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Civil War Trivia Quiz

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What early commander of the Army of the Potomac ended up running for president against Abraham Lincoln in 1864 on a platform of negotiating a peaceful end to the war?
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Winfield Scott
George McClellan
Ambrose Burnside

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At Gettysburg, the Union Army repelled the Confederates through what tactical formation that they held upon the ridges outside the city?
The Hornet's Nest
The Ribbon
The Fishhook
The Thimble

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What is the name of the rotating machine gun invented in 1861 that was used by the Union Army particularly at the Siege of Petersburg?
The Puckle Gun
The Gatling Gun
The Rochester Longbarrel Cannon
The Reconnaissance-Siege Repeater

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What Union general is perhaps best-known for his successful campaign against the agricultural lands of the Shenandoah Valley in 1864 that accelerated the process of starving the South into submission?
Ambrose Burnside
George Meade
Philip Sheridan
Godfrey Anders

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The C.S.S. Virginia and the U.S.S. Monitor were both vessels of what experimental classification?
Submarines
Amphibious assault vehicles
Ironclads
Aircraft carriers

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What city was the capital of the Confederate States of America?
Memphis
Savannah
New Orleans
Richmond

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What is the name of the biscuit-like food made from flour and water that was mass-produced as a staple ration of soldiers during the Civil War?
Sour-dry bread
Thimble loaf
Bubble bread
Hardtack

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What Union general was famous for the fact that camps of prostitutes would follow his army during its travels?
Anderson Geller
Joseph Hooker
Michael Travers
Isaac St. Pellier

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On June 20, 1863, what American state was officially recognized by the federal government after its people voiced that they didn't wish to join the Confederacy?
North Carolina
Indiana
West Virginia
Ohio

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What was the name of Robert E. Lee's beloved horse that he received in 1862 and kept even past the war's end?
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Dasher
Stepper
Runner
Traveler

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What battle of the Civil War is also known as the Battle of Antietam?
The Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Sharpsburg
The Battle of Cole Valley
The Battle of Manassas

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A peculiar lead-up to the Civil War occurred in 1856 when Congressman Preston Brooks beat what northern congressman furiously with a cane?
Louis Steuben
Henry Clay
Charles Sumner
William Pinckney

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Which of the following terms refers to the Confederate belief that their production of cotton was so valuable to the world that Europe would aid in their war effort to gain independence?
King Cotton
The Border Breaker
Textile Assurance
The White Wonder

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What is the name of the infamous Confederate prison camp where around 13,000 of the 45,000 Union prisoners held there passed away due to poor conditions throughout the war?
Andersonville Prison
Dewey's Point Prison
Savannah Heights Prison
Shafflin Prison

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What is the name of the first and only President of the Confederate States of America?
Henry Clay
Jefferson Davis
Richard Pope
Augustus T. Irons

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What Union General is known for his March to the Sea as well as his quote "War Is Hell"?
William T. Sherman
Mark Matthis
Ulysses S. Grant
Philip Sheridan

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What is the name of the December 1860 compromise that could have prevented the Civil War by enshrining slavery in the Constitution had the Republicans not shot it down?
The Monroe Doctrine
The Crittenden Compromise
The Gershwin Corollary
The O'Toole Doctrine

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Which of the following western states was a participating member of the Confederacy?
California
Texas
Utah
Arizona

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What is the name of the dangerous incident between 1854 and 1859 where pro and anti-slavery advocates flooded the state of Kansas and violently clashed to determine whether or not the border state would allow slavery within its territory?
Burning Kansas
Storming Kansas
Falling Kansas
Bleeding Kansas

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On July 30, 1864, what infamous battle took place where the Union detonated explosives underneath a Confederate position only to march into the center of that detonated position and become subsequently slaughtered?
The Dynamite Incident
The Blackpowder Skirmish
The Battle of the Crater
The Battle of the Bomb

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Repeating rifles began to be used by the Union toward the war's end thanks to what new technology that allowed them to be fired multiple times in between reloads?
Muzzle-loading action
Lever action
Double-barrel action
Pump action

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What is the name given to the Union's plan of encircling the Confederacy in an attempt to blockade and starve them into submission?
The Whirlpool Plan
The Cage Plan
The Anaconda Plan
The Lasso Plan

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What Union general became known as "The Lightning Bolt of the Potomac" due to his decisive and prudent tactics?
Ulysses S. Grant
Alexander Dawes
Winfield Scott Hancock
George Meade

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What Civil War surgeon has the distinctions of being the first female surgeon in the U.S. Army and also the only woman as of yet to have received the Medal of Honor?
Mary Edwards Walker
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Margaret Vallerie Hesse
Louisa Unger Earnhardt

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In July of 1861, at what battle did "Stonewall" Jackson receive his iconic nickname because of how he and his men held their ground against a powerful Union force?
The First Battle of Bull Run
The Battle of Vicksburg
The Battle of Sharpsburg
The Battle of Shiloh

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In 1869, the U.S. government sued the U.K. government because British shipbuilders constructed what powerful raider ship that caused considerable damage to Union merchant vessels on the Confederacy's behalf?
The C.S.S. Antebellum
The C.S.S. Jefferson Davis
The C.S.S. Nightingale
The C.S.S. Alabama

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What is the common name given to the speech by Abaraham Lincoln during the Civil War which begins with the iconic line "Four score and seven years ago"?
"The Eulogy on Bull Run"
"The Gettysburg Address"
"The Vicksburg Referendum"
"The Peterburg Prayer"

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What is the name of the peculiar Confederate ship that was an early attempt at creating a working submarine?
The H.L. Highchurch
The H.L. Masterson
The H.L. Woodcrow
The H.L. Hunley

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The Battle of Five Forks bears the nickname of "The Waterloo of the Confederacy" because of how it essentially guaranteed the fall of the C.S.A. The name Waterloo is a reference to the final battle of what famous dictator?
Maximillian Robespierre
Peter the Great
Napoleon Bonaparte
Santa Anna

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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at the Civil War's closing in what famous location?
The Capitol Building
Ford's Theater
Arlington National Cemetery
The White House

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