American Civil War Quiz

What was the secret weapon developed by the Confederates to end the Union blockade?

• D) Aircraft carrier

• C) Submarine

• B) Hot air balloon

• A) Ironclad ship

Where was the Housatonic ship sunk by the Hunley submarine?

• A) Charleston Harbor

• C) Savannah

• D) Gettysburg

• B) Port Royal

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• C) Set all enslaved people in the Western states free

• A) Set all enslaved people in the Southern states free

• D) Set all enslaved people in the Eastern states free

• B) Set all enslaved people in the Northern states free

Who was the Northern General known for his 'total war' technique?

• A) Robert E. Lee

• B) Ulysses S. Grant

• C) William T. Sherman

• D) Stonewall Jackson

Where did Sherman and his men march through, destroying cities and supplies?

• C) Georgia

• B) Tennessee

• A) Virginia

• D) Mississippi

What did Sherman's men do to prevent the reuse of railroad tracks?

• A) Burned them

• B) Buried them

• C) Tore them up

• D) Painted them

Which city did Sherman and his men take over before marching towards South Carolina?

• D) Vicksburg

• A) Richmond

• B) Atlanta

• C) Charleston

What did the Confederate Army do to hold off Sherman's men at River's Bridge?

• B) Dug trenches

• D) Launched a surprise attack

• A) Built a wall

• C) Set up barricades

Who surrendered to Sherman after the march through the South?

• C) Columbia's mayor

• B) President Davis

• D) General Grant

• A) General Lee

What was the outcome of the American Civil War?

• D) The war ended with a peace treaty

• B) The North won the war

• A) The South won the war

• C) The war ended in a stalemate