The American Civil War

All about the US Civil War

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Hint	Answer
1) In what state was the battle of Ft Sumter?	South Carolina
2) Which West Point general was commander of the Southern Army?	Robert E Lee
3) Name of the army he commanded	Army of Northern Virginia
4) What was the capital of the Confederacy?	Richmond
5) What cash crop did the South grow that was vital to their economy?	Cotton
6) What battle near the rural town of Sharpsburg, MD, is one of the most brutal single day conflicts?	Antietam
7) What play was Lincoln attending when he was assassinated?	Our American Cousin
8) Theater in which he was shot	Fords
9) What famous actor pulled the trigger that killed Lincoln?	John Wilkes Booth
10) What did the above yell as he attempted to escape?	Sic Semper Tyrannis
11) What state is the above a motto for?	Virginia
12) What general led his men on a pillaging quest through Georgia in order to reach the coast?	William Sherman
13) What PA battle was considered a major turning point in the war, but also the costliest?	Gettysburg
14) What co-conspirator escaped with Booth and was captured in a VA barn?	David Herold
15) What was the disastrous Confederate assault on a Union brigade at Gettysburg which ended in most of them killed?	Picketts Charge

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16) What Maryland physician was charged with aiding Booth in his escape by healing his broken leg?	Samuel Mudd
17) What plan was the Unions reintegrating the Southern states back into the Union after the war?	Reconstruction
18) What boardinghouse owner was convicted and hanged for aiding Booth in his escape?	Mary Surratt
19) What famous speech did Lincoln give in 1863 that declared all slaves free?	Emancipation Proclamation
20) What was the term for those who favored to end slavery?	Abolitionist
21) Who was president of the Confederacy?	Jefferson Davis
22) What battle in rural Tennessee occurred on April 6, 1862?	Shiloh
23) What general, and later president, commanded the Union army?	Ulysses Grant
24) Where did General Lee surrender to the above on April 9, 1865?	Appomattox Court House
25) What Mississippi river town was a major Union victory in May 1863?	Vicksburg
26) What Army major was with Lincoln and Mary at the night of the assassination?	Henry Rathbone
27) In what state did Lincoln practice most of his law career?	Illinois
28) What state was Lincoln born in, in 1809?	Kentucky
29) What white supremacist group was founded in TN by Civil War veterans?	Ku Klux Klan
30) What naval battle in coastal VA ended in a draw with ironclad ships?	Hampton Roads

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