Robert E. Lee Surrenders Quiz Questions

1. Who was Robert E. Lee?

A The leader of the Confederate Congress. B The president of the Confederacy. C The Governor of Virginia. D The lead general for the Confederate army of the South.

2. Why did General Lee surrender his army?

A He was tired of fighting and wanted the North to win. B He knew he could get another army and come back to fight another day. C His soldiers were ready to rebel and go over to the North anyway. D Because he was surrounded by the Northern troops and he knew he would not win a fight.

3. What was the significance of Robert E. Lee`s surrender?

A It meant that the South had won the Civil War. B It rallied the rest of the Confederate armies to fight harder, causing the war to go on for many more years. C It had no significance. It was just another battle in a long war. D It meant that the Civil War was pretty much over and that the North had won.

4. Where did Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?

A At the White House in Washington, D. C. B Near the city of Gettysburg. C At the Appomattox Court House in Virginia. D At Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

5. True or False: President Abraham Lincoln wanted the Confederate soldiers to be severely punished for fighting for the South.

A FALSE B TRUE

6. What year was it that Andrew Johnson signed a document saying that the Civil War was official over?

A 1780 B 1776 C 1860 D 1866

7. What happened to the rest of the Confederate armies after Lee`s army surrendered?

A Most of the Confederate armies surrendered to Union armies within the coming month. B All of the above. C General Stand Watie was the last Confederate General in the field to surrender to the Union on May 5, 1865. D General Joseph Johnston surrendered his army to General Sherman later that month.

8. What happened to Confederate President Jefferson Davis after the end of the Civil War?

A He was tried and executed for treason. B He was killed in a final battle just outside of his Mississippi home. C He retired to his plantation in the South and was treated like a hero. D He tried to escape, but was captured and sent to prison for two years.

9. Who did General Robert E. Lee surrender to?

A President Andrew Johnson B General William Sherman C President Abraham Lincoln D General Ulysses S. Grant

10. What were the conditions under which the North accepted General Lee`s surrender?

A The Confederate soldiers were sent to prison for one year, but their families and homes were spared. B The Confederate soldiers were allowed to return home. They were given food and could keep their horse or mule, but had to turn in their weapons. C The Confederate soldiers had to give up all their possessions including any farms or houses they owned. D The Confederate soldiers were sent to prison camps and punished severely.