• 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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