Civil War Quiz

Who did Lincoln pick as the new General of the Union Forces following the defeat at The Battle of Bull Run?

• General George B. McClellan

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• General Robert E. Lee

• General William T. Sherman

Who was the Commander of the Confederate Forces?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas J. Jackson

• Jefferson Davis

What is a border State?

• A slave state that stayed in the Union

• A state in the center of a country

• A state with no neighboring states

• A state known for its large population

What are the names of the four Border States?

• Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Maryland

• California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah

• New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania

• Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana

What was the name of the Union's plan for victory?

• Anaconda Plan

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

• Sherman's March

What was the name for the idea that the South believed Britain would support them?

• Cotton Diplomacy

• Southern Comfort

• Cotton Is King

• Confederate Support Theory

What was the Spark that started the War?

• Attack on Fort Wagner

• Attack on Gettysburg

• Attack on Fort Sumter

• An economic sanction

Which side was better prepared for war?

• South

• North

• Both were equally prepared

• Neither side was prepared

This person was a great general who fought for the South, but would later be killed by his own men.

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George Meade

What was the name given to a group of Battles outside of Richmond?

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Seven Days Battles

• The Battle of Antietam

• The Battle of Chancellorsville