The Civil War

Question 1

On April 2, 1865, the Union finally captured the Confederate capital of __________ Virginia

Accepted Answer

Richmond

Question 2

Battle were the North gain control of the Mississippi River, cutting the south in half

Accepted Answer

Vicksburg

Question 3

First state to secede from the Union

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 4

After the Northern Victory at Antietam, Lincoln gave his____________

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclomation

Question 5

Battle that started the Civil War was at _______________

Accepted Answer

Ft. Sumter

Question 6

Slave who moved to Illinois with his master, but was denied his freedom by the courts

Accepted Answer

Dred Scott

Question 7

What state did the Battle of Gettysburg happen in?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania

Question 8

William Tecumseh Sherman burned Atlanta, then led a destructive march to the sea in __________

Accepted Answer

Georgia

Question 9

Act that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted slavery or not.

Accepted Answer

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 10

In order to control oceans and rivers, a new type of ships with iron armour was created called

Accepted Answer

Iron Clad

Question 11

After the loss at Bull Run, Lincoln made __________ the Northern General of the Eastern Theater

Accepted Answer

George McClellan

Question 12

The war finally ended on April 9, 1865 when Lee surrendered to Grant at ______________

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Court House

Question 13

What countries were considering joining the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

England and France

Question 14

Person who won the Presidential election of 1860?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 15

How many states eventually joined the Confederacy

Accepted Answer

11

Question 16

Who was chosen as the first president of the Confederate States of America

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 17

General who replaced McClellan as commander of the Northern Army in the East in August 1863

Accepted Answer

Grant

Question 18

Name for the group of states that were slave states, but stayed in the Union

Accepted Answer

Boarder States

Question 19

Man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 20

Bloodiest battle of the Civil War took place at ________ Maryland on September 1862

Accepted Answer

Antietam

Question 21

Party that was started in the 1850s specifically to be anti-slavery

Accepted Answer

Republicans

Question 22

John Brown did which of the following?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Question 23

Secret routes and ways for slaves to escape north to Canada

Accepted Answer

Underground Railraod

Question 24

Who won the First Battle of Bull Run?

Accepted Answer

Confederacy

Question 25

What did South Carolina Senator Preston Brooks beat Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner with?

Accepted Answer

His Cane

Question 26

Abe Lincoln and ___________ had a series of debates in 1858 as they both ran for Congress

Accepted Answer

Stephen Douglas

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