Chapter 16 Review

Pick one1. Which side fired first at Fort Sumter to begin the Civil War - (Union or Confederacy)?

Confederacy

2. Who was president of the Confederacy (Stonewall Jackson or Jefferson Davis)?

Jefferson Davis

3. “Cotton Diplomacy” included the idea that (Great Britain or France) would side with the Confederacy.

Great Britain

4. Who suggested a naval blockade of the south (Winfield Scott or Ulysses S. Grant)?

Winfield Scott

5. A problem with soldiers on both sides is that (they were inexperienced or lacked good weapons).

They were inexperienced

6. The First Battle of Bull Run is also known as the Battle of (Manassas or Shiloh).

Manassas

7. Hopes for a short war were shattered with a (Union or Confederate) victory at Bull Run.

Confederate

8. The Second Battle of Bull Run (gave the Union a victory or sent Union troops home in defeat).

Sent Union troops home in defeat

9. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War took place at (Antietam or Shiloh).

Antietam

10. Thousands of miles of coastline to patrol made it difficult for the Union to maintain a (blockade or siege).

blockade

11. Thick metal plating was one of the features of an (ironclad or ironworks).

Ironclad

12. The main goal of the Union army in the West was to gain control of the (Ohio or Mississippi) River.

Mississippi

13. Which city suffered through a siege – (Vicksburg or Shiloh)?

Vicksburg

14. Control of the Upper Mississippi Valley was gained by the (Battle of Vicksburg or Battle of Shiloh).

Battle of Shiloh

15. If it would help win the war, Lincoln was willing to (abolish slavery or arrest slaveholders).

Abolish slavery

16. Ending slavery in the Confederacy was accomplished by the (Articles of Emancipation or Emancipation Proclamation).

Emancipation Proclamation

17. An African American battle unit was found in the (29th Connecticut Cavalry or 54th Massachusetts Infantry).

54th Massachusetts Infantry

18. Lincoln silenced many of his enemies by (jailing them without trial or putting them in prison camps).

Jailing them without trial

19. During the Civil War, many women served as (soldiers or nurses).

Nurses

20. Lincoln reminded Americans of the reasons for fighting the Civil War by speaking at (Antietam or Gettysburg).

Gettysburg

21. The last battle of the War that was fought on Union soil happened in (Gettysburg or Vicksburg).

Gettysburg

22. A strategy of “total war” was used by (George McClellan or William Sherman).

William Sherman

23. Union border states included the state of (Kentucky or Pennsylvania).

Kentucky

24. After the war, the South suffered most from (loss of homes and jobs or loss of railroads and ships).

Loss of homes and jobs

25. The end of the Civil War came at (Appomattox Court House or Bull Run Court House).

Appomattox Court House

The End!