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1
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what was the purpose of the iron plates and iron armor used on vessels during the Civil War?

A

To protect the vessels from iron shot

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vessels equipped with iron plates were referred to as what?

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ironclad vessels

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what was the name of the CSS Virginia before it was raised and rebuilt by the Confederates?

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USS Merrimack

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What did President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation ensure?

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France and England would not enter the Civil War on the side of the South because it would label them as a supporter of a slave nation

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How did the Confederate raider CSS Shenandoah enjoy great success against Northern shipping?

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  • The raider wreaked havoc among Union whaling ships in the Aleutian Islands near Alaska
  • It almost destroyed the whaling industry
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What was the name of the first and only submersible vessel used in the Civil War?

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H.L. Hunley

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7
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Name the states that joined the Confederacy after the fall of Fort Sumter.

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Arkansas
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia

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What one thing besides concern for overseas trade haunted American life and commerce in the late 1840s?

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slavery

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9
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Who was Lincoln’s secretary of the Navy?

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Gideon Welles

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10
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TRUE or FALSE. During the Civil War, the South had superiority over the North in heavy industry

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FALSE

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What battle in July 1861 ended in a Northern defeat just a few miles from Washington, D.C.?

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The First Battle of Bull Run

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What was one key lesson the Navy learned in its successful amphibious actions against the South?

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That even the finest forts ashore were vulnerable to accurate naval gunfire

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13
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What was the South’s largest and most important port city during the Civil War?

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New Orleans

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14
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Who was the H.L. Hunley’s commanding officer?

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Lieutenant George Dixon

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15
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TRUE or FALSE. Fort Fisher was the key to Confederate defenses at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.

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TRUE

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16
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TRUE or FALSE. From the beginning of the war, Secretary Welles and the North looked upon Charleston as the hotbed of secession.

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TRUE

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17
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What had become the mainstay of the South’s agricultural economy (rice, tobacco, indigo, and cotton) during the 1800s?

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slavery

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18
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What amendment to the Constitution in 1865 was passed by Congress that finally ended slavery in the United States?

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The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution

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19
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TRUE or FALSE. The entire Confederate river navy was destroyed on the Mississippi River except for the unfinished ironclad ram Arkansas.

A

TRUE

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20
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TRUE or FALSE. The Confederacy had a powerful Navy when the Civil War began.

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FALSE

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21
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What was the name of the river that fell under Union Navy control in 1863?

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The Mississippi River

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22
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TRUE or FALSE. The Southern leadership had control of its economic demands of modern war and was able to foresee its battlefield needs.

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FALSE

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23
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What brigadier general led a joint force(Feb. 1862) of Navy gunboats and Union Army volunteers in capturing Fort Henry in north-central Tennessee?

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Ulysses S. Grant

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24
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What Union hero of the war made a move on the key city of New Orleans while Grant was making a name for himself by winning the important central Mississippi Valley?

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David Farragut

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25
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who commanded the Army of the Potomac?

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General Grant

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26
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who commanded the Western Army and marched on Atlanta?

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General Sherman

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27
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besiege

A

the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible

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28
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What were the design flaws with the Tennessee

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  • Buchanan’s fleet
  • had 4 ships
  • only had 16 guns
    *on the other hand, Farragut’s fleet had 18 ships and 159 guns.
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29
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USS Tecumseh

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struck a Confederate mine and sank with her crew of 100

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30
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USS Brooklyn

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stopped in the middle of the channel nearly causing a Union disaster

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31
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USS Hartford

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  • David Farragurt surveyed the scene from the rigging, and taking a calculated risk, shouted the famous words “Damn the torpedoes!”
  • And “Four bells, Captain Drayton, go ahead! Joust, full speed!”
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32
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calculated risk

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a chance of failure, the probability of which is estimated before some action is undertaken

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33
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confederate mines

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defective mines(torpedoes) allowed the Union fleet to proceed without another detonation

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34
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CSS Selma

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  • was captured
  • Gaines was sunk
  • Morgan escaped to the city
  • Tennessee retired under the gins of Fort Morgan
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35
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Who wanted to sink the Hartford?

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Admiral Buchanan

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36
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When Admiral Buchanan was wounded, what did he order the captain of the Tennessee to do?

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surrender

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37
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why did the Tennessee had to surrender?

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  • Admiral Buchanan was wounded
  • Its gun ports were jammed
  • Gun deck was full of suffocating heat/smoke
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38
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What was the end of the Confederate Navy?

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loss of Mobile Bay

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39
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shock troops

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troops especially selected, trained, and equipped for engaging in assault

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40
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Sherman’s march to the sea

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Sherman’s 60,000 shock troops made a path of destruction 60 miles wide to Savannah

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41
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What place was the only port still open to Confederate blockade runners?

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Wilmington, NC

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42
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What place was the key to Confederate defenses at Cape Fear?

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Fort Fisher, NC

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43
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parapet

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a defensive wall of elevation, as of earth or stone, in a fortification

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44
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Who surrendered after the northern parapets were breached?

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the Confederate forces

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45
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amphibious attack on fort fisher

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the fort fisher expedition was the only large-scale joint amphibious attack against a strongly fortified position during the war

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46
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Union Navy at Fort Fisher

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  • Navy’s last significant action in the Civil war
  • Union Navy had accomplished every job it had been assigned
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47
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What did President Lincoln release after the victory at Fort Fisher?

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Navy had nothing left for their ships to do

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48
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What generals was the final battle against?

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Lee vs. Grant

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49
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General Grants plan on the Final Battle

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  • Could now outflank Lee’s forces
  • His forces relentlessly attacked Lee’s forces, and the Union suffered tremendous loss
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50
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General Lee’s plans for the Final Battle

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  • Made his final attack on 25 March 1865
  • With heavy losses, he was forced to abandon Petersburg
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51
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Who surrenders o who in the parlor of Wilmer McLean’s home on 9 April 1865 for the last battle?

A

Lee surrendered to Grant

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52
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Who raised the Union flag on 14 April over Fort Sumter?

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Major General Robert Anderson

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53
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Who was captured on 10 May 1865

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Jefferson Davis

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54
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In 1865, who ceased to exist while who was preserved

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Confederacy; Union

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55
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Why was the war precipitates changed?

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  • Oil was discovered
  • Canning was developed
  • Innovative weapons of war employed
  • Medical care and other innovations were improved
  • Cameras were used to record the battles
  • Railroads and telegraph became indispensable communication links
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56
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Who was the superintendent of nurses for the Union Army?

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Dorothea Dix

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57
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what did Dorothea Dix do?

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  • Recruited men and women to perform nursing duties
  • founder of the red cross
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58
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TRUE or FALSE. When the war precipitates changed, the Navy grew to over 600 ships.

A

TRUE

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59
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Who’s overall grand strategy won the war?

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Lincoln’s and Grant’s

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60
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tactician

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a person is adept in planning tactics

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interior lines of communication

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a means of sending private or hidden messages, orders, etc., within an organization
EX.
a Civil War general/admiral sending orders to battlefield commanders

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62
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movement by what was faster than land?

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movement by sea

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63
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what strategic lessons have been studied since the Civil War?

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Geopolitical and strategic lessons about land vs. sea power

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64
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who was elected president in 1860?

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Abraham Lincoln

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65
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Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

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Jefferson Davis

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66
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Who set up the blockades, the South or the North?

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North

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67
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Name the first state to declare itself independent from the Union

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South Carolina

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68
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Where did the Civil War begin?

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Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC

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69
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Name the first states to break away from the Union.

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South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas

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70
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What two countries were considering recognizing the South or taking sides with the South?

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England and France

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71
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Who was General Robert E. Lee?

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The leader of the Confederate army

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72
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What was the turning point of the war?

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The North’s victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg on the same day

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73
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Who was the most famous and successful of the Confederate cruiser skippers?

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Captain Semmes

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74
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Who was the Ulysses Grant?

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The leader of the Union army

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75
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Why did the Union Navy set up blockades?

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To cut off the South’s ability to import and export goods

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76
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation promise?

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Freedom to all slaves within the territories still in rebellion on 1 January 1863

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77
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Who called for privateers at the beginning of the war?

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Jefferson Davis

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78
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To whom did General Lee surrender?

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General Grant

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79
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Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?

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In the parlor of Wilmer McLean’s home, Appomattox Court House, VA

80
Q

In what year did the Civil War begin?

A

1861

81
Q

Was slavery a major political issue for new states joining the Union?

A

Yes

82
Q

By the 1840s,, the North had developed what type of economy?

A

An industrial economy based on water power and coal for energy

83
Q

What types of crops was the South’s agricultural economy based on?

A

Tobacco
Rice
Cotton
Indigo plants

84
Q

Who was appointed Ironclad Board of Officers?

A

Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles

85
Q

Who was awarded contract to build first Union ironclad steamship?

A

John Ericsson

86
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Ericsson incorporated 40 new patents in the design of what ship?

A

Monitor

87
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Monitor

A

Steam-propelled, armored warship of very low freeboard, having one or more turrets and used for coastal defense

The first of such warships was used against the Confederate ironclad warship Virginia at Hampton Roads, VA, in 1862

88
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turret

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a domelike, sometimes heavily armored structure, usually revolving horizontally, within which guns are mounted, as on a fortification, ship, or aircraft

89
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Who was the commanding officer of the USS Monitor(commissioned 25 Feb 1862)

A

LT John L. Worden

90
Q

The Unions plan was to land at Fort Monroe and what?

A

threaten Richmond

91
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Who led the attack on Richmond?

A

General George McClellan

92
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Name the Union Blockade Ships

A

USS Congress
USS Cumberland

93
Q

Who relieved Commander Buchanan when he was struck by a Mini ball?

A

LT Catesby Jones

94
Q

What ship was run aground and too far into the shoal waters to accurately be fired upon?

A

USS Minnesota

95
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What ship took the position near the USS Minnesota to protect her from the USS Virginia?

A

USS Monitor

96
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TRUE or FALSE. The USS Monitor was more maneuverable, but her guns could not penetrate the USS Virginia’s armor.

A

TRUE

97
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Who took command of the Monitor when LT Worden was injured?

A

LT Samuel Greene

98
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TRUE or FALSE. The battle between the two vessels was indecisive. Within a year, the USS Virginia was blown ip to prevent capture, and the Monitor sank in a storm off the Carolina Capes.

A

TRUE

99
Q

When was the wreck of the USS Monitor discovered

A

1973
Some parts have even been recovered(engine and turret)

100
Q

Who was the commander o the Confederate Army of Virginia?

A

General Robert E. Lee

101
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Seven Day’s Battle

A
  • Lee pushed McClellan back from Richmond
  • McClellan’s army was forced to withdraw to defend Washington
  • Lee hoped to gain Maryland as the Confederate State and move into Pennsylvania
102
Q

What did Lee want to gain during the Seven’s Day Battle?

A

Diplomatic recognition
Military aid form the European countries

103
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diplomatic recognition

A

the formal acknowledgement conveying approval or sanction of one nation by another nation

104
Q

What battle was the bloodiest one dat action of the entire war?

A

Battle of Antietam Creek

105
Q

In the battle of Antietam Creek, who withdrew from Maryland to Virginia?

A

General Lee

106
Q

Who announced the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on 22 September 1862?

A

President Lincoln

107
Q

emancipation proclamation

A

promised freedom to all slaves within the territories still in rebellion on 1 January 1863

108
Q

Many liberated slaves joined what forces?

A

Union forces

109
Q

Thirteenth amendment

A
  • Passed by Congress in 1865
  • Ended slavery in the United States
110
Q

What contributed to the failure of the Union to take Vicksburg in 1862?

A
  • Water depth
  • Lack of Army/Navy coordination
111
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What people worked out a scheme to put a pincers movement against Vicksburg?

A

Rear Admiral David Porter worked out a scheme with General Ulysses Grant and General William Sherman

112
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pincers movement

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a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement

113
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After how many failed attempts by the Union to take Vicksburg, did who settle in for a siege of the city?

A

after 3 failed attempts
Grant settled

114
Q

How many days and nights did Porter’s mortar boats rain destruction on Vicksburg?

A

40 days and nights

115
Q

What happened on 4 July 1863

A

31,000 Confederate troops surrendered

116
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mortar

A

a cannon very short in proportion to its bore, for firing shells at high angles

117
Q

When Port Hudson surrendered, what river went under Union control?

A

Mississippi River

118
Q

Robert E. Lee took on the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville and what happened?

A
  • He won
    *But, lost his officer Stonewall Jackson who was killed by one of his own men
119
Q

What battle was the bloodiest and most decisive battle of the war?

A

Battle of Gettysburg

120
Q

TRUE or FALSE. Confederate and Union forces were not probing for weaknesses in each other’s lines

A

FALSE
(they were)

121
Q

What happened after a 2-hour artillery barrage?

A
  • General George Pickett led a 15,000-strong Confederate charge at Cemetery Ridge
    *Some managed to reach the Union lines but were killed or thrown back
122
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artillery barrage

A

a heavy barrier of artillery (cannon) fire to protect one’s own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops

123
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What happened after General Pickett’s failed charge at Cemetery Ridge?

A

General Lee was forced to begin his retreat back to Virginia, leaving over 20,000 casualties on the fields of Gettysburg

124
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Fort Sumter purpose

A

main ship channel to Charleston went directly past Fort Sumter

125
Q

What are the 2 names of the Confederate engineers who designed Fort Sumter’s defenses?

A

General Beauregard
General Ripley

126
Q

Fort Sumter used many what in order to fortify its integrity against the enemy?

A

gabions

127
Q

gabion

A

cylinder of wickerwork filled with earth, used as a military defense

128
Q

TRUE or FALSE. Many of the surrounding waters of Fort Sumter were mined.

A

TRUE

129
Q

What did Pickett fences help do?

A
  • Helped protect the walls
  • Helped protect the walls of Fort Sumter from the enemy scaling the walls
    *hard to climb or penetrate
130
Q

foray

A

a quick, sudden attack

131
Q

Who led a 9-ironclad Union attack?

A

Admiral Samuel Dupont

132
Q

What ship was sunk after being struck over 90 times by Confederate shells?

A

USS Keokok

133
Q

Who’s attack was ineffective on Fort Sumter and what happened?

A

Admiral Samuel Dupont and he was relieved of command

134
Q

Charleston Falls

A
  • Admiral John Dahlgren and General Gillmore placed Charleston under siege and forced its surrender
  • Turned their guns on Fort Sumter and reduced it to rubble
  • Confederates refused to surrender
    *Subsequent naval and amphibious assults also failed
135
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What were Davids designed to do?

A

TO ram Union vessels with a spar armed with a charge of gunpowder.
The explosive was then detonated by yanking a long cord

136
Q

detonate

A

to cause (something explosive) to explode
to explode with suddenness and violence

137
Q

What ship was badly damaged by a David?

A

New Ironsides

138
Q

What was the world’s first submarine warship?

A

H.L. Hunley

139
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What was the H.L. Hunley designed to do?

A
  • pull a torpedo into the side of a ship
    *was powered by 8 or 9 men turning a crankshaft
140
Q

After 4 crews drowned in sea trials, who prohibited H.L. Hunley from being submerged again?

A

General Beauregard

141
Q

What was the Hunley redesigned to do?

A

to operate more like a David, attacking with a spar torpedo

142
Q

What happened when the HUnley attacked the USS Housatonic?

A
  • charge exploded before the Hunley could get away
  • The Housatonic sank in less than 5 minutes
  • The Hunley and her 5th crew were lost
143
Q

Declaration of Paris of 1856

A

Major European countries, except Spain, declared privateering illegal

144
Q

Effects of blockade running

A

before: $6.50/ton for salt
after: $1,700/ton for salt

Besides, the odds of a blockade runner begin captured were only 1 in 4

145
Q

Confederate commerce raiding by cruisers such as the CSS Alabama

A
  • Mostly foreign built with foreign crews and Southern officers
  • Caused the decline of the Northern merchant marine
146
Q

amuck

A

to rush about in a murderous frenzy
to rush about wildly; lose self-control

147
Q

CSS Chickamauga (cruisers) purpose

A
  • weaken the blockade
  • keep over 100 union ships busy
148
Q

What ship was the most famous and successful of the Confederate cruiser skippers?

A

CSS Chickamauga

149
Q

CSS Sumter

A
  • Captured 17 Union ships before being cornered in Gibraltar
150
Q

Who sold CSS Sumter and made his was to England?

A

Captain Raphael Semmes

151
Q

CSS Alabama

A
  • Sailed to Portugal to pick up armament
  • Crewed by Engulf and Irish volunteers
  • Raised the Confederate ensign
  • Sank 20 ships in the North Atlantic
  • Cruised the world’s oceans for 18 months sinking Union vessels
152
Q

Where was CSS Alabama’s last battle?

A

Cherbourg, France

153
Q

USS Kearsarge

A
  • French refused Semmes docking rights when the Kearsarge arrived off Cherbourg, France
  • Semmes challenged Winslow to a single-ship duel
154
Q

Deerhound ship

A
  • Observed the action
    Kearsarge was a faster vessel with better ammunition
  • Alabama began to sink
  • Semmes tried to back his ship
  • Deerhound picked up survivors and took them to England
155
Q

CSS Shenandoah effect on whaling

A
  • Wreaked havoc on Union whaling ships in the Aleutians
    *All but destroyed the American whaling industry
156
Q

what was the focus of maritime interests in the 1840s?

A

overseas trade and immigration

157
Q

TRUE or FALSE. Slavery was the prime importance to the average American of the early 1800s.

A

FALSE
(slavery was NOT the prime importance)

158
Q

slave trade has been illegal since when?

A

1820

159
Q

what did the Southern economy vs. Northern economy depended on?

A

Southern: slavery to be profitable
Northern based on commerce & industry

160
Q

what was a moral and commercial issue?

A

slavery

161
Q

what was the Missouri compromise of 1820?

A

it stipulated that a balance between slave and free states had to be maintained as new states entered the Union

162
Q

When did the Missouri Compromise end?

A
  • Until the Kansas-Nebraska Act
    *This act eliminated the compromise and made it possible for slavery to be introduced into new territory based on the decision of the residents
163
Q

When did the threat to stop slavery intensify?

A

In 1859 when John Brown raided the Federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia and called for a general insurrection of Southern slaves

164
Q

Election of 1860

A
  • Lincoln won
    *with 40% of popular vote
    *NO Southern electoral votes
165
Q

In December 1860, which state secedes?

A

South Carolina

166
Q

secede

A

to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union

167
Q

What did Southern officers have to choose between?

A

Loyalty to their country
Or
Ties to their homes

168
Q

Where did the civil war start?

A

Fort Sumter

169
Q

What were North advantages?

A
  • Heavy industry
  • Railroad system
  • $331 million in exports
170
Q

What were South disadvantages?

A
  • No foundries or metal works
  • transportation system
  • only $31 million in exports
171
Q

the south was dependent on what?

A

importation of food

172
Q

Why was the Confederacy near starvation by war’s end?

A

b/c of the Union blockade

173
Q

blockade

A

the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile troops to prevent entrance or exit

174
Q

South’s Emotions and wishful thinking

A
  • major war not expected
  • north would quickly tire of casualties and losses
  • unstable politics in the north
  • borders states’ sympathies
175
Q

king cotton

A

south had no idea about the economic demands of a modern war
*believed that once Northern blockade cut off king cotton, it would force these countries to help the southern cause from economic reasons

176
Q

strengths of the south

A
  • officer corps
  • vast territoy
  • loyalty to cause
177
Q

Davis’ miscaluclations

A
  • British and French observed blockade
  • europeans had huge inventories of cotton
  • south needed crash reserves
178
Q

Blockade expansion by end of 1862

A
  • blockade depended upon coal and other supplies
  • union established bases in Confederate territory
179
Q

who was responsible for improved naval ordnance?

A

Commander John Dahlgren

180
Q

Where was Lt General Thomas Jackson given the nickname “stonewall”?

A

First Battle of Bull Run

181
Q

What did the Northern effect at Bull Run result in?

A
  • Lincoln extending enlistments from 3 months to 3 years
  • Northern army digging in around capital
182
Q

Trent Affair

A

Confederate President Davis appointed John Slidell and James Mason as diplomatic agents in October 1861 with power to enter into conventions for treats with England and France

After arriving in Havana, Cuba, they boarded a British steamship, the Trent
Mason was headed for England and Slidell for France

183
Q

Who were the 2 southern ambassadors sent to Europe by Jefferson Davis?

A

John Slidell
James Mason

184
Q

What captain and ship intercepted the Trent and removed Slidell and Mason by force?(a violation of international law)

A

Captain Charles Wilkes on the San Jacinto

185
Q

What were the first U.S. ironclads?

A

Union River Gunboats

186
Q

USS Carondelet

A

Ran the Confederate batteries and destroyed the guns on the Tennessee side

187
Q

How did New Orleans’ loss impact the south?

A
  • The Confederacy was not recognized by the British and the French
  • The Confederacy had little chance to survive after the loss of a major port
  • Union naval forces & armies converged from the North and South on Vicksburg, Mississippi, the major remaining Confederate fortress on the river
188
Q

The entire Confederate Navy(except one) was destroyed on what river?

A

Mississippi River at Memphis
CSS Arkansas was the only one not

189
Q

bombardment

A

to attack or batter with artillery fire

190
Q

Who’s fleet patrolled, transported troops, protected the Unions Army’s flanks, and prevented Confederate relief of the city of Vicksburg?

A

David Farragut’s fleet

191
Q

What did Stephen Mallory believe?

A

the Merrimack would drive Union blockaders from the mouth of the Chesapeake

192
Q

who as the confederate secretary of the Navy?

A

Stephen Mallory

193
Q

CSS Virginia (ex-Merrimack)

A
  • Speed of 4 knots
  • Drew too much water
  • Danger to wooden vessels
    *deck overlaid with iron plates
  • iron ram
  • had guns, rifles, and pivot guns
194
Q

who was the first superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy?

A

Commander Franklin Buchanan

195
Q

Who was Commander Franklin Buchanan

A
  • Commanded the CSS Virginia
  • Received Confederate Commission
  • Resigned his U.S. navy commission
196
Q

what ship was ready to fight in March 1862?

A

CSS Virginia

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