The American Civil War - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
5) What cash crop did the South grow thatwas vital to their economy?	Cotton	90%
2) Which West Point general was commander of the Southern Army?	Robert E Lee	90%
4) What was the capital of the Confederacy?	Richmond	80%
1) In what state was the battle of Ft Sumter?	South Carolina	80%
6) What battle near the rural town of Sharpsburg,MD, is one of the most brutal single day conflicts?	Antietam	70%
8) Theater in which he was shot	Fords	70%
27) In what state did Lincoln practice most of hislaw career?	Illinois	70%
9) What famous actor pulled the trigger thatkilled Lincoln?	John Wilkes Booth	70%
13) What PA battle was considered a major turningpoint in the war, but also the costliest?	Gettysburg	60%
21) Who was president of the Confederacy?	Jefferson Davis	60%
28) What state was Lincoln born in, in 1809?	Kentucky	50%
23) What general, and later president, commandedthe Union army?	Ulysses Grant	50%
20) What was the term for those who favored to end slavery?	Abolitionist	40%
15) What was the disastrous Confederate assault on aUnion brigade at Gettysburg which ended in most of them killed?	Picketts Charge	40%
17) What plan was the Unions reintegrating the Southernstates back into the Union after the war?	Reconstruction	40%
25) What Mississippi river town was a major Unionvictory in May 1863?	Vicksburg	40%
11) What state is the above a motto for?	Virginia	40%
24) Where did General Lee surrender to the aboveon April 9, 1865?	Appomattox Court House	30%
3) Name of the army he commanded	Army of Northern Virginia	30%
19) What famous speech did Lincoln give in 1863 thatdeclared all slaves free?	Emancipation Proclamation	30%
29) What white supremacist group was founded in TNby Civil War veterans?	Ku Klux Klan	30%
22) What battle in rural Tennessee occurred on April 6, 1862?	Shiloh	30%
7) What play was Lincoln attending when he wasassassinated?	Our American Cousin	20%
16) What Maryland physician was charged with aidingBooth in his escape by healing his broken leg?	Samuel Mudd	20%
10) What did the above yell as heattempted to escape?	Sic Semper Tyrannis	20%
12) What general led his men on a pillagingquest through Georgia in order to reach the coast?	William Sherman	20%
30) What naval battle in coastal VA ended in a drawwith ironclad ships?	Hampton Roads	10%
14) What co-conspirator escaped with Booth andwas captured in a VA barn?	David Herold	0%
26) What Army major was with Lincoln and Mary atthe night of the assassination?	Henry Rathbone	0%
18) What boardinghouse owner was convicted and hanged for aiding Booth in his escape?	Mary Surratt	0%

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