THE CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WAR QUIZ
1. Q: What were the northern states called?
A: The Union
B: The Libertarians
C: The Confederacy
D: The Blue
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2. Q: What were the southern states called?
A: The Union
B: The Libertarians
C: The Confederacy
D: The Rebelites
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3. Q: About how many lives were lost in the American Civil War?
A: 50,000
B: 100,000
C: 300,000
D: 600,000
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4. Q: Where did the Civil War start?
A: Atlanta (GA)
B: Charleston (SC)
C: Richmond (VA)
D: Raleigh (NC)
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5. Q: What year did the Civil War begin?
A: 1776
B: 1850
C: 1861
D: 1865
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6. Q: Who was elected President of the United States in 1860?
A: Thomas Jefferson
B: Abraham Lincoln
C: Jefferson Davis
D: Robert E. Lee
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7. Q: What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write about slavery?
A: Uncle Tom's Cabin
B: The Slavery Papers
C: Abolition
D: The Scarlet Letter
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8. Q: Who was president of the Confederacy?
A: Alexander Stephens
B: Robert E. Lee
C: William Henry
D: Jefferson Davis
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8. Q: Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?
A: Lincoln
B: Davis
C: Grant
D: Lee
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9. Q: "What document stated that ""Slaves of any state...in rebellion...shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free""?"
A: Declaration of Independence
B: US Constitution
C: The Freedom Pact
D: Emancipation Proclamation
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10. Q: Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
A: Benjamin Butler
B: Ulysses Grant
C: Abraham Lincoln
D: Jefferson Davis
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11. Q: "What speech starts out ""Fourscore and seven years ago...""?"
A: Gettysburg Address
B: Emancipation Proclamation
C: Vicksburg Address
D: Anteitam speech
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12. Q: Who wrote the Gettysburg Address?
A: Robert E. Lee
B: Jefferson Davis
C: Edward Everett
D: Abraham Lincoln
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13. Q: Who formed groups to help the Union Soldiers that later became the Red Cross?
A: Andrea Lee
B: Clara Barton
C: Karen Johnson
D: Alva Bradington
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14. Q: Where did Robert E. Lee agree to terms of surrender?
A: Appomattox Court House
B: Gettysburg
C: Little Big Top
D: Vicksburg Court House
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15. Q: Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
A: Appomatox Court House
B: The White House
C: Ford's Theatre
D: Gettysburg
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16. Q: Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
A: John Wilkes Booth
B: Andrew Johnson
C: Henry Rathborn
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What woman was called Moses because she led so many slaves to freedom on the underground railroad?
A. Clara Barton
B. Harriet Tubman
C. Harriet Beecher Stowe
1. Q: What were the northern states called?
A: The Union
B: The Libertarians
C: The Confederacy
D: The Blue
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2. Q: What were the southern states called?
A: The Union
B: The Libertarians
C: The Confederacy
D: The Rebelites
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3. Q: About how many lives were lost in the American Civil War?
A: 50,000
B: 100,000
C: 300,000
D: 600,000
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4. Q: Where did the Civil War start?
A: Atlanta (GA)
B: Charleston (SC)
C: Richmond (VA)
D: Raleigh (NC)
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5. Q: What year did the Civil War begin?
A: 1776
B: 1850
C: 1861
D: 1865
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6. Q: Who was elected President of the United States in 1860?
A: Thomas Jefferson
B: Abraham Lincoln
C: Jefferson Davis
D: Robert E. Lee
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7. Q: What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write about slavery?
A: Uncle Tom's Cabin
B: The Slavery Papers
C: Abolition
D: The Scarlet Letter
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8. Q: Who was president of the Confederacy?
A: Alexander Stephens
B: Robert E. Lee
C: William Henry
D: Jefferson Davis
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8. Q: Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?
A: Lincoln
B: Davis
C: Grant
D: Lee
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9. Q: "What document stated that ""Slaves of any state...in rebellion...shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free""?"
A: Declaration of Independence
B: US Constitution
C: The Freedom Pact
D: Emancipation Proclamation
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10. Q: Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
A: Benjamin Butler
B: Ulysses Grant
C: Abraham Lincoln
D: Jefferson Davis
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11. Q: "What speech starts out ""Fourscore and seven years ago...""?"
A: Gettysburg Address
B: Emancipation Proclamation
C: Vicksburg Address
D: Anteitam speech
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12. Q: Who wrote the Gettysburg Address?
A: Robert E. Lee
B: Jefferson Davis
C: Edward Everett
D: Abraham Lincoln
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13. Q: Who formed groups to help the Union Soldiers that later became the Red Cross?
A: Andrea Lee
B: Clara Barton
C: Karen Johnson
D: Alva Bradington
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14. Q: Where did Robert E. Lee agree to terms of surrender?
A: Appomattox Court House
B: Gettysburg
C: Little Big Top
D: Vicksburg Court House
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15. Q: Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
A: Appomatox Court House
B: The White House
C: Ford's Theatre
D: Gettysburg
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16. Q: Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
A: John Wilkes Booth
B: Andrew Johnson
C: Henry Rathborn
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What woman was called Moses because she led so many slaves to freedom on the underground railroad?
A. Clara Barton
B. Harriet Tubman
C. Harriet Beecher Stowe