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American Civil War

What do you know about the bloodiest conflict in US history that killed almost 620,000 soldier in four years?
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Last updated: November 11, 2021
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1. How many Southern states broke away to form the independent country of the Confederate States of America?
11 ✓
15 ✓
12 ✓
13 ✓
2. What state was the first to break away from the Union in December 1860?
Virginia ✓
North Carolina ✓
South Carolina ✓
Kentucky ✓
3. What Act allowed territories to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery?
Ohio-Iowa Act ✓
Georgia-Florida Act ✓
Tennessee-Alabama Act ✓
Kansas-Nebraska Act ✓
4. What is the name of the antislavery novel sold in 300,000 copies that brought some of the harsh realities of slavery to a wider mainly white audience?
Uncle Tom's Cabin ✓
Cousin Vinnie's Yard ✓
Aunt Mary's House ✓
Sister June's Room ✓
5. Who was a "conductor" in a secret network of antislavers called the "Underground Railroad"?
Harriet Beecher Stowe ✓
Mary Edwards Walker ✓
Mary Darling ✓
Harriet Tubman ✓
6. Who was the Confederacy's only president?
Jefferson Davis ✓
David Walker ✓
John Brown ✓
Frederick Douglass ✓
7. What was the capital of the Confederacy?
Atlanta ✓
Vicksburg ✓
Montgomery ✓
Richmond ✓
8. What event marked the start of the Civil War?
The Attack on Fort Sumter ✓
The Siege of Petersburg ✓
The First Battle of Bull Run ✓
The Savannah Campaign ✓
9. In which state the First Battle of Bull Run took place in 1861?
Florida ✓
North Carolina ✓
Virginia ✓
Kentucky ✓
10. Which general of the Confederate forces was nicknamed "Stonewall"?
Thomas J. Jackson ✓
Irwin McDowell ✓
David Farragut ✓
Henry Hill ✓
11. What was the name of the Union Army strategy for suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the war?
Python Plan ✓
Mamba Plan ✓
Anaconda Plan ✓
Cobra Plan ✓
12. What was the universal color of Union uniforms?
Gray ✓
Black ✓
Red ✓
Dark blue ✓
13. Which Union general-in-chief served two terms as president after the war?
Winfield Scott ✓
Andrew Johnson ✓
Ulysses S. Grant ✓
George Henry Thomas ✓
14. Who was a nurse in Union Army who wrote a novel Little Women?
Susan B. Anthony ✓
Susie King Taylor ✓
Louisa May Alcott ✓
Mary Edwards Walker ✓
15. Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862?
Jefferson Davis ✓
George McClellan ✓
Abraham Lincoln ✓
Thomas Jefferson ✓
16. What was the bloodiest of all Civil War battles?
The Battle of Fredericksburg ✓
The Battle of Gettysburg ✓
The Siege of Vicksburg ✓
The Siege of Petersburg ✓
17. Who revolutionized the Union's Army medical service and created encampments of tents near the battlefield?
Jonathan Letterman ✓
Lafayette C. Baker ✓
Antonia Ford ✓
Allan Pinkerton ✓
18. In gratitude for the victory at Gettysburg, what holiday was proclaimed by President Lincoln?
Thanksgiving ✓
Memorial Day ✓
Veterans Day ✓
Independence Day ✓
19. Who led the "March to the Sea" that tore apart the Confederacy and helped the Union win the war?
George Meade ✓
William T. Sherman ✓
David Farragut ✓
Jourdon Anderson ✓
20. What Amendment became a law in 1865, when the slavery was finally abolished?
16th Amendment ✓
14th Amendment ✓
15th Amendment ✓
13th Amendment ✓
21. Who signed the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia in 1865?
Robert E. Lee ✓
Thomas Jackson ✓
J.E.B. Stuart ✓
James Longstreet ✓
22. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre just a few days after Confederate surrender?
John Wilkes Booth ✓
Lee Harvey Oswald ✓
J. Edward Sanders ✓
John Fitzgerald ✓
23. When a soldier died, what happened to their body?
The bodies were burned ✓
They were sent back home ✓
They were taken to hospitals ✓
They were buried where they died ✓
24. Who was the most famous medical worker of the Civil War who founded the American Red Cross?
Harriet Patience Dame ✓
Addie Ballou ✓
Dorethea Dix ✓
Clara Barton ✓
25. When did the Civil War actually end?
When Confederate general surrendered ✓
When all the slaved had been freed ✓
When President Andrew Johnson ended the war ✓
When the last of the active soldiers were killed ✓
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