CIVIL WAR TRIVIA

#1

Who was president

of the Confederacy

during the Civil War?

#2

Which was the first

state to secede from

the Union?

#3

What was the

capital of the

Confederacy?

#4

Which side had a

higher population?

#5

What invention led

to the growth of

‘King Cotton’?

#6

What was the first

battle of the war?

#7

What was the

bloodiest one day

battle of the war?

#8

This made slavery

illegal in the United

States.

#9

These taxes were passed

in order to protect

American made products.

#10

Prior to the Civil War,

each slave was counted as

____ for population

purposes.

#11

What was the percentage

of white southerners from

slave owning families?

#12

What was the

fundamental belief of

an abolitionist?

#13

He led a slave

rebellion in Virginia

that left at least 55

whites dead.

#14

This state had the highest

slave population with

nearly half a million slaves.

#15

Most deaths during

the Civil War resulted

from this.

#16

Who were the two

commanding officers

at Gettysburg?

#17

Occupation of this city

was essential to a Union

victory due to its location

on the Mississippi River.

#18

How many states

were in the

Confederacy?

#19

What basic right did

Abraham Lincoln suspend

without Congressional

approval?

#20

What 24 year old famous

actor assassinated

Abraham Lincoln?

#21

What was the largest city

in the Confederacy at the

beginning of the war?

#22

What is “green

apple quickstep”?

#23

What device used in

the Civil War destroyed

the Pony Express?

#24

This terrorist group rose

to power in the years

following the end of the

Civil War.

#25

This book, written by

Harriett Beecher Stowe,

exposed the horrors of

slavery.

#26

This term refers to

formally withdrawing

from the Union.

#27

The fall of this fort

marks the beginning

of the Civil War.

#28

This bullet first used during

the Civil War caused much

damage to the body resulting

in high numbers of casualties.

#29

The Compromise of 1850

allowed this state to enter

the Union as a free state.

#30

This Union army nurse

would go on to found the

American Red Cross.

#31

This organization

assisted newly freed

slaves by providing food,

shelter, and more.

#32

After the assassination

of Abraham Lincoln, this

man became president.

#33

Through the Missouri

Compromise, what two

states entered the Union?

#34

This side had more

casualties at the

conclusion of the war.

#35

This early version of the

machine gun was first

used during the Civil War.

#36

Most battle field

amputations took about

_____ minutes to compete.

#37

White Union soldiers

were paid this amount

every month.

#38

Black Union

soldiers were paid

this every month.

#39

A pound of butter in the

Confederacy cost $3 in 1863.

By 1865, due to inflation it

cost ___ per pound.

#40

In 1865, Lee formally

surrendered to Grant

at this location.