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American Civil War Quiz
1.
Who commanded the Confederate army in the American Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
2.
Which American Civil War general later became president of the United States?
Ulysses S. Grant
George Armstrong Custer
Robert E. Lee
Abner Doubleday
3.
Which of these ships fought in the first battle between ironclads?
Pinafore
Titanic
Monitor
Lusitania
4.
Which of these was not a Civil War battle?
Battle of Antietam
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Manassas
Battle of Gettysburg
5.
In what year was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
1865
1864
1861
1862
6.
Which era immediately followed the American Civil War?
Reformation
Renaissance
Reconstruction
Gilded Age
7.
How many states were there in the Confederate States of America?
14
11
5
9
8.
Which American Civil War general is considered a major architect of modern warfare?
Stonewall Jackson
James Longstreet
William Tecumseh Sherman
George Armstrong Custer
9.
Which series of battles in Georgia influenced the Federal presidential election of 1864?
Red River Campaign
Petersburg Campaign
Atlanta Campaign
Caucasus campaign
10.
Which semi-military secret organization was active in the Midwestern states during the American Civil War?
Society of the Cincinnati
Order of Assassins
Skull and Bones
Knights of the Golden Circle
11.
What was the name given to citizens in the North who opposed the war policy of the North and advocated a negotiated settlement with the South to end the American Civil War?
Union League
Copperheads
Democrats
Sons of Liberty
12.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War?
Zachary Taylor
Jefferson Davis
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
13.
Which battle is known as the turning point in the American Civil War?
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Fredericksburg
14.
What was the site of the Confederacy’s largest prison camp for captured Union soldiers?
Andersonville
Salisbury
Attica
Rock Island
15.
Which American soldier disguised herself as a man to fight in the Civil War?
Sarah Edmonds
Clara Barton
Virginia Hall
Rose O'Neal Greenhow
16.
Which Confederate general commanded the bombardment of Fort Sumter in 1861?
George Meade
Don Carlos Buell
J. E. B. Stuart
P. G. T. Beauregard
17.
Which Confederate general wrote the popular infantry manual used by both the North and the South during the American Civil War?
Henry Halleck
Jubal Early
Leonidas Polk
William J. Hardee
18.
Where did Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the end of the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House
McLean House
Anne Spencer House
Point of Honor
19.
Which battle of the American Civil War is also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing?
Battle of Fort Donelson
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Franklin
20.
Who commanded the Confederate forces in Vicksburg during the Vicksburg Campaign of the Union forces?
John McClernand
John Clifford Pemberton
Theodore R. Davis
Grenville M. Dodge
21.
Which city was the first capital of the Confederate States of America?
Charlottesville
Montgomery
Fairfax
Alexandria
22.
Who was the quartermaster general of the Union Army during the American Civil War?
James Eads
B. F. Isherwood
Cyrus Comstock
Montgomery Meigs
23.
How many years did the American Civil War last?
2 years
7 years
4 years
5 years
24.
Which unit provided aerial surveillance of Confederate troops for the Union army during the American Civil War?
54th Regiment
Kenner mission
Balloon Corps
Signal Corps
25.
Who is known for his photographs of politicians and events of the American Civil War?
Mathew Brady
Robert Capa
Louis Daguerre
Eadweard Muybridge
26.
Which acts were passed by the federal government during the American Civil War to liberate enslaved persons in the seceded states?
Fugitive Slave Acts
Confiscation Acts
Reconstruction Acts
Missouri Compromise
27.
In which year was the Grand Army of the Republic, a patriotic organization of the American Civil War veterans, founded?
1863
1881
1866
1877
28.
Which was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship during the American Civil War?
Turtle
Nautilus
Trieste
H.L. Hunley
29.
For which poem was Stephen Vincent Benét awarded the Pulitzer Prize?
Young People's Pride
Western Star
John Brown's Body
The Beginning of Wisdom
30.
Who was the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor?
William H. Carney
Richard H. Cain
Lewis Henry Douglass
Philip Bazaar
31.
Who was the African American enslaved person who was also a captain and naval hero for the Union during the American Civil War?
Blanche Bruce
John Mercer Langston
Joseph Rainey
Robert Smalls
32.
Which general in the American Civil War earned the nickname “the Rock of Chickamauga”?
A. P. Hill
Philip Sheridan
George H. Thomas
Patrick Cleburne
33.
What was the Union's mission on the Peninsular Campaign in the American Civil War?
To capture Fredericksburg, Virginia
To capture Chattanooga, Tennessee
To capture Richmond, Virginia
To capture Atlanta, Georgia
34.
Who was the Confederate general in command at the Fort Pillow Massacre?
Henry Halleck
Nathan Bedford Forrest
John Bell Hood
Joseph E. Johnston
35.
What was the bloodiest single-day battle in the American Civil War?
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Palmito Ranch
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of South Mountain
36.
Who commanded an African American regiment from a Northern state during the American Civil War?
William H. Carney
Robert Gould Shaw
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
37.
Under whose leadership did the Union army suffer a crushing defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg?
James Longstreet
John Pope
Ambrose Everett Burnside
George Meade
38.
Who was the chief of nursing, hospital, and welfare services for the western armies under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant?
Clara Barton
Ella King Newsom
Florence Nightingale
Mary Ann Bickerdyke
39.
In which city did the Draft Riot of 1863 occur?
Boston
Atlanta
New York City
Philadelphia
40.
What was the famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the site of one of the most decisive battles of the American Civil War?
I Have a Dream
O Captain! My Captain!
Infamy Speech
Gettysburg Address
41.
Who led the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, an event that was instrumental in heightening the animosities that led to the American Civil War?
John Brown
Stephen A. Douglas
Charles Sumner
Henry Clay
42.
During which incident did Captain Charles Wilkes unlawfully seize two Confederate commissioners from a neutral British ship?
Trent Affair
Battle of the Crater
Siege of Vicksburg
Anaconda plan
43.
Where was the "Battle Above the Clouds" fought in 1863?
Lookout Mountain
Max Patch
Clingmans Dome
Chimney Tops
44.
Which battle helped the Union regain the state of Tennessee?
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Belmont
Battle of Corinth
Battle of Fort Henry
45.
Which battle in the American Civil War was called the Waterloo of the Confederacy?
Battle of White Oak Road
Battle of Globe Tavern
Battle of Five Forks
Battle of Sailor's Creek
46.
Which of these machine guns was invented during the American Civil War?
Bren machine gun
Submachine gun
Gatling gun
MAG machine gun
47.
In which year was the Battle of Fort Sumter fought?
1861
1866
1860
1865
48.
Who proposed the "Anaconda plan" military strategy during the American Civil War?
Lewis Cass
Albert Sidney Johnston
Zachary Taylor
Winfield Scott
49.
Which amendment guaranteed civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved persons who were emancipated after the American Civil War?
Tenth Amendment
Twelfth Amendment
Sixteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
50.
Under which legislation was the South divided into five military districts after the war?
Pacific Railway Acts
Reconstruction Acts
Alien and Sedition Acts
Civil Rights Act
51.
Which battle had the first duel between two ironclad warships in the history of war?
Battle of Cockpit Point
Battle of Glendale
Battle of Drewry's Bluff
Battle of Hampton Roads
52.
What name was given to people who relocated to the South from the North during the Reconstruction period, and were accused by Southerners of exploiting the newly enfranchised freedmen?
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Bootleggers
Contraband
53.
Who was the general that Lincoln fired for being too cautious after the Battle of Antietam?
George B. McClellan
Andrew Johnson
James B. McPherson
Irvin McDowell
54.
Which of these events marks the beginning of the American Civil War?
Siege of Vicksburg
The bombardment of Fort Sumter
Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln’s first inaugural address
55.
What did federal troops convert the house of Robert E. Lee to after they occupied it in 1861?
Army headquarters
Prisoner of war housing
National memorial
Armory
56.
What was the official name of the states that seceded from the United States during the American Civil War?
Republic of Texas
Confederate States of America
The South
The Union
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