Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Civil War Trivia Questions and Answers

Our Civil War Trivia Questions and Answers are about the American Civil War that was fought between the U.S.A and the Confederate States of America.

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Q1. ___________ city was chosen as the confederate capital in 1861.
Corinth, Miss.
Richmond, Va.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
None of them

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Q2. ___________ claimed the most lives during the Civil War.
guns
disease
cannon fire
masks

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Q3. ___________ won the American Civil War.
There was no clear winner.
the North
the South
None

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Q4. General Lee surrender to General Grant, finally ending the bloody battle here.
New York
Virginia
Maryland
Houston

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Q5. __________ states eventually ended up seceding from the Union.
5
10
11
12

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Q6. _______ was NOT a cause of the Civil War.
disagreement over slavery
disagreement over the electoral college process
disagreement over states' rights
none of them

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Q7. __________ American soldiers lost their lives in the Civil War.
600,000
60,000
6,000
600

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Q8. _________ two ironclad ships battled it out during at the Battle of Hampton Roads.
The Merriwether and Mortimer
The Minotaur and Maverick
The Merrimack and Monitor
None of them

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Q9. __________ happened to John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated President Lincoln.
he was imprisoned for many years
he was killed by Union troops
no one knows for sure
none of them

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Q10. __________ was the South's view of slavery during the Civil War.
Slavery was necessary to its economy.
Slavery was constitutionally protected.
both
none

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Q11. _________ became president once Lincoln was assassinated.




Grant
Davis
Johnson
John

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Q12. _________ is what Lincoln call his "greatest and most enduring contribution to the history of the war".




the Emancipation Proclamation
the Gettysburg Address
None of them
appointing Ulysses S. Grant to commander of Union Forces

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Q13. The first shots of the war were fired here.
Fort Scott
Fort Harrison
Fort Sumter
None of them

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Q14. ________ 1865 Constitutional amendment abolished slavery.
11th
12th
13th
14th

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Q15. ___________ battle was the bloodiest of the Civil War.
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Chickamauga
None of them

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Q16. __________ is NOT another name for the American Civil War.
War of the People
War of the Rebellion
War between the states
All of them are

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Q17. ____________ popular battle was also called the Battle of Manassas.
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Shiloh
None of them

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Q18. __________ famous battle was fought in 1862.
Gettysburg
Custer's Last Stand
Antietam
None of them

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Q19. _________ other battle was going on while the Battle of Gettysburg was being fought in Pennsylvania.
Cedar Creek
Vicksburg
Shiloh
None of them

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Q20. _________ side relied on hot air balloons for reconnaissance missions during the Civil War.
North
South
Both
None

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Q21. __________ allowed a male citizen aged 20 to 45 exemption from the draft.
either method would work
providing a substitute
paying $300
none of the method would work

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Q22. Lincoln suggested doing _______ to African-Americans when the war started.
sending them out of the country
freeing them and granting them equal rights
keeping them as slaves
none of them

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Q23. _________ days after Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox was Abraham Lincoln shot and killed.
5
6
7
8

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Q24. ________ formerly enslaved people were freed thanks to the Civil War.
40,000
400,000
4,000,000
40,000,000

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Q25. ___________ percentage of the Union Army was African-American.
10
20
30
40

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CIVIL WAR TRIVIA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

Civil War Trivia Questions and Answers are about the war that began because of the not-compromising differences between the free state and the slave state.

A LITTLE ABOUT THE WAR:

The civil war was fought over the moral issues of slavery. The slavery economy and political control of the system are at the core of the conflict. The central issue was the rights of the state. It took many lives and caused great destruction.

WHY THIS TRIVIA:

We have made this trivia by gathering information about the civil war. We have highlighted all the issues and important dates of the war with our trivia.

Our Civil War trivia questions and answers are made with information and interesting facts about the war.