Civil War Quiz

When was the first major clash of the Civil War?

• Battle between Monitor and Merrimack

• Fall of Richmond

• Surrender at Appomattox

• Battle of Bull Run

Abolitionists were people who wanted to ____.

• start a new government

• end slavery

• expand slavery

• explore new lands

Where is the Capital of the Confederacy?

• Manassas

• Fort Monroe

• Fredericksburg

• Richmond

After finding freedom by following the Union Army, many enslaved African Americans found work as ______ during the Civil War. Select all correct responses.

• laborers

• government leaders

• Confederate soldiers

• Union soldiers

Who were the enslaved men who refused to help the Confederates in the Civil War and were granted refuge by the Union Army as contraband of war? Select all correct responses.

• Frank Baker

• Shepard Mallory

• Nat Turner

• James Townsend

The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack took place near ____.

• Norfolk and Hampton

• Fredericksburg

• Richmond

• Manassas

African American soldiers were paid ____ white soldiers.

• more than

• the same as

• less than

• twice as much as

Why did some Southern states secede from the Union in 1860?

• Union troops attacked Bull Run.

• John Brown was captured and hanged.

• Abraham Lincoln was elected president.

• Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox.

What were federal laws that required the capture and return of runaway enslaved people?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Underground Railroad

• Contraband Decision

• Removal Act

What was the result of differences about slavery between the eastern and western parts of Virginia?

• West Virginia became a new state.

• West Virginia seceded from the Union.

• Virginia joined the Union states.

• A war between eastern and western Virginia began.