Civil War Quiz

The Union strategy in the West focused on _______.

• Taking control of the Cumberland River

• Taking control of the Mississippi River

• Both A & B are correct

Choose the best reason why the Union wants to control the Mississippi River?

• It would allow the Union to export goods by water.

• It would prevent the Confederacy from moving troops into Texas.

• It would divide the Confederacy in two.

Why was it important for the Union Army to control the Port of New Orleans?

• It was the largest city in the Confederacy

• It was the Southern entrance to the Mississippi River

• Both A and B are correct

The Battle of Shiloh was also called the Battle of _______.

• Shiloh

• New Orleans

• New River

• Pittsburg Landing

Largest city in the Confederacy and was the gateway to the Mississippi River.

• Port of Shiloh

• Port of New Orleans

• Port of Vicksburg

Choose the one example of psychological warfare we discussed in this section.

• Siege of city of Shiloh

• Siege of city of New Orleans

• Siege of city of Vicksburg

The only 'battle' in the Civil War where the Union Army starved a city into surrendering.

• New Orleans

• Vicksburg

• Shiloh

The quote, "Vicksburg is the key...the war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our pocket", was spoken by?

• President Abraham Lincoln

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• General George McClellan

After capturing two Confederate forts in Tennessee, Grant earned this nickname which match his initials of Ulysses S. Grant.

• Union Savior General

• Unconditional Surrender Grant

• Union Serving Grant

While marching south through Tennessee, then Mississippi, this city is Grant's ultimate goal?

• Antietam

• Vickburg

• Richmond

• Gettyburg