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American Civil War
Test your knowledge of the War Between the States.
Quiz ID:
#278
Fun:
(2.33)
Difficulty:
(1.91)
Category:
History
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War
Created By:
cnmne
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#1 Which was the first state to secede from the Union?
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
#2 Which was the first capital of the Confederacy?
Montgomery, Alabama
Memphis, Tennessee
Charleston, South Carolina
Atlanta, Georgia
#3 Which general commanded the Union forces at the Battle of Gettysburg?
George Meade
William Sherman
George McClellan
Ulysses Grant
#4 What did the South call the Battle of Bull Run?
Battle of Shiloh
Shenandoah Valley Campaign
Wilderness Campaign
Battle of Manassas
#5 Where was the bloodiest one-day battle of the war fought?
Shiloh, Tennessee
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Antietam, Maryland
Vicksburg, Tennessee
#6 Which Confederate city was captured on 4 July 1863?
Mobile, Alabama
Chattanooga, Tennessee
New Orleans, Louisiana
Vicksburg, Mississippi
#7 Where was the "Battle Above the Clouds" fought?
Summit Point, West Virginia
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
Hoover's Gap, Tennessee
#8 In which present-day state was the westernmost battle of the war fought?
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
#9 Which Confederate general was accidentally shot and killed by his own men?
James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart
Pierre Beauregard
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Joseph Johnston
#10 Where was the first battle between ironclad ships fought?
Biloxi Mississippi
Hampton Roads Virginia
Mobile Bay Alabama
Cape Hatteras North Carolina
#11 All slave states seceded from the United States.
True
False
#12 The Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, was executed for treason after the war.
True
False
#13 Robert E. Lee was Abraham Lincoln's first choice to command the Union army.
True
False
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