Question 1

Confederate firing location that initiated the Civil War

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 2

Confederate strategy based on cotton trade influence

Accepted Answer

Cotton diplomacy

Question 3

Union strategy to control southern ports and Mississippi River

Accepted Answer

Naval blockade

Question 4

Also known as Sharpsburg; bloodiest single-day battle

Accepted Answer

Battle of Antietam

Question 5

Heavily armored warships with metal plating

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Ironclad ships

Question 6

New warships' power ended wooden ships era

Accepted Answer

Union navy threat

Question 7

Objective to control the Mississippi River in the West

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Union army goal

Question 8

1861 battle where Confederates won with heavy casualties

Accepted Answer

First Battle of Bull Run

Question 9

Advancements that made the Civil War more dangerous

Accepted Answer

Weapon technology

Question 10

Aided wounded soldiers and founded the American Red Cross

Accepted Answer

Clara Barton

Question 11

More factories for production during the Civil War

Accepted Answer

North's advantage

Question 12

Fighting on familiar terrain was an advantage

Accepted Answer

South's advantage

Question 13

Union general at the Battle of Shiloh

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 14

Confederate general victorious in the Seven Days' Battles

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 15

At least 23,000 casualties; known as 'America's Bloodiest Day'

Accepted Answer

Battle of Antietam casualties

Question 16

McClellan's delayed troop movements led to Lincoln's frustration

Accepted Answer

Lincoln's frustration

Question 17

Richmond, Virginia, where the Confederacy established its capital

Accepted Answer

Confederate capital

Question 18

African Americans excluded from service early in the war

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Excluded group

Question 19

Individual increasing happiness through good deeds

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Philanthropist

Question 20

Winfield Scott devised the Union's Anaconda Plan

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Anaconda Plan creator

Question 21

Event leading southern states to secede

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Secession trigger

Question 22

Major Anderson surrendered due to lack of supplies

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Fort Sumter surrender reason

Question 23

Cavalry charged and scattered Union soldiers at Bull Run

Accepted Answer

J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry role

Question 24

Lack of effective antibiotics led to more deaths than combat

Accepted Answer

Disease impact

Question 25

More accurate than muskets used in earlier wars

Accepted Answer

Civil War rifles

Question 26

Campaign to control the western part of the Confederacy

Accepted Answer

Fort Henry and Fort Donelson capture

Question 27

Study of the United States' past events

Accepted Answer

History subject

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