Block 2 - Navy History and Heritage
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
During the war for independence which countries came to the assistance of America with their
navies? - CORRECT ANSWER - Frqnce, Spain, the Netherlands
How did the defeat of Napoleon change the Strategic balance in America in 1814? - CORRECT
ANSWER -
Why were the Border Lakes between the United States and Canada of strategic importance
during the War of 1812? - CORRECT ANSWER - The US realized that control of the
Border Lakes was essential to its plans to capture Canada from the British.
What was one of America's strategic Naval objectives During the Revolution against British
Seaborn Commerce? - CORRECT ANSWER - to weaken the British blockade of the
American Coast.
in 1794, Congress authorized the president to create a naval force of six frigates in response
to...... - CORRECT ANSWER - the threat from the Barbary powers of Africa's
Mediterranean Coast.
which of the following was not an innovation in Naval Warfare introduced by the US between
1775 and 1850? - CORRECT ANSWER -
...... transformed a defense of American Commerce into an aggressive blockade and
bombardment in the war with Tripoli. He trained in inspired young officers who led the Navy in
the War of 1812. - CORRECT ANSWER - not Thomas truxtun or John Paul jones
who was the last active Continental Navy officer in the first u.s. Navy commissioned officer? -
CORRECT ANSWER - John Barry
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
During the war for independence which countries came to the assistance of America with their
navies? - CORRECT ANSWER - Frqnce, Spain, the Netherlands
How did the defeat of Napoleon change the Strategic balance in America in 1814? - CORRECT
ANSWER -
Why were the Border Lakes between the United States and Canada of strategic importance
during the War of 1812? - CORRECT ANSWER - The US realized that control of the
Border Lakes was essential to its plans to capture Canada from the British.
What was one of America's strategic Naval objectives During the Revolution against British
Seaborn Commerce? - CORRECT ANSWER - to weaken the British blockade of the
American Coast.
in 1794, Congress authorized the president to create a naval force of six frigates in response
to...... - CORRECT ANSWER - the threat from the Barbary powers of Africa's
Mediterranean Coast.
which of the following was not an innovation in Naval Warfare introduced by the US between
1775 and 1850? - CORRECT ANSWER -
...... transformed a defense of American Commerce into an aggressive blockade and
bombardment in the war with Tripoli. He trained in inspired young officers who led the Navy in
the War of 1812. - CORRECT ANSWER - not Thomas truxtun or John Paul jones
who was the last active Continental Navy officer in the first u.s. Navy commissioned officer? -
CORRECT ANSWER - John Barry
