SS Chapter 16 - The Civil War Begins

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The Civil War began when Southern forces attacked US troops at what place?

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Fort Sumter

Front

What did the North call its strategy to defeat the South by forming a naval blockade and by capturing the Mississippi River?

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Anaconda Plan

Front

The capture of which city advanced the Union’s goal of dividing the Confederacy in two?

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New Orleans

Front

Which talented military officer resigned from the US Army and became commanding general of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?

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Robert E Lee

Front

Who commanded Union forces at Shiloh, Tennessee, and was critiqued after that battle for the high number of casualties suffered by the army?

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Ulysses S Grant

Front

Which Union commander failed to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond and was fired by Lincoln as a result?

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George McClellan

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What city would have been surrounded by the confederacy if Maryland had seceded?

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Washington, DC

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Union forces stopped a Confederate invasion of the North at which battle, the bloodiest one-day battle in American History?

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Antietam

Front

Which change in military technology most affected the average soldier and increased the casualty rate? Options: Anaconda Plan, King Cotton, Rifles with minie balls, Antietam

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Rifles with minie balls

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On what did the South’s strategy to win foreign support depend?

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King Cotton