8.3.CE The Civil War in South Carolina

Question 1

The 54th Massachusetts unit of African American soldiers led the charge on __________.

Accepted Answer

Fort Wagner

Question 2

Union forces laid siege to ___________________and bombarded it for over a year.

Accepted Answer

Charleston

Question 3

The north’s strategy during the American Civil War was to blockade southern ports....

Accepted Answer

cut off supplies from Europe,divide the south in half

Question 4

The first major setback for the Confederate Army was the capture of _____Sound by Union troops.

Accepted Answer

Port Royal

Question 5

The south tried to defeat the blockade of the Charleston port with a submarine called the....

Accepted Answer

C.S.S. Hunley

Question 6

What was the south’s strategy during the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

fight a defensive war/trade cotton for European supplies

Question 7

Union _____marched into South Carolina after his capture of Atlanta and his march-to-the-sea.

Accepted Answer

General William T. Sherman

Question 8

Why did Sherman especially want to convince South Carolina to surrender?

Accepted Answer

It was the first state to secede from the Union.

Question 9

What slave, with his wife & children,escaped to the Union blockade on a confederate ship?

Accepted Answer

Robert Smalls

Question 10

The first shots of the war were fired at ______________.

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Questions 10