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William Quantrill Trivia Quiz

William Clarke Quantrill, the hero of Missouri and the terror of Kansas.

A multiple-choice quiz by jds83210. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
jds83210

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
222,622

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
414

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was William Quantrill's father? Hint

William Quantrill Sr.

Thomas Henry Quantrill

Charlie Hart

The identity of his father is unknown

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was Quantrill's first job? Hint

Bartender

Tinsmith

Schoolteacher

Horse trader

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was Quantrill's assumed name in Kansas? Hint

Bill Quantrill

Charlie Hart

John Brown

James Seddon

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was Quantrill's rank? Hint

Captain

General

Colonel

Major

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Question 5 of 10

5. Name the city that Quantrill is best known for burning. Hint

Warrensburg, Missouri

Lawrence, Kansas

Leavenworth, Kansas

Topeka, Kansas

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Question 6 of 10

6. Why did Quantril order the raid? Hint

He just wanted to kill people.

To free Southern POWs

To steal cattle.

To avenge the deaths of women and children

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Question 7 of 10

7. How many people did Quantrill kill himself? Hint

none

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the Union response to Quantrill's raid? Hint

General Order 10

General Order 11

General Order 12

General Order 9

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was hired to hunt down Quantrill? Hint

Edwin Terral

"Bloody" Bill Anderson

Jessie James

General John Palmer

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Question 10 of 10

10. Where was Quantrill finally caught? Hint

Recruting more troops in Kentucky

With his mother in Dover Ohio

The farm of James H. Wakefield

Sleeping in Higginsville Missouri

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was William Quantrill's father?

Answer: Thomas Henry Quantrill

Tom Quantrill liked to beat William as a child, often in public and loved humiliating him. He died of consumption when William was 16.

2. What was Quantrill's first job?

Answer: Schoolteacher

Quantrill viewed being a school teacher as embarrassing, he often used it as a 'fall back' occupation after failing in his many schemes for getting rich quickly.

3. What was Quantrill's assumed name in Kansas?

Answer: Charlie Hart

Quantrill led a double life in Kansas. He was a jayhawker who would steal cattle from Missouri slave-owners to sell in Kansas. In Missouri he would steal slaves and sell them back to their owners.

4. What was Quantrill's rank?

Answer: Captain

After the raid on Independance, Missouri he met with James A. Seddon, the secretary of war for the Confederacy, and hoped to be commissioned a colonel under the Ranger Partisan Act. Seddon was so outraged by his actions and methods that he only made him a captian. Quantrill took this as an insult. When he returned to Missouri he called himself colonel and it stuck.

5. Name the city that Quantrill is best known for burning.

Answer: Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas was believed to be too far inside Kansas to be at risk.

6. Why did Quantril order the raid?

Answer: To avenge the deaths of women and children

Prior to the raid a bunch of women and girls were arrested for aiding Missouri raiders, they were put in a Kansas City Jail that collapsed killing several of the women. It was believed that Union soldiers caused the building to fall down.

7. How many people did Quantrill kill himself?

Answer: none

Quantrill himself never killed anyone in the raid, he spent his time catching up with old friends at a hotel.

8. What was the Union response to Quantrill's raid?

Answer: General Order 11

General Order 11 required all Missouri residents within 50 miles of the border to pack up their belongings and abandon their homes within 10 days. This was done as a way to rid Quantrill of his network of supporters. It left parts of Missouri empty for years to come.

9. Who was hired to hunt down Quantrill?

Answer: Edwin Terral

Terral was hired by General Palmer for $50 to hunt down Quantrill. Terral was the Union version of Quantrill. Bill Anderson and the James brothers both rode with Quantrill for a time.

10. Where was Quantrill finally caught?

Answer: The farm of James H. Wakefield

Quantrill was shot in the left shoulder blade, paralyzing him from the shoulders down. Part of him is burried in Kentucky, part in Dover, where he was from, and part at his Confederate Memorial in Higginsville

Source: Author jds83210

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