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QUIZ C: chapter 16, The Civil War Begins
Directions: Select the best answer for each of the following items.
1. _____ What impact (effect) did the rifled bullets and other weapon improvements (cause) have on the Civil War?
a. fewer soldiers were injured and killed in battle
c. battles happened less often
b. war cost less than other wars
d. more soldiers were injured and killed in battle
2. _____ For what reason (cause) did the Southern forces/Confederacy fire on Fort Sumter (April, 1861) starting the Civil War (effect)?
a. Northern/Union fired at them from the fort
c. President Lincoln was at the fort
b. the fort represented the Union capital at that time
d. refused surrender and supplies were on the
way to the fort which was in the South
3. _____ Which was a result (effect) of the (cause) Battle of Bull Run (July 21, 1861)?
a. showed the South/Confederacy would be easily defeated
b. the North/Union lost the first, major battle of the war
c. the South/Confederacy lost the first, major battle of the war
d. showed the American Civil War would be a quick and easily settled
4. _____ Which of the following was not a part and eventual result of (effect) of the Anaconda Plan (cause) of the
Union army against the Confederacy?
a. blockade of southern ports cut off shipping/supplies c. control travel on Mississippi river stopping shipping
b. getting help from European countries
d. capture the Confederate capital of Richmond
5. _____ Which of the following was an advantage of the Southern/Confederate forces (cause) that helped them win
more battles at the beginning of the Civil War (effect)?
a. better trained officers and soldiers
c. more factories for supplies
b. a navy
d. more railroads for transporting troops and supplies
6. _____ What was the result (effect) of the battle between the Merimack and the Monitor in March, 1862 (cause)?
a. ended the Civil War
c. signaled a shift toward train travel
b. end of using wooden warships in naval battles
d. ended the North's blockade of Southern ports
7. _____ Why was the loss of New Orleans in April, 1862 (effect) such a devastating defeat for the Confederacy/South?
a. complicated shipping and trading on the Mississippi c. most of the South's cotton was grown there
b. most of the South's supplies were stored there
d. New Orleans was the southern capital city at the time
8. _____ Which of the following was part of the Southern/Confederate plan (cause) during the Civil War
that did not happen (effect)?
a. get help from other European countries
c. lengthen war - make it unpopular in the North
b. fight a defensive battle (mainly protect territory)
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QUIZ C: chapter 16, The Civil War Begins
9 - 10. _____ _____ What were the results (effects) of the fighting at Antietam (September, 1862) in Maryland (cause)?
(select two)
a. largest loss of lives in any one day of fighting during the civil war (more people died on this day than any other)
b. North/Union stopped a Confederate advancement into Northern territory; kept the war mainly in the South
c. South/Confederacy successfully invaded the Northern territory causing rest of the war to occur in the north
d. the fighting at Antietam is not considered a major battle in the Civil War
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