Civil War Events Quiz
Instructions: Test your recall of the key events and figures of the American Civil War!
- 1.
Which battle is considered the turning point of the American Civil War?
ABattle of VicksburgBBattle of Bull RunCBattle of GettysburgDBattle of Antietam - 2.
What document did President Lincoln issue on January 1, 1863, freeing enslaved people in Confederate states?
AEmancipation ProclamationBMissouri CompromiseCGettysburg AddressD13th Amendment - 3.
Where was the first shot of the Civil War fired in April 1861?
AFort SumterBHarper's FerryCFort McHenryDManassas - 4.
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
AStonewall JacksonBAlexander StephensCRobert E. LeeDJefferson Davis - 5.
Which Union general's 'March to the Sea' devastated Georgia in 1864?
AGeorge McClellanBPhilip SheridanCWilliam Tecumseh ShermanDUlysses S. Grant - 6.
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War?
AGettysburg, PennsylvaniaBRichmond, VirginiaCWashington, D.C.DAppomattox Court House - 7.
Which battle was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history?
ABattle of AntietamBBattle of GettysburgCBattle of ShilohDBattle of Fredericksburg - 8.
Which Confederate general was accidentally shot by his own troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville?
AStonewall JacksonBA.P. HillCJames LongstreetDJ.E.B. Stuart - 9.
What famous speech did Lincoln deliver at the dedication of a military cemetery in 1863?
AEmancipation ProclamationBSecond Inaugural AddressCCooper Union AddressDGettysburg Address - 10.
Which ironclad warships fought the first battle between armored ships in 1862?
AUSS Monitor and CSS VirginiaBUSS Hartford and CSS TennesseeCUSS Kearsarge and CSS AlabamaDUSS Constitution and HMS Guerriere - 11.
Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
AThe White HouseBLincoln MemorialCFord's TheatreDCapitol Building - 12.
Which amendment to the Constitution formally abolished slavery?
A15th AmendmentB13th AmendmentC14th AmendmentD12th Amendment - 13.
What was the name of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, one of the first African American regiments?
AUnited States Colored TroopsBBuffalo SoldiersCHarlem HellfightersD54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry - 14.
Which Union victory in 1863 gave the North control of the Mississippi River?
ABattle of MemphisBBattle of New OrleansCBattle of ShilohDSiege of Vicksburg - 15.
How many states seceded from the Union to form the Confederacy?
A15B13C11D9