American Civil War Quiz: questions and answers

1. What is the period of the American civil war?

1861-1866

1862-1863

1861-1865

2. When was The Emancipation Proclamation issued?

Jaunuary 11, 1863

January 1, 1863

January 1, 1861

3. States which declared their secession or opposition to the US during the war were known as:

Anti States

Union States

Confederate States

4. Which was the most important strategic location in the North during the American Civil War?

Indiana

Illinois

Washington D.C.

5. Who was the last Cherokee leader to surrender forces in June 1865?

John Ross

Stand Watie

Ely S. Parker

6. Who was the US President during the time of the American civil war?

Jefferson Davis

Abraham Lincoln

Theodore Roosevelt

7. Which place in South Carolina was attacked as the first to start the war?

Middleton Place

Gettysburg National Military Park

Fort Sumter

8. Which two countries were approached for help in exchange of cotton by the opposition during the civil war?

India and Pakistan

France and Britain

Canada and Spain

9. What was the main reason for the beginning of the American civil war?

Suppressed Citizens of the North

Abraham Lincoln's murder

Slavery of Black People

10. Who shot the American president in 1865?

George Washington

John Tyler

John Wilkes Booth

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