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The Civil War

Quiz by Mike Johnson

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  • Q1
    Civil War battle site in western Maryland. The bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War- and of U.S. history!
    Antietam
    30s
  • Q2
    The surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee To Ulysses S. Grant took place on April 9, 1865
    Appomattox Court House
    30s
  • Q3
    The 5 states between the North and the South. They stayed loyal to the Union and were allowed to keep slavery. Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware.
    Border States
    30s
  • Q4
    First battle of the Civil War. Site of 2 Civil War battles in Northern Virginia, also called Manasas. The South won them both.
    Bull Run
    30s
  • Q5
    Confederate President and an experienced soldier that led the southern states (Confederacy) effort in the war.
    Jefferson Davis
    30s
  • Q6
    To free from slavery
    Emancipate
    30s
  • Q7
    The first shots of the Civil War were fired in South Carolina on April 12, 1861
    Fort Sumter
    30s
  • Q8
    Civil War Battle site in Pennsylvania. Site where Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address. Considered the turning point in the Civil War.
    Gettysburg
    30s
  • Q9
    Commander of the Union Army during the Civil War; later the 18th president of the US
    Ulysses S. Grant
    30s
  • Q10
    Battle ship covered with iron for protection. The Noth's "Monitor" battled the South's "Virginia" to a draw in March 1862.
    Iron Clad
    30s
  • Q11
    Commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War Known as the most brilliant in US history,
    Robert E Lee
    30s
  • Q12
    16th President of the US. He led the nation thru the Civil War and ended Slavery He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Fords Theater, 1865
    Abraham Lincoln
    30s
  • Q13
    Soldiers from the south.
    Rebels
    30s
  • Q14
    to leave or withdrawl
    Secede
    30s
  • Q15
    Soldiers from the north.
    Yankees
    30s

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