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The U.S. Civil War ! Trivia Quiz

This test will show you how much you know about seventh grade Civil War history.

A multiple-choice quiz by yentruoc. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
yentruoc

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
79,953

Updated
Jul 01 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
4951

Last 3 plays: Eleanor18 (2/10), mazza47 (10/10), stevroll (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the name of the Southern states that seceded from the Union? Hint

The Confederate States of America

The Seceded States of America

The United States of America

None of the above

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the president of the seceded states? Hint

George McClellan

Abraham Lincoln

Jefferson Davis

George Washington

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Question 3 of 10

3. When the southern states seceded, half of one southern state didn't want to secede, so they formed a new state. What was the name of this state that stayed with the Union? Hint

North Carolina

West Virginia

South Carolina

Delaware

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Question 4 of 10

4. Rose Greenhow was a spy for who? Hint

The Union

The French

The British

The Confederates

5. When the Civil War broke out, he packed his photographic and developing equipment and traveled with the Union army. He had 10,000 photos of recorded battles, camps and lives and deaths of Union soldiers. Who was he? Hint

David Farragut

Mathew Brady

Irvin McDowell

Winfield Scott

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Question 6 of 10

6. What African American regiment was best known in the Civil War? Hint

The Virginia 32nd

The Massachusetts Regiment

The Massachusetts 53rd

The Massachusetts 54th

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the name of the colonel of the best known African American regiment?

Answer: (Three Words (or two - first and last name))

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the president of the Union during the Civil War, who was assassinated after he was re-elected for his second term of office?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname )

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

Answer: (Three Words or just surname)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Did the Union win the Civil War?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the Southern states that seceded from the Union?

Answer: The Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America seceded because they knew with Abraham Lincoln as president they would need to let their slaves go and their whole lives depended on these slaves.

2. Who was the president of the seceded states?

Answer: Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis was previously Secretary of War (1853-1857) and then Senator for Mississippi (1857-1861).

3. When the southern states seceded, half of one southern state didn't want to secede, so they formed a new state. What was the name of this state that stayed with the Union?

Answer: West Virginia

West Virginia didn't think things were drastic enough for them to secede from the Union, so they decided to stick with the Union even if it meant splitting Virginia and making a whole new state.

4. Rose Greenhow was a spy for who?

Answer: The Confederates

The Confederates saw Rose Greenhow as a great help to them. They even credited her with winning the Battle of Bull Run (Battle of Manassas).

Answer: Mathew Brady

Without Mathew Brady's pictures, we might have never known as much as we do about the Civi War. His pictures helped us imagine how the Civil War was really like.

6. What African American regiment was best known in the Civil War?

Answer: The Massachusetts 54th

The Massachusetts fought willingly and courageously for their country even though the men were paid three dollars less per month than white regiments.

7. What was the name of the colonel of the best known African American regiment?

Answer: Robert Gould Shaw

Robert Shaw trained and fought with his troops until their deaths at Fort Wagner.

8. Who was the president of the Union during the Civil War, who was assassinated after he was re-elected for his second term of office?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated during a live show at a theater while in the balcony.

9. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

Answer: John Wilkes Booth

He shot Abraham Lincoln in the back of his head and jumped off the balcony, broke his leg and kept running, but was later caught. John, unlike Lincoln, was a strong Confederate sympathizer.

10. Did the Union win the Civil War?

Answer: Yes

The Union won definitely because of Ulysses S. Grant winning wars in the West and because of William Tecumseh Sherman's march to the sea from Chattanooga. When he did do this march from the sea, he destroyed everything in his path.

Source: Author yentruoc

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