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