VA Studies: Quiz #6

Which Virginia battle was the first major clash of the Civil War?

• Battle of Bull Run/Manassas

• Battle of Great Bridge

• Battle of Monitor and Merrimac

• Battle of Yorktown

Who was the leader of the Union Army?

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

Whose election caused the southern states to secede and form the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Jefferson Davis

• Woodrow Wilson

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

Where did the Civil War end?

• Appomattox Court House

• Manassas

• Richmond

• Yorktown

Western counties of Virginia favored the abolishment of slavery and created the state of ________________.

• Kentucky

• North Carolina

• Tennessee

• West Virginia

Who was the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia that defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg?

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

What Confederate general played a major role in the first Battle of Bull Run?

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

Which was an important sea battle during the Civil War that took place near Norfolk and Hampton?

• Battle of Bull Run/Manassas

• Battle of Great Bridge

• Battle of Monitor and Merrimac

• Battle of Yorktown

The ______ won the Civil War when ______ surrendered to ______.

• Confederacy, Grant, Lee

• Confederacy, Lee, Grant

• Union, Grant, Lee

• Union, Lee, Grant