American Civil War Quiz *help for upcoming quiz*

Question 1

Who was John Wilkes Booth?

Accepted Answer

American stage actor (who assassinated 16th president Abraham Lincoln)

Question 2

What were the border states?

Accepted Answer

Slave states that rather did not leave; secede the Union.

Question 3

What was the Gettysburg Address?

Accepted Answer

A speech that Abraham Lincoln delivered during the Civil War.

Question 4

Was the Emancipation Proclomation was against slavery?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Was the Monitor vs. Virginia not a draw but was rather a bias account & that the CSA clearly won the battle?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

What did Robert E. Lee do to contribute to the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Helped to fight off the Union army at an extent., Helped lead the South to some point in victories., Commanded the Southern armies & Confederate army.

Question 7

Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

Accepted Answer

American-Union military officer/politician

Question 8

What battle was formally known as a siege?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Vicksburg

Question 9

Who was Jefferson Davis?

Accepted Answer

American politician & president of the Confederate states

Question 10

Who was Robert E. Lee?

Accepted Answer

American-Confederate general

Question 11

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

16th President

Question 12

A 'blockade' is a way of sealing off peaople or/and goods?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

What did Ulysses S. Grant do to contribute to the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Helped lead soldiers, Helped support Abraham Lincoln., Led the Union armies to victory over the Confederate armies.

Question 14

What did William T. Sherman do to contribute to the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Helped to lead the Union army, Led Union forces on crushing Southern campaigns.

Question 15

Ford's Theater is not famous because of the assassination of president Abraham Lincoln...

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Who was George Meade?

Accepted Answer

American army officer & civil engineer

Question 17

What was a 'rebel'?

Accepted Answer

A Confederate soldier

Question 18

Why did John Wilkes Booth supposedly assassinate president Abraham Lincoln?

Accepted Answer

Because he believed that by murdering him; Confederacy would be restored.

Question 19

What is the meaning of 'ironclad'?

Accepted Answer

A 19th-century warship

Question 20

Was the Battle of Antietam in relation to the start of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclomation?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Why was the First Bull Run so important?

Accepted Answer

It was the CSA's (Confederacy) second victory, Because it was the first battle of the Civil War.

Question 22

The Appomattox was so important because it was where Lee surrendered to Grant; officially ending the war...

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Who were the Union?

Accepted Answer

Northern states that did not secede but rather stayed with the Union.

Question 24

What does the word 'secede' mean?

Accepted Answer

To withdraw or leave a union.

Question 25

What was a 'yankee'?

Accepted Answer

Term used by Southerners to describe their rivals; the Union.

Question 26

What is the "March to the Sea"?

Accepted Answer

Military campaign held in Georgia.

Question 27

Who were the Confederates?

Accepted Answer

Southern states that seceded from the Union; with the expansion of slavery.

Question 28

Who was William T. Sherman?

Accepted Answer

American soldier, businessman, educator, author & later on a Union general.

Question 29

What did George Meade do to contribute to the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Helped lead the Union army, Helped the Union army have victory in the battle of Gettysburg

Question 30

What did Jefferson Davis do to contribute to the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Ruling over the Confederate armies, Ordered his armies to attack, Started the war

Question 31

What does the word 'siege' mean?

Accepted Answer

A military operation where enemy forces surround a town or building.

American Civil War Quiz help for upcoming quiz

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American Civil War Quiz help for upcoming quiz

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