16:1/16:2 Quiz
1. Which of the following was NOT one of the slave states that remained within the Union? (a. Delaware, b. Kentucky, c. Missouri, d. Arkansas)
2. Northern advantages in the Civil War included all of the following EXCEPT (a. a larger population, b. fighting on familiar terrain, c. more industry, d. more abundant resources).
3. The primary goal of the North (Union) at the start of the Civil War was to (a. end slavery, b. control the cotton trade, c. bring the Southern states back into the Union, d. defend the South from European powers).
4. The naval battle between the Monitor (North) and the Merrimack (South) was historic because both ships were covered in (a. wood, b. clay, c. camouflage, d. metal).
5. The North named Civil War battles after the nearest (a. body of water, b. permanent settlement, c. named landform).
6. The South named Civil War battles after the nearest (a. body of water, b. permanent settlement, c. named landform).
7. Which of the following was one of the states to secede after Lincoln called for troops to “save the Union?” (a. Tennessee, b. Maryland, c. Florida, d. Alabama)
8. President Lincoln hesitated in announcing plans to end slavery because (a. he personally wanted slavery to continue, b. thought the Southern economy would collapse, c. didn’t want the border states to leave the Union and join the Confederacy).
9. “Unconditional Surrender” became the nickname of (a. Robert E. Lee, b. Abraham Lincoln, c. Frederick Douglass, d. Ulysses S Grant).
10. The battle of (a. Antietam, b. Fort Donelson, c. Bull Run, d. Shiloh) was the single bloodiest day of fighting during the Civil War.
11. The primary objective of General George McClellan’s Peninsular Campaign was to (a. capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, b. take back Fort Sumter, c. continue enforcement of the Southern blockade).
12. During the First Battle of Bull Run, some citizens famously turned out to (a. participate in the fighting, b. picnic and watch the battle, c. protest the war).
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