Civil War Part I Quiz

T/F: Wilmer McClane was able to escape the Civil War when he moved from Manassas to Appomatox.

First Bull Run was unique because it was the only battle that people naively saw as _________.

New Orleans was an important Southern city because it was the largest and ________.

The Union major who was trapped in Fort Sumter with orders to hold was ______.

Antietam, in __, was the bloodiest day in American history and was the first Southern invasion.

This is a model of the ___, which featured a spinning gun turret and many inventions.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Confederacy and also _____.

Both Davis and Lincoln experienced ____________.

After the Battle of Hampton Roads, warships were no longer made of only ______.

The North had all of the following advantages in the Civil War except ________.

How were Maryland civilians impacted by the Battle of Antietam?

Many white Americans in the early 1860s feared that former slaves wanted ________.

The Confederacy won First Bull Run with reinforcements that arrived on horseback and via the _.

The South's strategy was known as offensive/defensive. They wanted to defend ___________.

The North wanted to exhaust Confederate resources through __________________.

Soldiers in the Civil War carried about ______ percent of their body weight.

True/False: Many people at Fort Monroe were New England antislavery sympathizers.

Lincoln suspended writs of habeas corpus during the Civil War. This means that he could ______.

The Civil War is known as a war of attrition, meaning that each side tried to ________________.

True/False: Spies intercepting plans played roles in the Battles of Manassas & Antietam.

The Confederacy hoped for recognition from the ______ because they depended on Southern cotton.

As more former slaves arrived at Fort Monroe, it became known as the _________.

Fort Sumter was located in _______ harbor.

Lee wanted to invade Maryland so that his troops could __________.

True/False: Virginia was one of the border states.

____________________ devised the North's war strategy, but Lincoln gave it teeth.

_____ was ineffective as a Civil War Commander because he was cautious and unwilling to attack.

The Emancipation Proclamation did not free slaves in the ____________.

The first clash of ironclad ships occurred at the Battle of __________________.

Contraband Camps were located in the South because _______________.

After the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, we can say Abraham Lincoln was a ____________.

Most Southern Commanders were graduates of _______________, a prestigious military academy.

General ______________________ coined the term contrabands for slaves fleeing to the Union.

After the North's victory at Antietam, the Civil War became a _____________________.

The North's offensives into the South would focus on ________________ and Tennessee/Kentucky.

In the beginning of the war, Lincoln committed himself to enforcing __________________.

Lincoln eventually decides to ______________ to deal with the Fort Sumter issue.

___________ stood tall on his horse despite enemy fire at First Bull Run. He was a Confederate.

The Confederate commander who fired on Fort Sumter and later showed up at Manassas was ____.