Civil War Quiz

Who was the Confederate general known for his leadership of the Army of Northern Virginia?

• John Wilkes Booth

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

What was the Union's strategic plan to defeat the Confederacy during the Civil War?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• March to the Sea

• Appomattox Court House

• Anaconda Plan

Where was the capital of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?

• Savannah

• Richmond

• Atlanta

• Washington DC

Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln shortly after the end of the Civil War?

• John Wilkes Booth

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

What was the location where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War?

• Antietam

• Appomattox Court House

• Bull Run/Manassas

• Vicksburg

What was the Union's victory that provided a strategic victory and led to the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Bull Run/Manassas

What was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history during the Civil War?

• Antietam

• Bull Run/Manassas

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare during the Civil War?

• All slaves in Union-held territory were to be set free

• All slaves in Confederate-held territory were to be set free

• All slaves in the border states were to be set free

• All slaves in the North were to be set free

What was the Union's victory that led to the fall of Richmond and the eventual surrender of the Confederate forces?

• Antietam

• Petersburg

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

Which two ironclad ships famously battled in the first engagement between ironclads during the Civil War?

• USS Monitor and CSS Merrimac

• USS Constitution and HMS Victory

• USS Enterprise and HMS Dreadnought

• USS Arizona and HMS Iron Duke