Civil War Quiz

Question 1

Effect of Confederate troops firing on Union troops in Fort Sumter

Answer 1

Civil war begins

Question 2

When did the civil war begin

Answer 2

When confederate troops fired on Union troops in Fort Sumter

Question 3

Why did President Lincoln issue the emancipation proclamation?

Answer 3

To appease abolitionists

Question 4

Lincoln issued what document to appease abolitionists?

Answer 4

The Emancipation Proclamation

Question 5

What happened when the Union accepted African American soldiers

Answer 5

• it increased the amount of African Americans fighting

- 10% of the Northern army was made up of blacks

Question 6

What percentage of the Northern army was made of African Americans?

Answer 6

10%

Question 7

What resulted from the Confederate food shortages

Answer 7

Inflation raised 7000%

Question 8

How much did inflation raise from the food shortages?

Answer 8

7000%

Question 9

What was the first major battle of the civil war?

Answer 9

Bull Run

Question 10

Who was the the main confederate general during the civil war?

Answer 10

Robert E. Lee

Question 11

What was the single bloodiest day in the Civil War?

Answer 11

Antietam

Question 12

What was a popular occupation among women during the Civil war?

Answer 12

Nursing

Question 13

What battle is considered a major turning point in the war?

Answer 13

Gettysburg

Question 14

Why is the battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the war?

Answer 14

It broke General Lees invincibility

Question 15

What battle broke General Lees invincibility?

Answer 15

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 16

What did the Gettysburg address help people realize?

Answer 16

They are a single nation

Question 17

What speech helped citizens recognize that they are still one single united nation

Answer 17

Gettysburg address

Question 18

What was Shermans goal in his March to the sea?

Answer 18

Destroy the will of the Southerners

Question 19

Why didn’t Lincoln implement his plans for reunifying the nation after the war?

Answer 19

He died 5 days after the war ended

Question 20

What was the purpose of the 13th amendment?

Answer 20

Abolish slavery

Question 21

To abolish slavery was the purpose of what amendment?

Answer 21

13th

Question 22

What northern tactic helped destroy morale in the South after defeats of Gettysburg and Vicksburg

Answer 22

Total war