Turning Points — Quiz

Question 1

What military advantage did the Union have over the Confederacy in the West?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It had a fleet of armored gunboats.

Question 2

Which best states the main reason for the Union’s success in the West during the Civil War?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The Union had strong leadership in the West.

Question 3

What did the Union hope to accomplish in the West during the Civil War?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

gaining control of border states and important rivers

Question 4

Who captured New Orleans for the Union in 1862?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

David Farragut

Question 5

Why was Ulysses S. Grant given command of the Union armies in 1864?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

He had been successful in the West.

Question 6

Why did the South rely on rivers for transportation during the Civil War?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The South did not have as many railroads as the North.

Question 7

Which of these did the Union and the Confederacy fight for control of in the West?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

key rivers

Question 8

Why did the Union want to capture Vicksburg?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

to control the Mississippi River

Question 9

Why was New Orleans so important during the Civil War?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It was a key port for the Confederacy.

Question 10

Grant was considered a successful leader because

Revolt · Accepted Answer

he wanted to learn from his mistakes.

Turning Points — Quiz Answers