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U.S. Civil War
  • 1. When did the U.S. Civil War begin?
A) 1861
B) 1914
C) 1776
D) 1812
  • 2. Where did the first shots of the Civil War occur?
A) Gettysburg
B) Vicksburg
C) Antietam
D) Fort Sumter
  • 3. Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
A) Texas
B) Virginia
C) South Carolina
D) Georgia
  • 4. Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Robert E. Lee
C) Ulysses S. Grant
D) Jefferson Davis
  • 5. Which battle is often considered the turning point of the Civil War?
A) Antietam
B) Chancellorsville
C) Gettysburg
D) Shiloh
  • 6. What was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War?
A) Shiloh
B) Gettysburg
C) Vicksburg
D) Antietam
  • 7. Which general led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?
A) William Tecumseh Sherman
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) Robert E. Lee
D) Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson
  • 8. What was the main cause of the Civil War?
A) Economic Differences
B) States' Rights
C) Slavery
D) Manifest Destiny
  • 9. Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
A) Lee Harvey Oswald
B) John Wilkes Booth
C) Charles Guiteau
D) John Hinckley Jr.
  • 10. Which Union general famously marched through Georgia and practiced total war?
A) George McClellan
B) John Sedgwick
C) William Tecumseh Sherman
D) George Meade
  • 11. Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant, effectively ending the Civil War?
A) Antietam
B) Vicksburg
C) Gettysburg
D) Appomattox Court House
  • 12. Where was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
A) Charleston, South Carolina
B) Atlanta, Georgia
C) Richmond, Virginia
D) Montgomery, Alabama
  • 13. Who wrote the novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' that depicted the harsh reality of slavery?
A) Mark Twain
B) Harriet Beecher Stowe
C) Nathaniel Hawthorne
D) Emily Dickinson
  • 14. What was the capital of the United States during the Civil War?
A) Boston, MA
B) Washington, D.C.
C) Philadelphia, PA
D) New York City, NY
  • 15. What famous speech began with 'Four score and seven years ago...'?
A) Lincoln's Second Inaugural
B) Sherman's March to the Sea
C) Gettysburg Address
D) Emancipation Proclamation
  • 16. In what year did the Civil War end?
A) 1865
B) 1901
C) 1876
D) 1850
  • 17. What was the name of the famous ironclad warship that fought in the Civil War?
A) USS Arizona
B) USS Merrimack
C) USS Constitution
D) USS Monitor
  • 18. Which African American regiment gained fame for their bravery during the Civil War?
A) 54th Massachusetts
B) 2nd Texas
C) 20th Alabama
D) 1st Virginia
  • 19. What was the name of the Confederate submarine that sank the USS Housatonic in 1864?
A) USS Atlanta
B) C.S.S. Alabama
C) H.L. Hunley
D) C.S.S. Virginia
  • 20. Which side had the advantage in terms of industrial capacity during the Civil War?
A) Union
B) None of the above
C) Both sides were equal
D) Confederacy
  • 21. Who was the first woman to receive the Medal of Honor for her service as a Civil War nurse?
A) Clara Barton
B) Mary Edwards Walker
C) Harriet Tubman
D) Louisa May Alcott
  • 22. What was the name of the first major battle of the Civil War, fought in July 1861?
A) Battle of Antietam
B) Battle of Shiloh
C) Battle of Gettysburg
D) First Battle of Bull Run
  • 23. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery throughout the country?
A) 14th Amendment
B) 12th Amendment
C) 15th Amendment
D) 13th Amendment
  • 24. Who was the top Confederate general at the Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas)?
A) Robert E. Lee
B) Stonewall Jackson
C) P.G.T. Beauregard
D) Jubal Early
  • 25. Which Union general famously failed at the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862?
A) Ambrose Burnside
B) George McClellan
C) Philip Sheridan
D) Joseph Hooker
  • 26. Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Andrew Johnson
D) James Buchanan
  • 27. What was the nickname of the Confederate general Thomas J. Jackson?
A) Whirlwind
B) Thunderbolt
C) Stonewall
D) Ironclad
  • 28. Which Union general won the Battle of Gettysburg?
A) Daniel Sickles
B) George Meade
C) Abner Doubleday
D) George Gordon Meade
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