• 1. 
    What was the Union Blockade?

  • A type of shield used by Union troops
  • A wall with spikes used to defend forts
  • A tall wall built along the Mason-Dixon Line
  • A number of ships used to block ports along the Confederate coastline
  • 2. 
    During what war did the Union use a blockade to help defeat the Confederacy?

  • American Civil War
  • World War II
  • Mexican-American War
  • World War I
  • 3. 
    What was the name for the Union military plan that incorporated a blockade to defeat the South?

  • The Defensive Line Plan
  • The Southern Block Plan
  • The Scott Plan
  • The Anaconda Plan
  • 4. 
    What year did the Union Blockade end?

  • 1861
  • 1862
  • 1860
  • 1865
  • 5. 
    What major Confederate crop saw exports fall by 95 percent during the Civil War?

  • Cotton
  • Peaches
  • Tobacco
  • Okra
  • 6. 
    True or False: The Union Blockade was completely unsuccessful and a waste of valuable Union resources.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE
  • 7. 
    What were the ships called that tried to get pass the blockade?

  • Blockade runners
  • Blockade smashers
  • Darters
  • Confederate speedboats
  • 8. 
    Around how many ships did the Union use to guard the Confederate coastline?

  • 100
  • 10
  • 50
  • 500
  • 9. 
    What Union General came up with the strategy of the blockade?

  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • Winfield Scott
  • William Sherman
  • Phil Sheridan
  • 10. 
    True or False: A number of ships made it through the blockade, but they were small and could carry little cargo.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE
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