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