History Quiz 10
The Civil War History Quiz
Test your knowledge of the American Civil War with our engaging quiz! This quiz covers key events, figures, and amendments from one of the most pivotal periods in American history.
Challenge yourself with:
- 25 thought-provoking questions
- A range of topics from important battles to significant political changes
- Immediate feedback on your answers
At the outbreak of war in 1861, Lincoln's primary objective was to
Establish cotton growing in the North
preserve the Union
Punish Southern leaders
abolish slavery in the South
Identify the author or document of the following primary source quote: "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain-that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.'"
William Lloyd Garrison
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1863)
George Fitzhugh
Jefferson DavisJefferson Davis
Most historians view Reconstruction (1865-1877) as a democratic experiment that failed because it
Was unrealistic to expect that illiterate blacks could be quickly turned into citizens
Was overly vindictive and harsh toward all white southerners
Left blacks without property and economically unable to defend their political rights
relied on excessive military force
Which region of the United States saw a growth in industrialization in the 1850s and 1860s?
North
West
South
East
The military significance of the battle of Gettysburg was that
Lee could never again take the offensive as he liked to do.
The Confederacy was cut in half.
Lee's surrender ended the war.
The victory gave Lincoln an occasion to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
In the mid-1850s, fear of America's ability to assimilate the many new immigrant groups led to a political and cultural outlook called
Progressivism
Nativism
Assimilation
Pessimism
Who was elected as the president of the Confederate States of America?
Andrew Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1865,
guaranteed the right to vote
Was overturned in 1870
declared secession illegal
Abolished slavery
An important element in the Union conquest of the South was the devastating 300-mile "march to the sea" conducted by whom?
Meade
Burnside
Sherman
Hooker
The North had the advantage in all of the following at the start of the war EXCEPT
knowledge of terrain.
Industrial capacity.
Transportation.
population.
Identify the author or document of the following primary source quote: "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and for his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."
Lincoln's Second Inaugural (1865)
Jefferson Davis
George Fitzhugh
William Lloyd Garrison
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared slaves to be free
everywhere in the U.S. (including the South).
in those areas of the South under Confederate control.
in Maryland and Delaware.
in the border states and western territories.
As a soldier in the Civil War you were twice as likely to die from ________ as from ________.
Union medical treatment; Confederate medical treatment
dysentery; typhoid
disease; wounds
Wounds; disease
Where did the initial conflict of the American Civil War take place?
Manassas, Virginia
Bull Run, Virginia
Austin, Texas
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Lincoln, later revered as the Great Emancipator, infringed on the civil liberties of northerners at the start of the Civil War—specifically by
Defying the Supreme Court's order to free those imprisoned without being charged.
Suspending the writ of habeas corpus in specified areas in the North.
Suspending the writ of habeas corpus in areas still in rebellion in the South.
Recommending postponement of the presidential election due to be held in 1864.
Which of the following statements about Abraham Lincoln is most accurate?
He had significant experience in national politics before taking over the presidency.
He was able to easily find generals to execute his military strategy.
He was unpopular with the soldiers in the Union army.
He was a more effective military leader than Jefferson Davis.
Lincoln's support in the 1860 Election came from
the upper south
The north and Texas
The north and the upper south
The north and west coast
The bloodiest single day in American history took place on September 17, 1862, as a result of which battle?
Shiloh
Fredericksburg
Antietam
Gettysburg
Where was President Lincoln assassinated?
Ford's Theater
White House
Appomattox Court House
in his carriage
What was the name of the political party that emerged in New York City in the early 1850s as a secret nativist society who opposed the impact of Catholic immigrants on America?
American (or Know-Nothing) Party
Abolitionist Party
Republican Party
Whig Party
Which of the following factors was most clearly an advantage for the South at the beginning of the war?
The great span of railroads criss-crossing the South
The industrial capacity that the South had developed during the 1850s
The relative size of the population in the two sections
the strategic benefits of fighting a defensive war
Which state, which had been at the heart of the nullification crisis of the 1830s, became the first state to secede on December 20, 1860, and was also the state in which the first shot of the Civil War was fired?
South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Virginia
According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what would be the status of slavery in those western territories?
Slavery was expressly permitted.
The people would decide by vote.
Slavery was expressly prohibited.
Slavery was permitted in Kansas but banned in Nebraska.
The Fifteenth Amendment (1870)
Extends suffrage to all citizens over 21 years of age
Gives the president line-item veto authority
Defines citizenship and extends equal protection to all citizens
States no one shall be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous servitude
The Civil War's greatest battle was fought in which Pennsylvania town?
Hershey
Valley Forge
Gettysburg
Philadelphia
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