The American Civil War- The Blockade Running

Question 1

What is the American Civil War?

Answer 1

A civil war fought in America between 1861-1865.

Question 2

What was the reason for the civil war?

Answer 2

The reason for this war was because of Slavery which still existed in America after 1838.

Question 3

What was the disagreement that the Norther states had with the Southern States?

Answer 3

The Northern States were industrialized and wanted slavery to end. The Southern states wanted slavery to continue slavery since they had plantations and needed slaves to continue to work on the plantations.

Question 4

When did the Civil war begin and how?

Answer 4

The war began on 12 April 1861 when the Sothern states attacked the Northern states at Fort Sumter.

Question 5

What were the Northern States called?(2)

Answer 5

• Yankees

* Federals

Question 6

What were the Southern states called?(2)

Answer 6

• Confederates

* Dixie

Question 7

What were some of the advantages that the Northern states had?(4)

Answer 7

• The North had well equipped army and Navy.
• They had more money to support the war effort.
• They had railroads to move men.
• They had a better leader in Abraham Lincoln.

Question 8

Who was the president of America during this time?

Answer 8

Abraham Lincoln

Question 9

What are the disadvantages that the Southern states had?

Answer 9

• They had no organized army. NO navy.
• Most of its soldiers used horses and carts for transportation.
• The generals of the South were not as good as Ulysses Grant and William Sherman

Question 10

Who were the generals of the south?(2)

Answer 10

• Robert Lee

* Andrew Jackson

Question 11

When was the blockade established and by who?

Answer 11

The blockade was established by the Northern side (Abraham Lincoln) on 19 April 1861.

Question 12

What was the purpose of the blockade to the North?

Answer 12

This blockade by the North was to prevent the South from exporting there agriculture.

Question 13

In return from the Southern States exports what were some of the imports they received from England?(5)

Answer 13

• arms
• ammunition
• medical supplies
• medicines
• food

Question 14

What are Greyhounds?

Answer 14

Special boats that were long, narrow and very fast. These boats were painted black or gray and burnt a special smokeless coal. They operated at night under the cover of darkness.

Question 15

When did the first Blockade Running boat arrives in Nassau?

Answer 15

5 December 1861

Question 16

Why did Nassau become an important port for Blockade Running?(3)

Answer 16

• The Bahamas was a British colony
• The Southern ports were 600 miles away
• Nassau was an important Entreport (Middle Port)

Question 17

What are some of the benefits of Blockade Running to the Bahamas?(5)

Answer 17

• The living standards for the Bahamas was improved
• Wages for workers were increased
• Bay street was widened and paved with cobble stones. A sidewalk was also built.
• Many shops and warehouse were built
• The Royal Victoria Hotel was completed on Shirley Street

Question 18

What were some of the problems associated with Blockade Running to the Bahamas?(4)

Answer 18

• Diseases such as yellow fever came from Wilmington, Virginia
• The family islands became depopulated and deserted.
• Agriculture was neglected
• Family life was neglected

Question 19

Who introduced blockade running and in what year?

Answer 19

Abraham Lincoln in 1861

Question 20

Who was the presidents of the Confederacy (Southern States)?

Answer 20

Jefferson Davis

Question 21

When did Abraham Lincoln became the president of the United states?

Answer 21

1860