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American Civil War Quiz

Try out this American Civil War quiz to test your knowledge. American Civil War trivia explores the 1861–1865 conflict between the Union and the Confederacy, a war sparked by secession and the defense of slavery after Abraham Lincoln’s election.

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15 questions

~3 min to finish

Easy to hard difficulty

510 pts max score

  1. Question 1 ¡ Hard ¡ 40 pts

    What failed 1860 proposal tried to head off secession and avert the coming Civil War?

  2. Question 2 ¡ Hard ¡ 40 pts

    Which 1861 international scare pitted the United States against Britain in a diplomatic crisis?

  3. Question 3 ¡ Hard ¡ 40 pts

    Name the 1862 Confederate victory that still failed to lock down the Southwest for the Confederacy.?

  4. Question 4 ¡ Hard ¡ 40 pts

    Which battle is forever tied to Farragut’s famous line, “Damn the torpedoes”?

  5. Question 5 ¡ Hard ¡ 40 pts

    Which 1862 victory turned Ulysses S. Grant into a national hero?

  6. Question 6 ¡ Hard ¡ 40 pts

    Nathan Bedford Forrest’s major 1864 triumph came at Brice’s Cross what?

  7. Question 7 ¡ Hard ¡ 40 pts

    What 1864 battle badly shattered the Confederate Army of Tennessee before its final destruction?

  8. Question 8 ¡ Hard ¡ 40 pts

    Which 1864 battle finished Hood’s army as an effective fighting force?

  9. Question 9 ¡ Hard ¡ 40 pts

    What nickname did Union legal-tender paper money earn during the war?

  10. Question 10 ¡ Hard ¡ 40 pts

    Which civilian aid organization supported Union soldiers with medical and camp assistance?

  11. Question 11 ¡ Hard ¡ 40 pts

    Black Union troops launched a notable assault in July 1863 against which fort?

  12. Question 12 ¡ Hard ¡ 40 pts

    Playful but precise: if you were handed Union paper money and told it wasn’t silver, what wartime nickname would be in your pocket?

  13. Question 13 ¡ Easy ¡ 10 pts

    Who was president of the United States during the Civil War?

  14. Question 14 ¡ Easy ¡ 10 pts

    The Civil War was fought between which two sides?

  15. Question 15 ¡ Easy ¡ 10 pts

    What city served as the capital of the Confederacy?