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1
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th
14th
16th
15th
2
Who was the first general of the Army of the Potomac?
Robert E. Lee
George McClellan
Joseph Hooker
George Meade
3
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Battle of Antietam
First Battle of Bull Run
Second Battle of Bull Run
Fort Sumter
4
What did General Order 143 do?
Allowed blacks to fight for the Union
Created the draft
Switch Union generals
Freed the slaves
5
Approximately how many people died in the Civil War?
620,000
330,00
840,000
100,000
6
Which of the following was a freed slave who became a voice for abolition?
George McClellan
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
John Brown
7
What amendment gave people of color the right to vote?
18th
10th
13th
15th
8
What political party did Abraham Lincoln and most abolitionists belong to?
Republican
Whig
Green
Democratic
9
Who was the head Union general at the Battle of Gettysburg?
James Longstreet
George Meade
Stonewall Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
10
Who was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Mississippi
Virginia
North Carolina
11
Which of the following is something a Civil War soldier would NOT carry with them?
Blanket
Cartridge box
Canteen
Koran
12
Who was the General of the Army of Northern Virginia?
George Meade
Joseph Hooker
Ambrose Burnside
Robert E. Lee
13
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Won the war for the Union
Freed slaves in the Confederacy
Abolished slavery
Freed slaves in the United States
14
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender?
Fredericksburg
Spotsylvania Court House
Appomattox Court House
Richmond
15
How did soldiers communicate with their families during the war?
Texts
Telephone
Telegram
Letters
16
What was the first official battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Nashville
17
All states that sided with the Union were free states.
True
False
18
What event caused the states to begin to secede?
Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Bull Run
Lincoln's election
Abolition of slavery
19
What was the bloodiest day in U.S. history?
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Chancellorsville
20
Who led the "March to the Sea"?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
William Tecumseh Sherman
George A. Custer
21
Which of the following is a phrase from the Gettysburg Address?
"We the people of the United States..."
"...our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation..."
"I have not yet begun to fight."
"...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights"
22
Who shot Lincoln?
F. Lee Bailey
John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
James Earl Ray
23
Which of the following is true about US Colored Troops?
They weren't entirely black units
They couldn't fight in white units
They never saw combat
They couldn't be former slaves
24
All states that sided with the Confederacy were slave states.
False
True
25
Which political party was pro-slavery?
Whig
Republican
Green
Democratic
26
What do we call a state that stayed with the Union, but was a slave state?
Border state
Slave state
Boundary state
Free state
27
What general accepted Lee's final surrender?
George McClellan
George Meade
George Custer
Ulysses S. Grant
28
In what year was Abraham Lincoln elected?
1840
1900
1860
1850
29
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Lookout Mountain
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
30
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Civil War?
Secession
Slavery
Invasion
Lincoln's election
31
What important document came directly after the Battle of Antietam?
Gettysburg Address
Declaration of Independence
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln's Inaugural Address
32
What kind of soldiers sent letters home?
Union soldiers
White soldiers
Confederate soldiers
All soldiers
