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Civil War test, Naval Science 2/3
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1
What battle led to the Emancipation Proclamation?
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Seven Days
2
What did we gain that came from the Civil War?
Canned food
Sherman Tanks
Television
Merino Wool
3
Who commanded the CSS Alabama
Franklin Buchanan
James Waddell
Raphael Semmes
Gideon Welles
4
Where did Lee surrender to Grant?
Washington, DC
Hanover, Virginia
Appomattox, Virginia
Lee never surrendered
5
What battle was considered the turning point of the war?
Antietam
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Hampton Roads
6
Why was taking New Orleans so important to the Union?
Because the main Southern Army was located there
Because it was the South's largest port
Because it was the heart of the South's Cotton production
Because the Southern Navy was based there
7
Which Navy was destroyed at the battle on the Mississippi at Memphis, except for which ship?
Confederate, CSS Virginia
Union, CSS Hartford
Confederate, CSS Arkansas
Union, CSS Virgina
8
What ships battled just off the city of Cherbourg, France?
Monitor and Virgina
David and Hunley
Alabama and Kearsarge
Tennessee and Hartford
9
How did the Confederacy think they would win the Civil War?
Not being dependent on food importation.
The use of their industrial factories.
Support from border states.
Due to stable politics in the North.
10
What was the first true submarine deployed, sinking the USS Housatonic?
CSS Hunley
CSS David
CSS Shenandoah
CSS Alabama
11
Which river was valuable to both sides in the Civil War?
Cape Fear River
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Tennessee River
12
What did Jefferson Davis think would result from a Union blockade of Southern ports?
More states would secede
Australia would recognize the Confederacy
Lincoln would be impeached
Blockade runners would be attracted to the Southern cause
13
Who was the major designer for the Union's USS Monitor?
John Worden
Stephan Mallory
Gideon Welles
John Ericsson
14
What led to the surrender of New Orleans?
New Orleans held out for the entire war
Prolonged bombardment by Union warships
A land campaign by General Grant
Fell without a fight to Union warships
15
The Battle of Hampton Roads was a major _______________________ battle?
naval
political
aerial
army
16
Before the first shots of the war were fired, Confederate militia took all these Forts EXCEPT?
None of these forts
Fort Taylor
Fort Sumter
Fort Pickens
17
In April 1861, how many ships did the US Navy possess to support a blockade of Southern ports?
25
3
0
52
18
Name the garrison commander of Fort Sumter in 1861 that didn't surrender to the Confederates starting the Civil War?
Pierre Beauregard
Robert Anderson
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
19
The Confederate Navy would be done after the battle of ___________ and the surrender of what ship?
Fort Sumter, CSS Virginia
Charleston, USS Lavender
Mobile Bay, CSS Tennessee
Fort Fisher, USS Housatonic
20
In 1862, the first Union ironclad gunboats saw their first action in what river valleys?
Tennessee and Mississippi River Valleys
Ohio and Kentucky River Valleys
Potomac and Hudson River Valleys
Potomac and Pawnee River Valleys
21
What major political difference caused the secession of Southern states from the Union in 1860?
New states not being admitted into the Union as slave states
The Democrats lost the election
President Lincoln wore a top hat
The South didn't gain a majority of the total votes in 1860
22
In what resource did the Union NOT have a three to one advantage over the Confederacy?
Farm Acreage
Factories
Iron Production
Wealth
23
What was the name of the first ship fitted out as a hospital ship?
SS Red Rover
USNS Comfort
USS Constitution
USS Mercy
24
What was the name of the British steamer stopped on the high seas to remove Confederate agents?
USS Essex
RMS Trent
USS Monitor
CSS Alabama
25
Which battle was bloodiest of the Civil war?
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Fort Fisher
Antietam
26
Made it possible for a new territory to have slavery based on the decision of its residents?
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Act of Secession
Vinson Trammell Act
27
When did slavery become illegal?
1861
1821
1774
1820
28
What fort guarded the entrance to Wilmington Harbor?
Fort Fisher
Fort Jackson
Fort Sumter
Fort Pickens
29
What commander said, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" leading Union ships at Mobile Bay?
Franklin Buchanan
David Farragut
Andrew Foote
David Dixon Porter
30
Who led the Confederate forces?
Grant
Welles
Lee
Jackson
31
In 1865, what amendment did Congress add to the Constitution ending slavery in the US?
13th
14th
2nd
12th
32
What is a cannon very short in proportion to its bore called?
Artillary
Mortar
Bazooka
Missile
33
Who led the joint army-navy effort to drive along the Tennessee River?
David Farragut
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
David Porter
34
What was the most successful Confederate commerce raider?
CSS Florida
CSS Virginia
CSS Alabama
CSS Shenandoah
35
What was the significance of the battle of Vicksburg?
It was not significant
It led to the surrender of New Orleans
It led to the surrender of Texas
It cut the Confederacy in two ending support from the west
36
What ironclads fought in the battle of Hampton Roads?
HMS Guerriere and USS Constitution
CSS Tennessee and USS Carondolet
CSS Alabama and USS Kearsarge
CSS Virginia and USS Monitor
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Who led the Union forces?
Welles
Jackson
Lee
Grant
38
What was a major significance of the battle of Hampton Roads?
It was the first time Ironclads fought in combat
It was Admiral Farragut's first battle of the war
Hampton Roads became a base for the Union
President Lincoln was present for the battle
39
What economic problem loomed over the United States after the Civil War?
Procuring funds to rebuild the nation, mainly the South
Repaying foreign loans for ship building
Providing other nations with food supplies
Providing funds to foreign nations
40
What fort on the Tennessee River was taken by Union ships, led by Commodore Foote, surrendering before the army arrived?
Fort Jackson
Fort Henry
Fort Donelson
Fort Sumter
41
What did “Damn the torpedoes” mean when said by Admiral Farragut?
He wanted to open fire on the Confederate ships.
He was unsure of what to do, therefore he had to hesitate.
Damned if I know?
Continue with the planned course of action.
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Stipulated a balance between slave & free states had to be maintained as they enter the Union?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Act of Secession
Missouri Compromise
Vinson Trammell Act