Download Civil War Multiple Choice Quiz

Civil War Multiple Choice Quiz
1. Which one of these most likely refers to loyalty to one’s region rather than
national loyalty?
a.
b.
c.
d.
State’s Rights
Sectionalism
Nationalism
Fraternity
2. Which one of these qualities did NOT refer to the southern states?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Economy based on agriculture
Few immigrants
Supported internal improvements as a way to get farm products to market
Economy based on slave labor.
3. The percentage of southerners who did NOT own any slaves in 1860 was:
a.
b.
c.
d.
35%
75%
85%
95%
4. Which of the following men opposed Abraham Lincoln for president in the 1860
election?
a.
b.
c.
d.
John C. Breckenridge
Hannibal Hamlin
George C. McClellan
John C. Calhoun.
5. When was Lincoln inaugurated for his first term as president?
a.
b.
c.
d.
January, 1861
March, 1861
December, 1860
November, 1860.
6. What percentage of the popular vote did Lincoln receive in the 1860 election?
a.
b.
c.
d.
70%
60%
50%
40%
7. The first state to secede from the Union was:
a.
b.
c.
d.
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama.
8. The convention that met to write the constitution for the Confederate States of
America met in
a.
b.
c.
d.
Atlanta
Savannah
Montgomery
Charleston.
9. Which of the following was NOT a border state during the Civil War?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Missouri.
Tennessee
Delaware
Maryland.
10. Which of the following was a strength of the Union during the Civil War?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Better military leaders
Fighting on home territory
Twice as many persons
“the Cause”.
11. Commander of Fort Sumter in April, 1861, was:
a.
b.
c.
d.
General Ulysses S. Grant
General John Pope
General George Meade
Major Robert Anderson.
12. Martial law was declared in this state after soldiers from the 6th Massachusetts
Regiment were attacked and killed by civilians:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington, D.C.
13. The Union strategy to win the war included all the following EXCEPT for:
a.
b.
c.
d.
capturing the Confederate capital
blockading ports
striking along the Mississippi River
fortifying positions in border states such as Indiana and Ohio.
14. Many said this complaint about the substitute system:
a.
b.
c.
d.
“Hell no, we won’t go”
“A Rich Man’s War, But a Poor Man’s Fight”
“It’s One, Two, Three, What Are We Fighting For?”
“One Tin Soldier Rides Away…”
15. Which of the following did Lincoln NOT do to deal with dissenters?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Sent troops to stop riots
Suspended habeas corpus
Seized telegraph offices
Burned newspaper offices that opposed Northern policies.
16. Northerners who supported the southern cause were also known as:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Anacondas
Copperheads
Valandinghams
Davisites.
17. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Bull Run
Shiloh
Fort Sumter
Fort Donelson.
18. In this battle, Grant met with criticism because he did not provide adequate
fortifications or scouting:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Shiloh
Cold Harbor
Fort Donelson
Wilderness Campaign.
19. The Battle of Antietam took place in this state:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Virginia
South Carolina
Maryland
Pennsylvania
20. The Union victory at Antietam allowed Lincoln to
a.
b.
c.
d.
win the 1864 presidential election
appoint Grant Union commander
announce the Emancipation Proclamation
visit Richmond.
21. Which of the following slaves would NOT be covered under the terms of the
Emancipation Proclamation?
a.
b.
c.
d.
a field hand in Charleston
a house servant in Atlanta
a black valet in Montgomery
a house servant in Baltimore.
22. Which of the following is part of the Battle of Fredericksburg?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Marye’s Heights
Devil’s Den
The Angle
Little Round Top.
23. “Stonewall” Jackson was killed by “friendly fire” at this battle:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Antietam
24. The Union lines at Gettysburg most resembled this:
a.
b.
c.
d.
an angle
a fishhook
a sunken road
a star
25. This general led a fateful charge at Gettysburg
a.
b.
c.
d.
Longstreet
Pickett
Armistead
Meade
26. The commander of the 20th Maine Regiment was:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Robert Gould Shaw
Frederick Douglass
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
George McClellan.
27. At the same time the Union was winning at Gettysburg, Grant scored a major
victory at this city:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Vicksburg
Atlanta
Savannah
Chatanooga.
28. The 54th Massachusetts Regiment lost over half its number trying to take this fort:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Fort Sumter
Fort Wagner
Fort McHenry
Fort Donelson
29. This general was known as the Rock of Chickamauga:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Thomas
Meade
Bragg
Strong.
30. Who lost more men during the Wilderness Campaign?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The Confederates
The Union
No records of deaths were kept
The records were kept secret for 200 years.
31. This general led a “March to the Sea”
a.
b.
c.
d.
Rosecrans
Sherman
Grant
Lee
32. This city was captured by the Union at Christmas time, 1864
a.
b.
c.
d.
Atlanta
Richmond
Savannah
New Orleans
33. The “Crater” was a famous part of this battle:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Petersburg
Richmond
Chatanooga
Fredericksburg
34. This person was Lincoln’s Democrat opponent in 1864:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Douglas
Calhoun
McClellan
Breckinridge
35. This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln in April, 1865
a.
b.
c.
d.
Robert E. Lee
John Wilkes Booth
William Seward
Edwin Stanton