The Confederacy Quiz

How much do you know about America's temporary southern neighbor?
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Quiz by Jarl5
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Last updated: December 10, 2017
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First submittedApril 28, 2017
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What/who/when is or was...
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The official name of the country
The Confederate States of America
The country's president
Jefferson Davis
The country's vice president
Alexander Hamilton Stephens
The country's first capital
Montgomery, AL
The country's second and final capital
Richmond, VA
A name for the South/the country's official song/a brand of paper cups
Dixie
The first state to secede
South Carolina
The only war the south fought in
Civil War
What/who/when is or was...
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Their opponent in that war, also called the North
The Union
The year the war started
1861
The reason the war started/why the states seceded
Slavery
The nickname for the North's plan to blockade the South (named after a snake)
The Anaconda Plan
The year the war ended
1865
The person (a general in the Confederacy's army) who signed the surrender
Robert E. Lee
The judicially named town it was signed in
Appomattox Court House
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Level 72
Nov 10, 2017
Appomatox Court House is the name of the town. The surrender happened in somebody's house in the town, not in a court house.

https://www.nps.gov/apco/mclean-house.htm

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Level 68
Dec 10, 2017
Oh. Never knew.
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Level 89
Jul 6, 2018
And the guy who owned the house had left his house in Manasas after the first major battle of the war to get away from it all.