McEwen Chapter 16 Quiz

Question 1

Southern advantages at the start of the war

Answer 1

• better generals
• defending homes
• knew the land

Question 2

Final capital of the Confederacy

Answer 2

Richmond, Virginia

Question 3

First state to secede from the Union

Answer 3

South Carolina

Question 4

Four border states

Answer 4

Maryland
Missouri
Kentucky
Delaware

Question 5

Border between Maryland and Pennsylvania

Answer 5

Mason/Dixon line

Question 6

President of the Confederacy

Answer 6

Jefferson Davis

Question 7

Location where the first shots of the Civil War were fired

Answer 7

Fort Sumter

Question 8

First major battle of the Civil War

Answer 8

First Bull Run

Question 9

Supplied cotton to England

Answer 9

Egypt

Question 10

Ships that were made of iron

Answer 10

Ironclads

Question 11

Bloodiest one-day battle of the war

Answer 11

Antietam

Question 12

Number of men killed at the Battle of Antietam

Answer 12

23,000

Question 13

Policy the south used to try to force the English to recognize the Confederacy

Answer 13

King Cotton Diplomacy

Question 14

What George McClelland had in his possession at the Battle of Antietam

Answer 14

Battle plans

Question 15

Confederacy renamed the Merrimac

Answer 15

Virginia

Question 16

Northern warship created by Jon Ericson

Answer 16

Monitor

Question 17

Union general was often reluctant to use his troops in battle

Answer 17

George McClelland

Question 18

President of the Union during the Civil War

Answer 18

Abraham Lincoln

Question 19

Even though he won battles, General Grant was very controversial because

Answer 19

High causality

Question 20

Shiloh means

Answer 20

Place of peace

Question 21

Commanded the Confederate Army in the east for most of the war

Answer 21

Robert E Lee

Question 22

How many ships did the Union Army have at the end of the war?

Answer 22

671

Question 23

Northern advantages at the start of the war

Answer 23

• more money
• more railroads
• larger navy