Civil War Quiz

 Identify the Union leader from Tennessee that chose to stay with the Union after Tennessee seceded.

• David Farragut

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Nathan Bedford Forrest

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

Identify the leader that was put in charge of all the Union forces in March of 1864.

• David Farragut

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Nathan Bedford Forrest

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

Identify the leader that was put in charge of all the Confederate forces.

• David Farragut

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Nathan Bedford Forrest

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

 Use the graph to determine which battle caused the most casualties during the Civil War.

• Antietam

• Shilo

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

Which option best describes the event at Appomattox Court House? 

• General Lee and General Grant met at the last major battle of the Civil War.

• General "Stonewall" Jackson was shot and killed by his soldiers.

• William Sherman burned down the city, crops, and killed all the livestock.

• General Lee and General Grant met to discuss terms of surrender.

Which statement best describes the Emancipation Proclamation?

• All slaves were to be set free in the United States.

• Slaves were to be sent to Africa and set free.

• Slaves in all rebel controlled areas were to be set free.

• The Confederacy was granted independence from the Union.

Which statement best describes the Gettysburg Address?

• It presents a clear statement of our founding principles of democracy and freedom.

• It was a way to keep morale high after the Union lost at the Battle of Gettysburg.

• This was issued by the commander at the Battle of Gettysburg as orders for soldiers.

• It was the agreed upon place where the Union and Confederates would have a battle.

 African Americans were allowed to join the Union and Confederate armies at the start of the Civil War.

• True

• False

By the end of the war African Americans made up ten percent of the Union army.

• True

• False

At the Battle of Nashville, in December 1864, the 13th USCT with eight other regiments of U.S. Colored Troops and other Union soldiers defeated the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

• True

• False