NS2 Questions
What is the name of the ships, that are loaded with combustibles, that were set afire and sent drifting among enemy ships, meant to burn any that they might hit
Fireships
Two-part question.......Where did the first major land battle of the Civil War take place and what year
First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861
At what fort did the Civil War begin
Fort Sumter
Navies came into being using this type of special ship which had oars and sometimes sails
Galleys
What is the name of the person who would later be called a traitor, when he changed sides in 1780 over disputes with the Continental Congress and was appointed a general in the British army
General Benedict Arnold
In what city and state is Fort Taylor located
Key West Florida
What was the name of the official documents commissioning vessels as privateers
Letters of Marque
Vikings used wooden sailing vessels with shallow draft hulls and oars that facilitated travel through the Open ocean, as well as shallow coastal areas and rivers. What were those vessels known as
Long ships
What was the name of the colonial troops who were loyal to the British
Loyalist
What is the dreamor ideal of a country stretching from coast to coast, and was the most important result of the Mexican War
Manifest destiny
Two part question...............In the first century BC, rebellious Romans and their Egyptian allies under the command of what 2 people, tried to overthrow the Roman Empire during the confusion following the assassination of Julius Caesar
Mark Anthony and Queen Cleopatra
Who was the United States Navy's oceanographer
Matthew Fontaine
Who were the first European people to use Sea power
The Sailors and Traders of ancient Crete
In 1767, what was the name of the act that was passed by Parliament which taxed paper, lead, and tea
,The Townshend Act
Two part question..........What two countries were at war with each other during the Seven Year War
England and France
On what day did the Continental Congress establish the first two battalions of the Marine Corps
10 November 1775
The US Congress declared the American Revolution over on what date
11 April 1783
On what date did Congress declare war with Mexico
13 May 1846
Two part question.........What year was the first successful colony in North America founded and where was it founded
1607, Jamestown, Virginia
How many clipper ships were built between the years 1850 and 1855
161
Two part question..............Between which years was the seven year war
1756 to 1763
In what year did the Battle of Bunker Hill take place
1775
What year was the USS Constitution launched
1797
In what year did James Madison become president
1809
In what year was the Battle of Lake Erie
1813
In what year was the Battle of New Orleans
1815
In what year was Texas annexed by the United States and admitted to the Union as a state
1845
The Secretary of the Navy ordered the establishment of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in what year
1845
Two-part question......... between what years was the Mexican War
1846 to 1848
The clipper ships had their greatest year in what year
1853
Two-part question......... in what years did the Civil War start and end
1861 to 1865
In what year did Congress abolish flogging of sailors and ended the traditional daily ration of grog, a mixture of rum and water to shipboard personnel
1862
Two-part question.......... of the 31 million Americans how many live in the North and how many live in the south during the Civil War
22 million live in the North and 9 million live in the south
On what date was the Treaty of Paris signed
3 September 1783
On what date was the Navy Department created
30 April 1898
On what day was the Declaration of Independence signed
4 July 1776
Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election with what percentage of the popular vote
40%
The Navy act that Congress passed in 1794 provided for how many frigates
6
What is a tax on incoming foreign trade or goods
A tariff
What is a group of large metal hooks, with a central shaft attached to a heaving line and is used for latching onto an object such as a ship
A grapple
What is a Naval Armada
A large Fleet of Warships
How much money did Queen Isabella contribute to Christopher Columbus on his first voyage of Discovery in 1492
About $5,000
Before the Civil War ended the North had about 2.5 million men in uniform, including some 200,000 African Americans. How many did the South have
About 1 million
How many regulars did the United States Army have in uniform when the Civil War begin
About 16,000
In the year 1850 what percentage of the population lived in the southern states
About one-third
How many warships did the United States Navy have in the year 1812
And of that number, how many were frigates?18 warships, seven of them were frigates
In what month and year did the American Revolution began at Lexington and Concord
April 1775
What is an ironclad
Armored warship
How did the USS Constitution develop the nickname Old Ironsides
Because cannonballs would bounce off of her hull
What person did the Continental Congress send to France in order to convince the French that joining the American cause was the best way for them to take world leadership away from England
Benjamin Franklin
Who what's the first Secretary of the Navy
Benjamin Stoddert
Where is the USS Constitution homeported
Boston Harbor
Botstonians, disguised as Warlike Indians boarded a merchant ship and dumped some tea into the port rather than pay taxes on it. What was this incident called
Boston Tea Party
Two-part question.........who said the famous phrase "don't give up the ship" and what ship was he on when he said that phrase
Captain James Lawrence, USS Chesapeake
In the 1850s who was largely responsible for the Improvement of Naval Ordnance
Commander John Dahlgren
Who developed large bottle shaped guns, thick in the breach and tapered towards the muzzle, which could fire heavy spherical shells filled with explosive charges
Commander John Dahlgren
What term means suspension of trade
Embargo
Who authored the book Moby Dick
Herman Melville
What was the name of the practice that the Continental authorities were forced to resort to, in order to effectively crew the ships, wherein the men were forced to serve by taking them onboard against their will
Impressment
Two part question..............When did the American Revolution Start and when did it end
It started in 1775 and ended in 1783
After the first States succeeded from the Union who initially became the president of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
During the Civil War, what was the South's largest and most important port city
New Orleans
How many Southern electoral votes did Abraham Lincoln receive
None
When was the Treaty of Ghent signed
On Christmas Eve 1814
Over how many million Africans were transported to slavery in the Americas via the middle passage
Over 15 million
In what city and state is Fort Pickens located
Pensacola Florida
In 265 BC the first of several bitter conflicts between Rome and Carthage powers begin in Sicily Italy. What are the effects known as
Punic Wars
What country were the Vikings from
Scandinavia
What is being able to defend a nation's own sealanes and being able to deny an enemy the use of the sea in time of War
Sea power
What is the ability to use the sea to meet a nation's needs
Sea power
Two-part question.........After the war had broken out in June 1812, a shipbuilding race had begun on Lake Ontario between the British Naval Commander and his American counterpart what were their two names
Sir James Yeo and Commodore Isaac Chauncey
The first Continental Naval squadron was composed of a total of how many schooners, brigs, and sloops
Six
In response to Abraham Lincoln's nomination for president, which state immediately announced it would succeed from the union if he were elected
South Carolina
What was the first state to succeed from the union after President Abraham Lincoln was elected
South Carolina
Who was the youngest person to reach the rank of Captain in the United States Navy at the age of 25
Stephen Decatur
The Continental Navy went out of existence when its sole remaining warship was sold what was the name of that worship
The Alliance
Two part question..........The first use of a submersible was in which war and who authorized it
The American Revolution & George Washington
Two part question...........What were the names of the 1st two vessels that the US Navy bought and armed after its official birth
The Andrew Doria and the Cabot
In the year 1571, what battle ended Muslim attempts to move further into Europe and control the Mediterranean Sea
The Battle of Lepanto
What was the name of the incident in which the first casualties of the American Revolution died
The Boston Massacre
What is the period of Western European history from the fall of Rome until about the eleventh Century called
The Dark Ages
Two-part question...........What was the name of the frigate that ran a ground when she was blockading Tripoli and subsequently had more than 300 of her crew was held for ransom and who volunteered to lead a raiding party to burn said ship?
The Frigate Philadelphia, Lieutenant Stephen Decatur
What act eliminated the Missouri Compromise and made it possible for slavery to be introduced into any new territory based on the decision of the residence there
The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854
To become richer and more powerful, a nation had to make some other Nation poorer through capture of its trade and colonies. What is this Theory known as
The Mercantile theory
What theory kept the world in almost continuous conflict well until the 1800s
The Mercantile theory
What was the name of the law which stipulated that a balance between slave and free states had to be maintained as new States entered the Union
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
What group of people were the first to use money as a means to facilitate trade
The Phoenicians
In August of 1776, Lieutenant John Paul Jones was the CO of a ship that captured 16 enemy vessels and destroyed many others in a single month. What was the name of that ship
The Providence
In the 11th century, the crusades begin to gradually hasten a reawakening of education and culture in Western Europe. What is this period known as
The Renaissance or the rebirth
What treaty ended the Mexican War in February 1848
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
In 1763, what document was signed when the war in North America between France and England ended
The Treaty of Paris
What was the name of the submersible, designed and built by David Bushnell during the American Revolutionary War
The Turtle
In the year 1789, the Articles of Confederation were replaced by what document
The United States Constitution
Two-part question.......... what were the two sister ships of the USS Constitution
The United States and The Constellation
In 1859, what Northern abolitionists raided the federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia and called for a general Insurrection of Southern slaves
The abolitionist John Brown
Two-part question............ what percentage of the United States population lived in the south and what percentage of the United States population lived in the North in 1860 immediately preceding the Civil War
The south had 29% and the north had 71%
What does the term "status quo ante bellum" mean
The status before the war
What document ended the Revolutionary War
Treaty of Paris
In February 1862 a Joint Force of Navy gunboats and Union Army volunteers captured Fort McHenry in north central Tennessee who commanded those forces
Ulysses S Grant
Soon after taking command of the Army, George Washington, on his own initiative commissioned 7 ships to capture some of the supplies streaming in by the British to troops in Boston. Collectively, what were those seven ships called
Washington's Navy
