USA Civil War Quiz

Who was commanding the Union army during the Peninsula Campaign?

• General George McClellan

• General William T. Sherman

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• General Robert E. Lee

Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Alexander H. Stephens

• Stephen A. Douglas

Which is NOT a Union General?

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Ulysses S Grant

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Ambrose Burnside

Who was the leading Union general?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Frederick Douglass

Who was one of the most well known photographers of the Civil War?

• Nat Turner

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Alexander Gardner

• Sojourner Truth

Which group was able to gain nearly 400,000 signatures on petitions asking Congress to pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery?

• Redeemers

• Copperheads

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Woman's Loyal League

What emergency paper currency was issued by the United States during the American Civil War?

• Specie

• Greenbacks

• Peso

• Loonie

What political group were the leading creators of the Congressional Committe on the Conduct of the War?

• Radical Republicans

• Copperheads

• Whigs

• Free Soil

Who was the national personification of the common soldier of the Confederacy?

• John Bull

• Billy Yank

• Johnny Reb

• Brother Jonathan

Who was the national personification of the common soldier of the Union?

• John Bull

• Billy Yank

• Uncle Sam

• Brother Jonathan