BKK Round 2 Topic 2

In which years did the American Civil War occur?

• a) 1775-1783
• b) 1861-1865
• c) 1914-1918
• d) 1939-1945

What was the Union's stance on slavery during the American Civil War?

• a) Neutral
• b) Pro-slavery
• c) Anti-slavery
• d) Undecided

Reenactments began gaining popularity around the 100th anniversary of which war?

• a) Revolutionary War
• b) World War I
• c) World War II
• d) Civil War

What was the name of Lincoln's most famous speech related to a Civil War battle?

• a) Emancipation Proclamation
• b) Gettysburg Address
• c) Four Score and Seven Years Ago
• d) Lincoln's Inaugural Address

Which anniversary was known as the Grand Reunion?

• a) America's bicentennial
• b) 75th anniversary of the Revolutionary War
• c) 50th anniversary of Gettysburg in 1913
• d) Centennial of the Civil War

What does "period rush" refer to?

• a) A specific battle tactic
• b) A feeling of excitement from studying history
• c) The happy feeling of time-traveling to another era
• d) The rush to get dressed in period attire

For which minority regiment was awareness raised through reenactments?

• a) First Latin American brigade
• b) First Native American cohort
• c) First African American troop
• d) First Asian American battalion

Where is one of the largest reenactment events held in USA?

• a) Richmond, Virginia
• b) Boston, Massachusetts
• c) Moorhead, California
• d) Charleston, South Carolina

Which European monarch's era is most commonly represented at Renaissance fairs?

• a) Queen Victoria
• b) Elizabeth II
• c) Mary, Queen of Scots
• d) Elizabeth I

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. These are the words from:

• Gettysburg Address

• House Divided' Speech:

• Jefferson's Speech

• Churchil's Speech