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Civil War Quiz
1. Where were the first shots fired in the Civil War?
a. Vicksburg
c. Fort Sumter
b. Gettysburg
d. Bull Run / Manassas
2. Who was President of the Confederate States of America?
a. Abraham Lincoln
c. Henry Clay
b. Jefferson Davis
d. Stephen Douglas
3. Who was offered (but turned down) the job of General of all Union forces before
the war began?
a. Robert E Lee
c. George McClellan
b. Ulysses S Grant
d. Stonewall Jackson
4. Which of the following was an advantage for the South?
a. Higher population
c. More industry production
b. Better transportation
d. More experienced Generals
5. Which of the following was not part of the Anaconda Plan?
A. blockade Southern ports
B. invade California
C. control the Mississippi River
D. capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, VA
6. What was the first major battle of the War (it occurred only 25 miles from D.C.)?
A. Antietam
C. Shiloh
B. Gettysburg
D. Bull Run / Manassas
7. Who was the general that Lincoln eventually fired for being too cautious?
A. McClellan
C. Grant
B. Lee
D. “Stonewall” Jackson
8. At what battle did both sides learn the importance of always being prepared?
a. Chancellorsville c. Shiloh
b. Antietam
d. Appomattox
9. What battle is the bloodiest single day battle in American history?
a. Antietam
c. Shiloh
b. Gettysburg
d. Bull Run / Manassas
10. Lincoln suspended _______ to deal with dissent in the Union states.
a. voting rights for African Americans
b. harsh sentences for draft rioters
c. conscription of men over 35 years old
d. the writ of habeas corpus
11. Northerners that supported the South were given what nickname?
a. Copperheads
c. Anaconda
b. Democrats
d. Titans
12. What was Lincoln’s primary goal of the Civil War?
a. End the practice of slavery
b. Allow popular sovereignty to the new territories
c. To Preserve the Union
d. To teach the South a lesson
13. How many slaves did the Emancipation Proclamation free?
a. 3 million
c. all in the South
b. all slaves nationwide
d. none
15. At what battle did Lee decide to advance into the North?
a. Shiloh
c. Chancellorsville
b. Gettysburg
d. Appomattox
16. What battle is generally considered to be the turning point of the war?
a. Shiloh
c. Antietam
b. Gettysburg
d. Appomattox
17. Which battle completed step two of the Anaconda Plan?
a. Gettysburg
c. Vicksburg
b. Antietam
d. Shiloh
18. What was the location where Robert E Lee surrendered to Grant?
a. Vicksburg
c. Appomattox
b. Bull Run / Manassas
d. Richmond
19. What freed slaves nationwide?
a. 13th Amendment
c. Emancipation Proclamation
b. Sherman’s March
d. 14th Amendment
20. Which event was the immediate cause of secession of several southern states
from the Union in 1860?
a. The Dred Scott decision, which declared that all prior compromises on the
extension of slavery into territories were unconstitutional
b. The Missouri Compromise, which kept an even balance between the number
of free and slave states
c. The raid on the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, which was led by the
militant John Brown
d. The election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed the spread of slavery into
territories
21. What profession grew substantially with the help of women’s participation,
especially Clara Barton, during the Civil War?
a. Banking
c. Governing
b. Nursing
d. Cooking
22. Abraham Lincoln _______________ the power of the presidency during the CW
a. Limited
c. Reduced
b. Expanded
d. Shared
23. What was the capitol of the Confederacy?
a. Washington DC
c. Richmond, VA
b. Atlanta, GA
d. Clemmons, NC
24. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
a. William Seward
c. Lee Harvey Oswald
b. John Wilkes Booth d. His wife
25. “You have an oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, which I shall have the most
solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it.” – Abraham Lincoln, Inaugural Address, 1861
When President Lincoln made this statement, he indicated his commitment to:
a. Allow the southern states to leave the Union
b. Defend the institution of slavery throughout the US
c. Take strong action to maintain and preserve the Union