Civil War Quiz

The Union had advantages in all the following characters except

• They were fighting in their homeland

• They had a bigger population

• They had more railroads

• They had more weapons

The Civil War started at

• The Battle of Shiloh

• The Battle of Antietam

• The Battle of Anaconda

• The Bombardment of Fort Sumter

The top Union General was

• A. Abraham Lincoln

• B. Jefferson Davis

• C. Ulysses S. Grant

• D. Robert E. Lee

The top Confederate General was

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

What was the main goal of the Anaconda Plan during the Civil War?

• To capture Confederate leaders and end the war quickly

• To blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River to suffocate the Confederate economy

• To form an alliance with European nations to defeat the Confederacy

• To launch a series of large-scale military invasions into the South and capture major cities

The Capital of the Union was

• Washington DC

• New York City

• Richmond

• New Orleans

The Capital of the Confederacy was

• Washington DC

• New York City

• Richmond

• New Orleans

All of the following slave states remained in the Union EXCEPT

• Delaware

• Kentucky

• Mississippi

• Missouri

The First Battle of Bull Run made both sides realize

• The Civil war would be quick and easy

• The Civil War would last longer than they thought

• That the Confederacy would quickly collapse

• That foreign nations would intervene in the conflict