Civil War

The Confederacy captured which Fort, in 1861, beginning the Civil War?

• Fort Bragg

• Fort Benning

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Hood

Which Mississippi town was sieged by the Union in 1863 by cutting off its supplies and shelling it repeatedly?

• Biloxi

• Vicksburg

• Keesler

• Jackson

Abraham Lincoln gave this speech praising the bravery of the Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the war 

• Gettysburg Conversation

• Gettysburg Victory Speech

• Gettysburg Address

• State of the Union

What was the first major battle of the Civil War and resulted in a Confederate victory?

• The Battle of Antietam

• The Battle of Bull Run

• The Battle of Vicksburg

• The Battle of Gettysburg

Who was the 16th president of the United States?

• William Taft

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• James Buchanan

Which was NOT an effect of the Civil War?

• End of slavery

• Over 600,000 deaths

• The Confederacy won and became its own country

• The Southern economy was destroyed

What was the name of the major naval battle between the C.S.S. Virginia and U.S.S. Monitor?

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Ironclads

• Battle of Vicksburg

• Battle of Midway

Which Battle had the bloodiest single day of fighting in U.S. history (25,000 deaths)?

• The Battle of Bull Run

• The Battle of Vicksburg

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Battle of Antietam

Where did Robert E Lee and the Confederates Army surrender on April 9, 1865?

• The White House

• Supreme Court

• Bull Run

• Appomattox Courthouse

Who was the general of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?

• "Stonewall" Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S Grant

• Abraham Lincoln