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Quiz about The US Civil War
Quiz about The US Civil War

The U.S. Civil War Trivia Quiz


Here is my third Civil War Trivia Quiz. I hope you learn something.

A multiple-choice quiz by daisyduke71. Estimated time: 8 mins.
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Author
daisyduke71
Time
8 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
49,068
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
12 / 25
Plays
4679
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 25
1. How much money did the Civil War cost the U. S. government each day? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. Who was the owner of the Ford's Theater, site of the Lincoln assassination? Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. How many Federal generals were West Point graduates? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. What Civil War song was inspired by a telegram from Union General George B. McClellan? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. Who was Lincoln's first Secretary of War? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. Who was chairman of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, organized by the U. S. Congress to investigate controversial military actions? Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. Who was the keynote speaker when the Gettysburg Address was delivered at the dedication of Gettysburg National Cemetery? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. What state were both Confederate President Jefferson Davis and U. S. President Abraham Lincoln born in?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 9 of 25
9. Where did Julia Ward Howe write 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic'? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. How many men held the post of Confederate Secretary of War? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. Who was the judge in the Lincoln assassination conspiracy trial? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. What was the occupation of William Mumford, the New Orleans resident who was hanged by Union General Benjamin F. Butler for hauling down the American flag in occupied New Orleans? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. How many Confederate states were there?

Answer: (Number)
Question 14 of 25
14. At the funeral of General Philip Kearny, the press were not allowed to attend. What was Joseph Howard of the New York Times disguised as in order to gain entrance? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. The mortality rate for Union soldiers in Confederate prision camps was approximately 15 percent. What was the mortality rate for the Confederate troops in Northern prisons? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. Who was Abraham Lincoln's first Vice-president?

Answer: (Both names or last name)
Question 17 of 25
17. What was Ulysses S. Grant's first Civil War Battle? Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. What Civil War military campaign in 1864 was prompted by Napoleon's nephew? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. How long was the longest pontoon bridge of the war? Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. Where did the bloodiest eight minutes of the war occur? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. 'It was not war--it was murder' referred to what battle? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. What was the last battle in which Grant and Sherman fought together? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. What American town was occupied by Union and Confederate armies more than any other locale during the war? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. On what date in 1861 was the first shot fired? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. How many Confederate generals were captured at Battle of Sayler's Creek in Virginia? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. How much money did the Civil War cost the U. S. government each day?

Answer: $2.5 million

According to a report released by U.S. Congress in 1863, the financial cost of fighting the war was $2.5 million a day.
2. Who was the owner of the Ford's Theater, site of the Lincoln assassination?

Answer: John T. Ford

John T. Ford owned the theater, and after the assassination he was imprisoned for more than a month until the government admitted it had no evidence that he was a conspirator. Following the assassination of President Lincoln, the U. S. government seized the Ford's Theater in Washington and later converted it into a government office building. John T. Ford was eventually awarded $100,000 from the government as compensation for the confiscation of his property.
3. How many Federal generals were West Point graduates?

Answer: 217

Of the 583 generals in the Union army, 217 were West Point graduates and of the 425 Confederate generals, 146 had graduated from West Point.
4. What Civil War song was inspired by a telegram from Union General George B. McClellan?

Answer: 'All Quiet Along The Potomac'

The song 'All Quiet Along the Potomac' was written as a poem by Ethelind Beers and was based on a dispatch from McClellan which reported a lack of enemy action near Washington. It was also where Lincoln stayed for ten days prior to his 1861 inauguration, in Parlor 6.
5. Who was Lincoln's first Secretary of War?

Answer: Simon Cameron

Former Pennsylvania senator Simon Cameron served as the Lincoln adminstration's first Secretary of War until he resigned on January 11, 1862, under accusations of corruption in the War Department. Two days after Cameron's resignation Lincoln nominated him to be minister to Russia and chose former Attorney General Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War.
6. Who was chairman of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, organized by the U. S. Congress to investigate controversial military actions?

Answer: U. S. Senator Benjamin F. Wade

U.S. Senator Benjamin F. Wade of Ohio was the chairman of the committee, itself controversial, which investigated selected military campaigns from Ball's Bluff to Fort Fisher.
7. Who was the keynote speaker when the Gettysburg Address was delivered at the dedication of Gettysburg National Cemetery?

Answer: Edward Everett

Noted orator Edward Everett of Massachusetts was the principal {speaker;} after Everett's two-hour oration, Lincoln delivered his brief Gettysburg Address.
8. What state were both Confederate President Jefferson Davis and U. S. President Abraham Lincoln born in?

Answer: Kentucky

Confederate President Jefferson Davis and U.S. President Abraham Lincoln were both born in Kentucky--barely 100 miles apart and within eight months of each other.
9. Where did Julia Ward Howe write 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic'?

Answer: Willard's Hotel

She penned the famous Civil War song while a guest at Willard's Hotel during a visit to Washington.
10. How many men held the post of Confederate Secretary of War?

Answer: Six

The six men were: LeRoy P. Walker, Judah P. Benjamin, George W. Randolph, Gustavus W. Smith, James A. Seddon, and John C. Breckinridge.
11. Who was the judge in the Lincoln assassination conspiracy trial?

Answer: U. S. Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt

U.S. Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky, a former cabinet member in the Buchanan adminstration, presided over the trial of the assassination conspirators and handed down the sentences to those condemned to death.
12. What was the occupation of William Mumford, the New Orleans resident who was hanged by Union General Benjamin F. Butler for hauling down the American flag in occupied New Orleans?

Answer: Professional gambler

He was a professional gambler.
13. How many Confederate states were there?

Answer: 11

They were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
14. At the funeral of General Philip Kearny, the press were not allowed to attend. What was Joseph Howard of the New York Times disguised as in order to gain entrance?

Answer: Priest

When Union General Philip Kearney was killed in action during the war, his family barred members of the press from his funeral. However, New York Times reporter Joseph Howard got the story by attending the funeral disguised as a priest.
15. The mortality rate for Union soldiers in Confederate prision camps was approximately 15 percent. What was the mortality rate for the Confederate troops in Northern prisons?

Answer: 12 percent

Of the 194,000 Federal troops in Southern prison camps approximately 30,000 did not survive. Of the 214,000 Confederates imprisoned in the North, approximately 26,000--12 percent died in captivity.
16. Who was Abraham Lincoln's first Vice-president?

Answer: Hannibal Hamlin

Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine was Lincoln's first Vice-president. He was dropped in 1864 in favor of longtime Democrat Andrew Johnson of Tennessee.
17. What was Ulysses S. Grant's first Civil War Battle?

Answer: Battle of Belmont

Grant's first Civil War engagement was the Battle of Belmont, fought on November 7, 1861. Grant, a brigadier general, captured a fortified confederate position at Belmont, Missouri, overlooking the Mississippi River, but was later forced to retreat.
18. What Civil War military campaign in 1864 was prompted by Napoleon's nephew?

Answer: Red River Campaign

Concerned about French Emperor Napoleon III establishing a puppet government in Mexico, Lincoln ordered the Union occupation of Eastern Texas in 1864, which resulted in the controversial Red River Campaign.
19. How long was the longest pontoon bridge of the war?

Answer: 2,200 feet

Erected to cross the James River during the Petersburg Campaign in 1864, the James River Bridge was the war's longest pontoon structure. It was 2,200 feet long, used 101 pontoons, and required 450 Union engineers for its construction.
20. Where did the bloodiest eight minutes of the war occur?

Answer: Battle of Cold Harbor

Grant's massive frontal assault against Lee's entrenched line at the Battle of Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864, resulted in approximately 7,000 Union casualties and 1,500 Confederate casualties within eight minutes--the bloodiest eight minutes of the Civil War.
21. 'It was not war--it was murder' referred to what battle?

Answer: Battle of Malvern Hill

Confederate General D. H. Hill used this phrase to describe the Battle of Malvern Hill, which produced 5,355 casualties on July 1, 1862.
22. What was the last battle in which Grant and Sherman fought together?

Answer: Battle of Missionary Ridge

The two fought together last at the Battle of Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863. Soon afterward, Grant dispatched Sherman on the Atlanta Campaign and assumed command as General-in-chief in Virginia.
23. What American town was occupied by Union and Confederate armies more than any other locale during the war?

Answer: Winchester, Virginia

Winchester, Virginia, held this distinction by changing hands 52 times during the war.
24. On what date in 1861 was the first shot fired?

Answer: April 12

At 4:30 AM Confederates under General Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins.
25. How many Confederate generals were captured at Battle of Sayler's Creek in Virginia?

Answer: 8`

At the Battle of Sayler's Creek, during the Appomattox Campaign, Robert E. Lee lost almost one-third of his depleted army among those captured were Generals Montgomery D. Corse, Richard S. Ewell, G. W. C. Lee, Eppa Hunton, Joseph B. Kershaw, and C.S. Generals Barton, Simms, and Dudley M. DuBose.
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