Civil War Quiz

1. The Emancipation Proclomation:

d. Changed the nature of the Civil War from being about /slavery to being about keeping the Union together

c. Outraged European powers, especially in Britain

b. Went into effect January 1, 1864

a. Freed 3 million slaves

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2. The Battle of Stones River in 1863 was a:

d. Confederate victory: Lee beats back repeated frontal assaults by Burnside

c. Union victory: Union forces capture two North Carolina forts

b. Confederate victory: Irvin McDowell’s recon-in-0foce defeated at Manassas

a. Inconclusive: Forces fight to draw/Bragg retreated

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3. Who was the first state to secede from the Union:

d. Texas

c. Georgia

b. North Carolina

a. South Carolna

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4. Confederate General for the Kentucky Orphan Brigade Roger Hanson died in which battle:

d. Battle of Cockpit Point

c. 1st Battle of Lexington

b. Boonville, Missouri

a. Stones River, Tennessee

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5. After the war, Confederate General John Cal vin Brown became governor of:

d. Florida

c. Virginia

b. New York

a. Tennessee

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6. Confederate General James Longstreet was despised by his comrades for:

d. None; he was loved by his comrades

c. Staging a coup d’etat against the Confederate Army and General Lee

b. His failure at the Battle of Chancellorsville

a. Blaming General Lee for his failure at the Battle of Gettysburg

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7. Caleb Blood Smith is perhaps best known for:

d. Leading a regiment that was attacked by Native Americans

c. Ordering army supplies

b. Serving on Jefferson’s Cabinet for the CSA

a. Serving on Lincoln’s Cabinet during the Civil War

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8. The Star of the West was fired upon by:

d. USS Columbus

c. USS Bignonia

b. USS Brooklyn

a. The Citedel

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9. Who was Secretary ofState for the United States during the Civil War:

d. Salmon Chase

c. Edwin Stanton

b. Ulysses Grant

a. William Seward

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