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A #US History# Quiz to review the causes of the #Civil War#
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1
In what decade was the American Civil War?
1870s
1850s
1840s
1860s
2
Who fired the first shot of the war, upon Fort Sumter?
The Union
The Confederates
3
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Stonewall Jackson
4
“Four score and seven years ago” was the beginning of what?
Declaration of peace
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
5
Which battle was the “turning point of the war”, & the bloodiest 3-day battle in the Civil War?
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Antietam
6
What was the main reason the Southern states seceded from the Union?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
The attack on Fort Sumter
Lincoln winning presidency
7
Which of these men was a commander for the Confederate Army?
Colin L. Powell
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
William T. Sherman
8
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Proclaimed the freedom of slaves
Lincoln’s most famous speech
Granted southern states re-entry to Union
9
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
Virginia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Georgia
10
Which Civil War battle was the bloodiest single-day battle in American History?
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Yorktown
11
Who were the abolitionists?
Those who opposed slavery
Those who opposed the Union
Those who opposed the war
12
For what side did famous general Stonewall Jackson fight?
Union
Confederacy
13
What happened on April 14th, 1865, only 5 days after the surrender of Robert E. Lee?
Emancipation Proclamation
Missouri Compromise
Lincoln’s Assassination
Gettysburg Address
14
What was the era after war called?
Reconstruction
Emancipation
Unification
Antebellum
15
Which of these was
NOT
a major contributing factor to the Civil War?
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Secession
States’ rights
Slavery
