The Civil War
Quiz by Amy Ives
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- Q1
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
John Wilkes Booth
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
30s - Q2
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
William Sherman
30s - Q3
In 1863, this declared all slaves in the rebelling states were free.
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Battle of Bull Run
Declaration of Independence
30s - Q4
The single bloodiest DAY in the Civil War took place here:
Antietam
Appomattox
Bull Run
Gettysburg
30s - Q5
The capital of the United States of America during the Civil War was:
Philadelphia
Charleston
Washington, D.C.
Richmond
30s - Q6
The capital of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War was:
Atlanta
Washington, D.C.
Charleston
Richmond
30s - Q7
The Union Army...
represented the northern states and wore blue
represented the southern states and wore blue
represented the northern states and wore grey
represented the southern states and wore grey
30s - Q8
The Confederate Army...
represented the northern states and wore grey
represented the southern states and wore grey
represented the southern states and wore blue
represented the northern states and wore blue
30s - Q9
The commanding general of the Union Army was:
Robert E. Lee
William Sherman
John Wilkes Booth
Ulysses Grant
30s - Q10
The commanding general of the Confederate Army was:
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Ulysses Grant
William Sherman
30s - Q11
Why was the attack on Fort Sumter significant?
General Pickett charged the Union line
The first shots of the Civil War were fired
The Confederacy surrendered
It was the bloodiest day of the Civil War
30s - Q12
The Confederacy surrendered to the Union Army at this courthouse in Virginia.
Antietam
Manassas
Richmond
Appomattox
30s - Q13
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Texas
30s - Q14
Superior transportation, an industrialized economy, and a large population describes the _______.
Union (North)
Confederacy (South)
30s - Q15
Agricultural economy, superior military leadership, and a large slave population describes the _______.
Confederacy (South)
Union (North)
30s
