U.S. History 11- Quiz 18 Chapter 16, pp. 233-243

the Merrimac (the Virginia)

Name the Confederacy's ironclad ship.

the Monitor

Name the Union's first ironclad ship

Pierre G.T. Beauregard

Who led the Confederate forces against the fort?

Robert E. Lee

Whose defense of the Confederacy won him a reputation as one of the greatest military strategists in history?

Sumter

At what fort were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

David Farragut

What United States admiral captured Mobile Bay (Alabama) and took possession of the Confederate naval vessels harbored there?

Chancellorsville

What battle was the South's costliest victory?

Battle of Shiloh

What fierce battle which took place in April 1862 allowed the Union forces to recapture western Tennessee?

Richmond, Virginia

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

Gettysburg

Where was the most decisive battle of the war fought?