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1.  What were the economies of the North and the South based on at the start of the Civil War?

2.  At the start of the war, why did many in the South think they would be able to establish the Confederacy as an independent nation?

3.  How did the Union Navy provide coal for ships on blockade stations off of the Southern coast?

4.  What was the Trent affair and how was it settled?

5.  Why was the capture of New Orleans so important to the North?

6.  What was the great significance of the battle between the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia?

7.  What was the great significance of the Union victory at Vicksburg?

8.  Why was the Confederate effort with privateers largely unsuccessful?

9.  What was the result of commerce raiding by the cruiser CSS Shenandoah?

10.  What was the importance of fort Fischer at Wilmington, North Carolina??