Civil War Quiz

This was a reaction to the Conscription Act in 1863 where men who opposed it protested in New York City.

• Battle of First Bull Run

• Draft Riots

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

The first state to secede from the Union was

• Florida

• Alabama

• South Carolina

• North Carolina

General Winfield Scott’s war plan was known as the

• Operation Torch

• Kangaroo Plan

• Operation Sea Lion

• Anaconda Plan

He was chosen as President of the Confederacy

• Jefferson Davis

• Andrew Stevens

• Abraham Lincoln

• William Seward

Who was the commander of the Confederate Army?

• George McClellan

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses Grant

• George A. Custer

George McClellan was commander of the

• Army of Northern Virginia

• Army of the Potomac

• Army of USCT

• Army of the Cumberland

What is contraband?

• Illegal goods

• A type of currency

• A military strategy

• A peace treaty

What event began the Civil War?

• Firing at Fort Sumter

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Battle of Bull Run