Story of US: Civil War

Question 1

Which fraction of surgeries were amputations during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

3/4

Question 2

The invention of this allowed the telegraph to become the first form of mass communication

Accepted Answer

morse code

Question 3

True or False? The South had more telegraph lines than the North.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

How soon after the war ended was Lincoln assassinated?

Accepted Answer

Within a week

Question 5

Because of this, politicians can no longer fight a war without public support...

Accepted Answer

photography

Question 6

True or False? Arlington was the first national cemetery for soldiers.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

The Civil War is the first modern war because it took place after...

Accepted Answer

The Industrial Revolution

Question 8

How many soldiers die from infection as opposed to dying in battle?

Accepted Answer

2x as many

Question 9

This Union general implemented total war in the South

Accepted Answer

William T. Sherman

Question 10

This was Lincoln's secret weapon during the war...

Accepted Answer

The railroad

Question 11

Which medicine helped reduce the number of gangrene as a result of amputation?

Accepted Answer

Bromine

Question 12

Robert E. Lee previously served in the...

Accepted Answer

Mexican-American War

Question 13

Where did the Emancipation Proclamation end slavery?

Accepted Answer

In the rebelling states

Question 14

Who founded the American Red Cross?

Accepted Answer

Clara Barton

Question 15

The range of the minnie ball was...

Accepted Answer

600 yards

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