Civil War, Reconstruction, and Gilded Age Quiz

Which side fought to preserve the Union during the Civil War?

• Confederacy

• Union

• Rebels

• Carpetbaggers

What was the group of states that seceded from the Union called?

• Rebels

• Confederacy

• Union

• Free States

What does “secession” mean?

• Expanding west

• Withdrawing from a country

• Joining an alliance

• Passing new laws

Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Andrew Johnson

Who was President of the Confederacy?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Andrew Johnson

Who was the top Confederate general?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• William T. Sherman

What battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Vicksburg

Which was the bloodiest single day in U.S. history?

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Shiloh

What document freed enslaved people in Confederate states?

• 14th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Bill of Rights

What strategy aimed at destroying everything useful to the enemy?

• Guerrilla warfare

• Total War

• Siege

• Secession