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thing is to have fun!
Have a trivia question that is not listed here? Please email me the question and four
multiple choice (highlighting the correct answer) and I will post it here with full credit to the
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| Is That Your Final Answer? Civil War Trivia |
1) What general surrendered the Confederate Army to General Sherman in April of 1865?
a) John C. Breckenridge
b) Joseph Johnston
c) Robert E. Lee
d) Lewis Armistead
2) What army was surrender to Grant by Lee at Appomattox Court House?
a) The Army of the Potomac
b) The Army of Tennessee
c) The Army of Northern Virginia
d) The Confederate Army
3) Name the Civil War P.O.W. Camp nicknamed "Eighty Acres of Hell?"
a) Fort Point
b) Andersonville
c) Elmira
d) Camp Douglas
4) What Confederate officer was famously killed by his own men?
a) Thomas Jackson
b) Leonias Polk
c) A.P. Hill
d) J.E.B. Stewart
5) Who commanded the Federal troops at Harper's Ferry durning John Brown's rebellion?
a) Ulysses Grant
b) J.E.B. Stewart
c) Robert E. Lee
d) Stonewall Jackson
6) What school was in charge of crowd control during the execution of John Brown?
a) Bowdoin College
b) Virginia Military Institute
c) West Point
d) Washington University
7) What soldier delivered the surrender message to John Brown at Harper's Ferry?
a) Stonewall Jackson
b) Robert E. Lee
c) J.E.B. Stewart
d) Winfield Handcock
8) What woman was the first to win the Congressional Medal of Honor for her services in the Civil War?
Hint: She was a doctor!
a) Clara Barton
b) Pheobe Pember
c) Mary Edwards Walker
d) Mary Chestnut
9) What colored man won the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Civil War?
a) Fredrick Douglas
b) It Never Happened
c) Stand Waite
d) William H. Carney
10) Who was given the nickname "The Angel of Marye's Heights?"
a) Clara Barton
b) Richard Kirkland
c) Susan B. Anthony
d) Joshua Lawerence Chamberlain
11) In what state was the last battle of the Civil War fought in?
a) Texas
b) Tennessee
c) Virginia
d) South Carolina
12) What was the only major Southern port that was not blocaded during the war?
a) Charleston
b) Savannah
c) New Orleans
d) Galvaston
13) What document pre-Constitution had a large bearing on the Civil War?
a) Declaration of Independance
b) Articles of Confederation
c) Article of Pre-Constitution
d) The Magnacarta
14) Was slavery legal at the begining of the Civil War?
a) Yes
b) No
15) Roughly, how many women fought in the Civil War?
a) 50
b) 4,000
c) 10,000
d) None
16) What was the difference of the African American troops in the Union and in the Confederacy?
a) No Differences
b) Southern troops were forced to fight
c) Southern troops fought side-by-side with the other men
d) Northern troops were paid better
17) What is the name of the side-wheeler that was nicknamed "The Mississippi's Titantic?"
a) The Maine
b) The Maramac
c) The Far West
d) The Sultana
18) What national holiday did Lincoln enact to stop the Civil War?
a) Easter
b) Christmas
c) Thanksgiving
d) Didn't happen
19) What Union General was once drummed out of the army for drinking?
a) Grant
b) Sherman
c) Sheridan
d) McClellan
20) What substance, used in dyes, was life threatening to Civil War women?
a) Soap
b) Berry root
c) Arsenic
d) Maple leaves
21) What group of people were the last to surrender four months after the war was over?
a) Irish
b) Blacks
c) Germans
d) Cherokee
22) What is the H.L. Hunley famous for?
a) First Confederate submarine
b) The sinking of the USS Housatonic
c) Its mysterious disappearance on February 17, 1864
d) All of the above
23) John Wilkes Booth has been immortalized as the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, but
what was his career before this act?
a) a writer
b) an actor
c) a bum
d) he was so rich, he didn't need to work
24) Name one of John Wilkes Booth's accomplices in the assasination attempt?
a) Lee Harvey Oswald
b) Jefferson Davis
c) John Parker
d) He acted alone
25) What is the name of the farm where Booth was finally killed on April 29th?
a) Mudd
b) Susanville
c) Beckett
d) Garett
26) Prior to the attack at Ford's Theater, what other plan did Booth have involving the president?
a) Drown him in a river
b) Kidnap him and take him to Richmond
c) There was no alternate plan
d) Stab him/Poison him
27) What play did Lincoln see the night he was shot?
a) Our American Cousin
b) An American Comedy
c) As Always to Tyrants
d) Something Shakespeare
28) What haunting dream did Lincoln have prior to being assassinated?
a) Drowning at Sea
b) The war begining again
c) Wandering the White House and learning the president was assassinated
d) Being killed in a carriage accident
29) Which man was saved from assassination when the assassin got cold feet?
a) Edwin M. Stanton
b) Andrew Johnson
c) Ulysses Grant
d) William H. Seward
30) Who ran against Lincoln for president and served in the Confederate government?
a) John Breckenridge
b) Jefferson Davis
c) Robert E. Lee
d) Stephen Douglas
31) What brigade was famous for "gallent charges and hideous losses"?
a) The 1st U.S. Sharpshooters
b) The 42nd Virginia
c) The 1st Texas
d) The Irish Brigade
32) What happened to Mary Edwards Walker's Congressional Medal of Honor?
a) Lost in a fire
b) Stolen
c) Buried with her
d) Returned to the Government
33) What battle was nicknamed "The Valley of Death"?
a) Antiem
b) Franklin
c) Gettysburg
d) Fredericksburg
34) On what special holiday was Confederate General Patrick Clebourn born on?
a) St. Patrick's Day
b) Easter
c) Halloween
d) Labor Day
a) John C. Breckenridge
b) Joseph Johnston
c) Robert E. Lee
d) Lewis Armistead
2) What army was surrender to Grant by Lee at Appomattox Court House?
a) The Army of the Potomac
b) The Army of Tennessee
c) The Army of Northern Virginia
d) The Confederate Army
3) Name the Civil War P.O.W. Camp nicknamed "Eighty Acres of Hell?"
a) Fort Point
b) Andersonville
c) Elmira
d) Camp Douglas
4) What Confederate officer was famously killed by his own men?
a) Thomas Jackson
b) Leonias Polk
c) A.P. Hill
d) J.E.B. Stewart
5) Who commanded the Federal troops at Harper's Ferry durning John Brown's rebellion?
a) Ulysses Grant
b) J.E.B. Stewart
c) Robert E. Lee
d) Stonewall Jackson
6) What school was in charge of crowd control during the execution of John Brown?
a) Bowdoin College
b) Virginia Military Institute
c) West Point
d) Washington University
7) What soldier delivered the surrender message to John Brown at Harper's Ferry?
a) Stonewall Jackson
b) Robert E. Lee
c) J.E.B. Stewart
d) Winfield Handcock
8) What woman was the first to win the Congressional Medal of Honor for her services in the Civil War?
Hint: She was a doctor!
a) Clara Barton
b) Pheobe Pember
c) Mary Edwards Walker
d) Mary Chestnut
9) What colored man won the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Civil War?
a) Fredrick Douglas
b) It Never Happened
c) Stand Waite
d) William H. Carney
10) Who was given the nickname "The Angel of Marye's Heights?"
a) Clara Barton
b) Richard Kirkland
c) Susan B. Anthony
d) Joshua Lawerence Chamberlain
11) In what state was the last battle of the Civil War fought in?
a) Texas
b) Tennessee
c) Virginia
d) South Carolina
12) What was the only major Southern port that was not blocaded during the war?
a) Charleston
b) Savannah
c) New Orleans
d) Galvaston
13) What document pre-Constitution had a large bearing on the Civil War?
a) Declaration of Independance
b) Articles of Confederation
c) Article of Pre-Constitution
d) The Magnacarta
14) Was slavery legal at the begining of the Civil War?
a) Yes
b) No
15) Roughly, how many women fought in the Civil War?
a) 50
b) 4,000
c) 10,000
d) None
16) What was the difference of the African American troops in the Union and in the Confederacy?
a) No Differences
b) Southern troops were forced to fight
c) Southern troops fought side-by-side with the other men
d) Northern troops were paid better
17) What is the name of the side-wheeler that was nicknamed "The Mississippi's Titantic?"
a) The Maine
b) The Maramac
c) The Far West
d) The Sultana
18) What national holiday did Lincoln enact to stop the Civil War?
a) Easter
b) Christmas
c) Thanksgiving
d) Didn't happen
19) What Union General was once drummed out of the army for drinking?
a) Grant
b) Sherman
c) Sheridan
d) McClellan
20) What substance, used in dyes, was life threatening to Civil War women?
a) Soap
b) Berry root
c) Arsenic
d) Maple leaves
21) What group of people were the last to surrender four months after the war was over?
a) Irish
b) Blacks
c) Germans
d) Cherokee
22) What is the H.L. Hunley famous for?
a) First Confederate submarine
b) The sinking of the USS Housatonic
c) Its mysterious disappearance on February 17, 1864
d) All of the above
23) John Wilkes Booth has been immortalized as the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, but
what was his career before this act?
a) a writer
b) an actor
c) a bum
d) he was so rich, he didn't need to work
24) Name one of John Wilkes Booth's accomplices in the assasination attempt?
a) Lee Harvey Oswald
b) Jefferson Davis
c) John Parker
d) He acted alone
25) What is the name of the farm where Booth was finally killed on April 29th?
a) Mudd
b) Susanville
c) Beckett
d) Garett
26) Prior to the attack at Ford's Theater, what other plan did Booth have involving the president?
a) Drown him in a river
b) Kidnap him and take him to Richmond
c) There was no alternate plan
d) Stab him/Poison him
27) What play did Lincoln see the night he was shot?
a) Our American Cousin
b) An American Comedy
c) As Always to Tyrants
d) Something Shakespeare
28) What haunting dream did Lincoln have prior to being assassinated?
a) Drowning at Sea
b) The war begining again
c) Wandering the White House and learning the president was assassinated
d) Being killed in a carriage accident
29) Which man was saved from assassination when the assassin got cold feet?
a) Edwin M. Stanton
b) Andrew Johnson
c) Ulysses Grant
d) William H. Seward
30) Who ran against Lincoln for president and served in the Confederate government?
a) John Breckenridge
b) Jefferson Davis
c) Robert E. Lee
d) Stephen Douglas
31) What brigade was famous for "gallent charges and hideous losses"?
a) The 1st U.S. Sharpshooters
b) The 42nd Virginia
c) The 1st Texas
d) The Irish Brigade
32) What happened to Mary Edwards Walker's Congressional Medal of Honor?
a) Lost in a fire
b) Stolen
c) Buried with her
d) Returned to the Government
33) What battle was nicknamed "The Valley of Death"?
a) Antiem
b) Franklin
c) Gettysburg
d) Fredericksburg
34) On what special holiday was Confederate General Patrick Clebourn born on?
a) St. Patrick's Day
b) Easter
c) Halloween
d) Labor Day
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