Events
South Carolina became the first state to do what in December 1860?
A) Secession
B) Vote
C) Celebrate Christmas
Secession
Who is this?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) General Robert E. Lee
C) General Ulysses S. Grant
General Ulysses S. Grant
What is the term used for ownership of human beings; it was a primary cause of the Civil War?
A) Discrimination
B) Racism
C) Slavery
Slavery
The Civil War began in what year?
A) 1861
B) 1865
C) 1941
1861
Who was the president of the U.S. during the American Civil War?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Jefferson Davis
C) Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Where were the first shots of the war fired?
A) Bunker Hill
B) Fort Sumter
C) Gettysburg Battlefield
Fort Sumter
Which military leader was in charge of the whole Confederate Army?
A) General Robert E. Lee
B) General Ulysses S. Grant
C) Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
The uniforms of Union and Confederacy were what two colors?
A) Black and White
B) Blue and Gray
C) Red and Green
Blue and Gray
This battle gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union?
A) Battle of Bull Run
B) Battle of Vicksburg
C) Pickett's Charge
Battle of Vicksburg
Which branch of government makes the laws?
A) The Executive Branch
B) The Judicial Branch
C) The Legislative Branch
The Legislative Branch
A part of the Anaconda Plan that prevented the Confederacy from trading?
A) Blockade
B) Free Trade
C) Tariffs
Blockade
What term is used for forcing people into military service?
A) Carpetbagger
B) Draft
C) Slavery
Draft
Because Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, this man succeeded to the presidency and became the 17th president?
A) Andrew Johnson
B) Jefferson Davis
C) Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
The first major battle of the war was fought where?
A) Battle of Bull Run
B) Battle of Gettysburg
C) Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Bull Run
Lincoln's plan to readmit the former Confederate states to the Union was known as what?
A) The Emancipation Proclamation
B) The Ten Percent Plan
C) Reconstruction
The Ten Percent Plan
What was the battle in the Civil War that was a big turning point towards winning for the North (Union)?
A) Battle of Bull Run
B) Battle of Gettysburg
C) Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
African Americans were more likely to vote for Republican or Democrats?
A) Democrats
B) Republicans
C) Independents
Republicans
Which branch makes sure that the laws that have been passed are constitutional and fair to the people?
A) The Executive Branch
B) The Judicial Branch
C) The Legislative Branch
The Judicial Branch
What order declared slaves in rebellion states to be freed in an effort to deprive the Confederacy of its workforce?
A) The Civil Rights Movement
B) The Emancipation Proclamation
C) Reconstruction
The Emancipation Proclamation
In April 1866, Congress passed what bill? One which gave African Americans citizenship, and gave the U.S. Government the right to protect the rights of freedmen and women?
A) The Civil Rights Act
B) The Emancipation Proclamation
C) Jim Crowe Laws
The Civil Rights Act.
But Congress worried that this act could be overturned by the Supreme Court
Which general was removed from command for failing to pursue Lee's army after the battle of Antietam?
A) General George B. McClellan
B) General Robert E. Lee
C) General Ulysses S. Grant
General George B. McClellan
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
A) Gettysburg
B) Shiloh
C) Vicksburg
Gettysburg
What President of the United States was impeached during Reconstruction?
A) Andrew Johnson
B) Jefferson Davis
C) Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
What was the capital city of the Confederate States?
A) Atlanta, Georgia
B) Richmond, Virginia
C) Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
In 1862, the battle between these two iron-clad ships ended when neither side could destroy the other?
A) The Mayflower and the Lusitania
B) The Monitor and the Merrimack
C) The Titanic and the Love Boat
The Monitor and the Merrimack
Who is this?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) General Robert E. Lee
C) General Ulysses S. Grant
General Robert E. Lee
This is the idea that people should have the right to decided whether to be a slave or a free state?
A) The Electoral College
B) Manifest Destiny
C) Popular Sovereignty
Popular Sovereignty
Congress passed this Amendment in June 1866, because they feared that the Civil Rights Act might be overturned. This gave African Americans citizenship. It also required that no state deny any person “the equal protection of the laws”.
A) 13th Amendment
B) 14th Amendment
C) 15th Amendment
14th Amendment
Who shot Abraham Lincoln, then shouted "thus always to tyrants" in Latin?
A) General Robert E. Lee
B) Jefferson Davis
C) John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth
When did General Robert E. Lee surrender to the Union Army?
A) April 1864
B) April 1865
C) April 1866
April 1865
What group was formed to help slaves transition from being slaves to being a free citizen? It also helped them to get land, find their relatives and get an education.
A) The Emancipation Proclamation
B) The Freedman's Bureau
C) The Fugitive Slave Act
The Freedman's Bureau
How many days after General Lee's surrender was President Lincoln assassinated?
A) 5 Days
B) 10 Days
C) 15 Days
5 Days
Name some things that had been destroyed from the Civil War in the South?
A) Churches, Schools, and Retirement Homes
B) Railroads, industries, homes, and farms.
C) TV and Satellite Antennas
Railroads, industries, homes, and farms.
Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state in what agreement?
A) The Emancipation Proclamation
B) The Missouri Compromise
C) Reconstruction
The Missouri Compromise
What term was given to a Northerner who moved south during Reconstruction, to gain political and economic power?
A) A Carpetbagger
B) A Yankee
C) A Con Man
Carpetbagger
What amendment ended slavery?
A) 13th Amendment
B) 14th Amendment
C) 15th Amendment
13th Amendment
Which Union General was most famously known for his "March to the Sea"?
A) General Robert E. Lee
B) General William Sherman
C) General Stonewall Jackson
William Sherman
How many Slave states remained in the Union during the Civil War?
A) 0
B) 5
C) 13
5; they were the border states with the Confederacy
What laws were passed in the South so that you could make the slaves free but still keep them away from the whites and not have anything to do with them?
A) Gerrymandering
B) Gettysburg Address
C) Jim Crowe Laws
Jim Crowe Laws
What act strengthened a previous law and effectively made all people slave catchers?
A) The Fugitive Slave Act
B) The Poll Tax
C) The Stamp Act
The Fugitive Slave Act
This was a fee that people had to pay in order to vote; it was designed to limit votes for African-Americans?
A) The Fugitive Slave Act
B) The Poll Tax
C) The Stamp Act
The Poll Tax
Which general died after being accidentally shot by his own men at Chancellorsville; it was a huge loss for the Confederacy?
A) General Robert E. Lee
B) General Stonewall Jackson
C) John Wilkes Booth
General Stonewall Jackson
What was an organized secret society that used terror and violence against African Americans to keep them from voting?
A) Ku Klux Klan
B) Proud Boys
C) Republicans
Ku Klux Klan
What amendment gave all men the right to vote-- black and white?
A) 13th Amendment
B) 14th Amendment
C) 15th Amendment
15th Amendment
What Civil War general later became a president?
A) General George B. McClellan
B) General Robert E. Lee
C) General Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
The first shots of the Civil War were fired on Fort Sumter in what city?
A) Charleston
B) Fort Worth
C) Washington, D.C.
Charleston
These were put into place during Reconstruction to restrict former slaves in the southern states from being involved in politics, travel, or join in the justice system.
A) Black Codes
B) Blue Codes
C) White Codes
Black Codes
This is the supreme law of the United States, written by the Founding Fathers in Philadelphia in 1787?
A) The Bill of Rights
B) The Constitution
C) The Mayflower Compact
The Constitution
In what month did the Civil War both begin and end during?
A) January
B) April
C) September
April
Where was the 'White House' of the Confederacy?
A) Atlanta, Georgia
B) Richmond, Virginia
C) Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
What was the name of the famous speech President Abraham Lincoln gave after an infamous Civil War battle was over?
A) Four Score and Seven Years Ago
B) The Gettysburg Address
C) I Have a Dream
The Gettysburg Address
The Civil War ended in what year?
A) 1861
B) 1865
C) 1941
1865
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Jefferson Davis
B) Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
A) Ford's Theater
B) Gettysburg Battlefield
C) The White House
Ford's Theater
What act by Congress effectively ended Reconstruction?
A) Compromise of 1877
B) The Emancipation Proclamation
C) The Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1877
What was the last official battle of the Civil War?
A) Battle of Appomattox Court House
B) Battle of Gettysburg
C) The Attack on the Capital by Trump Supporters
Battle of Appomattox Court House