1. Who commanded the Confederate army in the American Civil War?

2. Which American Civil War general later became president of the United States?

3. Which of these ships fought in the first battle between ironclads?

4. Which of these was not a Civil War battle?

5. In what year was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?

6. Which era immediately followed the American Civil War?

7. How many states were there in the Confederate States of America?

8. Which American Civil War general is considered a major architect of modern warfare?

9. Which series of battles in Georgia influenced the Federal presidential election of 1864?

10. Which semi-military secret organization was active in the Midwestern states during the American Civil War?

11. What was the name given to citizens in the North who opposed the war policy of the North and advocated a negotiated settlement with the South to end the American Civil War?

12. Who was the president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War?

13. Which battle is known as the turning point in the American Civil War?

14. What was the site of the Confederacy’s largest prison camp for captured Union soldiers?

15. Which American soldier disguised herself as a man to fight in the Civil War?

16. Which Confederate general commanded the bombardment of Fort Sumter in 1861?

17. Which Confederate general wrote the popular infantry manual used by both the North and the South during the American Civil War?

18. Where did Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the end of the Civil War?

19. Which battle of the American Civil War is also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing?

20. Who commanded the Confederate forces in Vicksburg during the Vicksburg Campaign of the Union forces?

21. Which city was the first capital of the Confederate States of America?

22. Who was the quartermaster general of the Union Army during the American Civil War?

23. How many years did the American Civil War last?

24. Which unit provided aerial surveillance of Confederate troops for the Union army during the American Civil War?

25. Who is known for his photographs of politicians and events of the American Civil War?

26. Which acts were passed by the federal government during the American Civil War to liberate enslaved persons in the seceded states?

27. In which year was the Grand Army of the Republic, a patriotic organization of the American Civil War veterans, founded?

28. Which was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship during the American Civil War?

29. For which poem was Stephen Vincent Benét awarded the Pulitzer Prize?

30. Who was the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor?

31. Who was the African American enslaved person who was also a captain and naval hero for the Union during the American Civil War?

32. Which general in the American Civil War earned the nickname “the Rock of Chickamauga”?

33. What was the Union's mission on the Peninsular Campaign in the American Civil War?

34. Who was the Confederate general in command at the Fort Pillow Massacre?

35. What was the bloodiest single-day battle in the American Civil War?

36. Who commanded an African American regiment from a Northern state during the American Civil War?

37. Under whose leadership did the Union army suffer a crushing defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg?

38. Who was the chief of nursing, hospital, and welfare services for the western armies under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant?

39. In which city did the Draft Riot of 1863 occur?

40. What was the famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the site of one of the most decisive battles of the American Civil War?

41. Who led the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, an event that was instrumental in heightening the animosities that led to the American Civil War?

42. During which incident did Captain Charles Wilkes unlawfully seize two Confederate commissioners from a neutral British ship?

43. Where was the "Battle Above the Clouds" fought in 1863?

44. Which battle helped the Union regain the state of Tennessee?

45. Which battle in the American Civil War was called the Waterloo of the Confederacy?

46. Which of these machine guns was invented during the American Civil War?

47. In which year was the Battle of Fort Sumter fought?

48. Who proposed the "Anaconda plan" military strategy during the American Civil War?

49. Which amendment guaranteed civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved persons who were emancipated after the American Civil War?

50. Under which legislation was the South divided into five military districts after the war?

51. Which battle had the first duel between two ironclad warships in the history of war?

52. What name was given to people who relocated to the South from the North during the Reconstruction period, and were accused by Southerners of exploiting the newly enfranchised freedmen?

53. Who was the general that Lincoln fired for being too cautious after the Battle of Antietam?

54. Which of these events marks the beginning of the American Civil War?

55. What did federal troops convert the house of Robert E. Lee to after they occupied it in 1861?

56. What was the official name of the states that seceded from the United States during the American Civil War?