1. CIVIL WAR TRIVIA

2. #1  Who was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

3. #2  Which was the first state to secede from the Union?

4. #3  What was the capital of the Confederacy?

5. #4  Which side had a higher population?

6. #5  What invention led to the growth of ‘King Cotton’?

7. #6  What was the first battle of the war?

8. #7  What was the bloodiest one day battle of the war?

9. #8  This made slavery illegal in the United States.

10. #9  These taxes were passed in order to protect American made products.

11. #10  Prior to the Civil War, each slave was counted as ____ for population purposes.

12. #11  What was the percentage of white southerners from slave owning families?

13. #12  What was the fundamental belief of an abolitionist?

14. #13  He led a slave rebellion in Virginia that left at least 55 whites dead.

15. #14  This state had the highest slave population with nearly half a million slaves.

16. #15  Most deaths during the Civil War resulted from this.

17. #16  Who were the two commanding officers at Gettysburg?

18. #17  Occupation of this city was essential to a Union victory due to its location on the Mississippi River.

19. #18  How many states were in the Confederacy?

20. #19  What basic right did Abraham Lincoln suspend without Congressional approval?

21. #20  What 24 year old famous actor assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

22. #21  What was the largest city in the Confederacy at the beginning of the war?

23. #22  What is “green apple quickstep”?

24. #23  What device used in the Civil War destroyed the Pony Express?

25. #24  This terrorist group rose to power in the years following the end of the Civil War.

26. #25  This book, written by Harriett Beecher Stowe, exposed the horrors of slavery.

27. #26  This term refers to formally withdrawing from the Union.

28. #27  The fall of this fort marks the beginning of the Civil War.

29. #28  This bullet first used during the Civil War caused much damage to the body resulting in high numbers of casualties.

30. #29  The Compromise of 1850 allowed this state to enter the Union as a free state.

31. #30  This Union army nurse would go on to found the American Red Cross.

32. #31  This organization assisted newly freed slaves by providing food, shelter, and more.

33. #32  After the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, this man became president.

34. #33  Through the Missouri Compromise, what two states entered the Union?

35. #34  This side had more casualties at the conclusion of the war.

36. #35  This early version of the machine gun was first used during the Civil War.

37. #36  Most battle field amputations took about _____ minutes to compete.

38. #37  White Union soldiers were paid this amount every month.

39. #38  Black Union soldiers were paid this every month.

40. #39  A pound of butter in the Confederacy cost $3 in 1863. By 1865, due to inflation it cost ___ per pound.

41. #40  In 1865, Lee formally surrendered to Grant at this location.