NJROTC EXAM The Civil War, 1861 -
1865
The CSS Alabama was built in a British port for a Confederate agent without the British government's
approval. What was its purpose? - correct answer ✔✔To disrupt the Union's commercial shipping
The CSS Hunley was a submersible vessel that was designed to pull a torpedo into the side of an enemy
ship. Who developed this vessel? - correct answer ✔✔Confederate forces
Why did President Jefferson Davis use privateers during the Civil War? - correct answer ✔✔to destroy
the Union's blockade; to capture Union commercial goods; to weaken the Union's economic strrength
The last ship of the Confederate Navy ere destroyed and the last major Southern port was closed by
Admiral Farragut in August 1864 in the violent naval battle of - correct answer ✔✔Mobile Bay (Alabama)
Fort Fisher, North Carolina was a key defensive location for what forces during the Civil War? - correct
answer ✔✔Confederate forces
On March 25, 1865, Genera; Robert E. Lee launched his final attack on General Ulysses S. Grant's troops.
Although Lee had suffered fewer losses, he surrendered a few weeks later because of a lack of - correct
answer ✔✔a) men b)food c) military supplies d) all of the answers are correct
What was the most pressing economic problem faced by the United States after the Civil War? - correct
answer ✔✔Providing funds to rebuild the nation
What was the major political difference that caused the Southern states to break away from the Union in
1860? - correct answer ✔✔New states were not being admitted into the Union as slave states
Admiral Farragut was an outstanding naval commander. What navy did he serve with during the Civil
War? - correct answer ✔✔Union Navy
1865
The CSS Alabama was built in a British port for a Confederate agent without the British government's
approval. What was its purpose? - correct answer ✔✔To disrupt the Union's commercial shipping
The CSS Hunley was a submersible vessel that was designed to pull a torpedo into the side of an enemy
ship. Who developed this vessel? - correct answer ✔✔Confederate forces
Why did President Jefferson Davis use privateers during the Civil War? - correct answer ✔✔to destroy
the Union's blockade; to capture Union commercial goods; to weaken the Union's economic strrength
The last ship of the Confederate Navy ere destroyed and the last major Southern port was closed by
Admiral Farragut in August 1864 in the violent naval battle of - correct answer ✔✔Mobile Bay (Alabama)
Fort Fisher, North Carolina was a key defensive location for what forces during the Civil War? - correct
answer ✔✔Confederate forces
On March 25, 1865, Genera; Robert E. Lee launched his final attack on General Ulysses S. Grant's troops.
Although Lee had suffered fewer losses, he surrendered a few weeks later because of a lack of - correct
answer ✔✔a) men b)food c) military supplies d) all of the answers are correct
What was the most pressing economic problem faced by the United States after the Civil War? - correct
answer ✔✔Providing funds to rebuild the nation
What was the major political difference that caused the Southern states to break away from the Union in
1860? - correct answer ✔✔New states were not being admitted into the Union as slave states
Admiral Farragut was an outstanding naval commander. What navy did he serve with during the Civil
War? - correct answer ✔✔Union Navy
