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Start of American Civil War
  • 1. When did the American Civil War start?
A) 1865
B) 1861
C) 1876
D) 1848
  • 2. What was the name of the President of the Confederate States of America at the start of the Civil War?
A) Jefferson Davis
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Andrew Jackson
D) Abraham Lincoln
  • 3. Which U.S. state was the first to secede from the Union?
A) Virginia
B) Texas
C) Georgia
D) South Carolina
  • 4. What was the primary cause of the American Civil War?
A) Economic Differences
B) Slavery
C) Social Inequality
D) States' Rights
  • 5. Which document formally abolished slavery in the United States during the Civil War?
A) Gettysburg Address
B) Bill of Rights
C) Emancipation Proclamation
D) Declaration of Independence
  • 6. What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War in terms of casualties?
A) Battle of Antietam
B) Battle of Gettysburg
C) Battle of Shiloh
D) Battle of Bull Run
  • 7. What event marked the official end of the American Civil War?
A) Signing of the Treaty of Ghent
B) Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
C) Ratification of the 13th Amendment
D) Surrender at Appomattox Court House
  • 8. Who was the President of the United States at the start of the Civil War?
A) James Buchanan
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Andrew Johnson
D) Ulysses S. Grant
  • 9. Which side had a stronger navy at the beginning of the Civil War?
A) Confederacy
B) Cannot be determined
C) Both sides were equal
D) Union
  • 10. Who was the vice president of the Confederate States of America at the start of the Civil War?
A) John C. Breckinridge
B) Alexander H. Stephens
C) P.G.T. Beauregard
D) Stonewall Jackson
  • 11. What was the name of the famous ironclad warship that fought in the Battle of Hampton Roads?
A) USS Arizona
B) USS Monitor
C) USS Merrimack
D) USS Constitution
  • 12. Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War in the West?
A) Battle of Shiloh
B) Battle of Vicksburg
C) Battle of Atlanta
D) Battle of Chattanooga
  • 13. Which Confederate general is often associated with the Battle of Chancellorsville?
A) Jeb Stuart
B) Stonewall Jackson
C) Robert E. Lee
D) James Longstreet
  • 14. Who was the Confederate General who led the Army of Northern Virginia?
A) Robert E. Lee
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) William Tecumseh Sherman
D) Thomas Stonewall Jackson
  • 15. Which battle marked the first major attempt to invade the North by the Confederacy?
A) Bull Run
B) Antietam
C) Vicksburg
D) Gettysburg
  • 16. Which Union General led the March to the Sea through Georgia?
A) William Tecumseh Sherman
B) Joseph Hooker
C) George McClellan
D) Ambrose Burnside
  • 17. Which Union General led the successful siege of Vicksburg in 1863?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) George McClellan
C) Joseph Hooker
D) William Tecumseh Sherman
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