was NOT one of the four main Southern exports during the 1800's?
Molasses
Tobacco
Indigo
Cotton
Rice
Which Union hero was responsible for the capture of New Orleans?
David Farragut
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Gideon Welles
Raphael Semmes
Which amendment to the Constitution in 1865 finally ended slavery in the United States?
13th
15th
9th
8th
4th
Who was the Commanding Officer of the CSS Hunley?
George Dixon
Raphael Semmes
David Farragut
Gideon Welles
Robert E. Lee
What was the famous achievement of the gunboat Carondelet?
It succeeded in running the Confederate batteries and destroyed the Confederate guns on the Tennessee side of the Mississippi river.
It successfully dodged the torpedoes and made it into Mobile Bay.
It forced the surrender of New Orleans.
It fought off the CSS Alabama off the Virginia coast.
It sank the Confederate Raider CSS Alabama.
Which two countries were considering recognizing the South?
England and France
France and Spain
Spain and England
Italy and Spain
England and Portugal
What was the primary purpose of the Union blockade of the South?
To cut off the South's ability to import and export goods.
To prevent the Confederate Navy from putting to sea.
To prevent the Southern Armies from making an amphibious landing in the North.
To prevent the English or French from landing reinforcements in the South.
To keep the new Southern submarines in port.
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
Appomattox
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Charleston
In what year did the Civil War begin?
1861
1865
1858
1867
1863
Which Confederate Raider attacked Union whaling ships in the Aleutian Islands?
The CSS Shenandoah
The CSS Alabama
The CSS Hunley
The CSS Carondelet
The CSS Virginia
Which river was valuable to both sides because it cut through the heartland of the South?
The Mississippi River
The Cape Fear River
The Snake River
The Columbia River
The Potomac River
What was the famous quote by Admiral Farragut at the battle of Mobile Bay?
"Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!"
"You may fire when ready, Gridley."
"I have not yet begun to fight!"
"Don't Give Up The Ship!"
"We have met the enemy, and they are ours!"
Which Fort was the key to Confederate defenses at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina?
Fort Fisher
Fort Monroe
Fort Sumter
Fort Taylor
Fort Pickens
What was the name of the U.S. Sloop which stopped the British steamship, the Trent, and took Confederate diplomats James Mason and John Slidell prisoner?
The San Jacinto
The Carondelet
The Shenandoah
The Alabama
The Hartford
What was the name of the Confederate commander of the CSS Virginia who had been the first superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy?
Franklin Buchanan
Raphael Semmes
John Worden
Gideon Welles
David Farragut
Who was the man responsible for the improvement of Union naval ordnance?
John Dahlgren
James Mason
John Slidell
Charles Wilkes
Gideon Welles
Why did Southern President Jefferson Davis declare an embargo on cotton at the start of the war?
To drive up the price for later sale to blockade runners.
To make more money selling it to the Union Forces.
To hurt the British and French economies.
To ensure that the Southern Armies had enough for uniforms.
Davis did not place an embargo on cotton at the start of the war.