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