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The Civil War - Part N Trivia Quiz

Well I have not done a quiz on the CSA/Union Navy. So this one will be ships, battles, people. Have fun. No spelling.

A multiple-choice quiz by Colmosby. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Colmosby

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
105,739

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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1254

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Question 1 of 10

1. This Union commander was born near Knoxville, TN in 1801. He married a woman from Virginia. Hint

Porter

Farragut

Buchanan

Hunley

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Question 2 of 10

2. Name the Secretary of the CSA Navy in 1861. Hint

Bullock

Russell

Alexander

Mallory

3. These seven ironclad Union gunboats operated on the Mississippi in 1862 and were called by this name? Their names were all named after cities on western rivers. They also participated in the campaigns against Fort Pillow and Memphis. Hint

River Boats

Scourge of the Mississippi

Pook Turtles

Union Gunboats

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Question 4 of 10

4. This CSS ship formerly the USS Merrimac sunk the USS Cumberland in this battle March 8, 1862. Name the Battle. Hint

Battle of Chesapeake Bay

Battle of Fort Pillow

Battle of Hampton Roads

Battle of Vicksburg

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Question 5 of 10

5. This Union ironclad looked like a raft with a tin can sitting in the middle of it. Name the ship. Hint

USS Princeton

USS Monitor

USS Merrimac

USS Indianola

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Question 6 of 10

6. He appointed himself command of the CSS Virginia. Name him. Hint

Franklin Buchanan

James Waddell

McKean Buchanan

James Bulloch

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Question 7 of 10

7. This CSS ship was built for the CSA government by the Laird shipyard of Liverpool, England and commissioned in August 1862. Her Captain was Raphael Semmes. Name the ship. Hint

CSS Shenandoah

CSS Alabama

CSS Tennessee

CSS Vicksburg

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where was the USS Indianola built? Hint

Liverpool, England

Bedford, Ma.

Cincinnati, Oh.

New York Harbor

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Question 9 of 10

9. Union Gen. Winfield Scott had this strategy to prevent the south from trading. Pres. Lincoln approved it on April 19, 1861. What was the strategy? Hint

Build more Union Ships

Destroy CSA Ships.

Build a bigger Union Navy

The Blockade

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Question 10 of 10

10. In 1864 this gulf port was the only major Gulf port being used by blockade runners. Name it. Hint

New Orleans

Wilmington

Galveston

Mobile Bay

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This Union commander was born near Knoxville, TN in 1801. He married a woman from Virginia.

Answer: Farragut

His birth name was James. He was adopted by Com. David Porter. He changed his name to David in honor of his adoptive father. When he was 21 years of age he had already made four cruises to the Mediterranean and fought pirates. He also took part in the War of 1812 where he was captured. He had received his appointment to the Navy at age 9.

2. Name the Secretary of the CSA Navy in 1861.

Answer: Mallory

Stephn Mallory assigned James Bullock to purchase ships from Europe. When he arrived to purchase the he found that completed warships could not be bought. He was later able to buy two ships from England: the CSS Florida and the CSS Alabama.

Answer: Pook Turtles

These seven ironclad gunboats were designed by Samuel Pook. They weighed about 512 tons and cost about $100,000. Of the Seven ships two were sunk. The Cairo and St.Louis was sunk by CSA torpedoes (mines) in the Yazoo river.

4. This CSS ship formerly the USS Merrimac sunk the USS Cumberland in this battle March 8, 1862. Name the Battle.

Answer: Battle of Hampton Roads

The CSS Virginia was a now CSA ironclad. As it entered the 8 mile-long channel at Hampton Roads it headed straight for the USS Cumberland and crashed into it opening a hole in the side, but got stuck in the process but was able to get free. Of the 376 men aboard the Cumberland, 121 died.

5. This Union ironclad looked like a raft with a tin can sitting in the middle of it. Name the ship.

Answer: USS Monitor

It was designed by John Ericsson. The raft part of the ship was a flat wooden deck that sat 18 inches above the water and was covered with two layers of half-inch iron plate. The deck, and the ironclad sides were three feet below the water. The cost of the ship was $275,000 and was built in 118 days.

6. He appointed himself command of the CSS Virginia. Name him.

Answer: Franklin Buchanan

He had served 46 years in the U. S. Navy before the outbreak of the Civil War. He remained neutral in the war for 4 months before joining the CSA Navy in an administrative position as a Captain. His brother McKean, was an officer aboard the USS Congress a ship that he destroyed in the Battle of Hampton Roads.

7. This CSS ship was built for the CSA government by the Laird shipyard of Liverpool, England and commissioned in August 1862. Her Captain was Raphael Semmes. Name the ship.

Answer: CSS Alabama

The CSS Alabama began by destroying 10 Union whaling ships in just two weeks, then off the coast of New England captured 11 more Union ships. She also sunk the USS Hatteras in the Gulf of Mexico. During her service to the CSA, the ship never entered a CSA port.

8. Where was the USS Indianola built?

Answer: Cincinnati, Oh.

The ship was built in 1862 at a cost of $183,000. It was designed for use in the western rivers. It had two side wheels as well as two screw propellers for propulsion. It joined the western fleet in December 1862 but was forced to surrender in February 1863.

9. Union Gen. Winfield Scott had this strategy to prevent the south from trading. Pres. Lincoln approved it on April 19, 1861. What was the strategy?

Answer: The Blockade

His idea was to prevent CSA ships from entering or leaving Southern ports. The Union Navy had on 42 operational ships to do this. At the time the Union had only three suitable ships for blockade duty because most of its ships were on patrol on the seas.

10. In 1864 this gulf port was the only major Gulf port being used by blockade runners. Name it.

Answer: Mobile Bay

It was only second to Wilmington in its amount of blockade runners who entered port. Mobile was the most strongly-defended harbor in the CSA.

Source: Author Colmosby

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