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