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Pop Quiz: All About the Civil War

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1.

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

Robert E. Lee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ulysses S. Grant
George B. McLellan

2.

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

Jefferson Davis
John Brown
Robert E. Lee
Joe Hooker

3.

The woman hanged for conspiracy in the assassination of President Lincoln was:

Pauline Cushman
Mary Surratt
Mary Todd
Harriet Beecher Stowe

4.

The Union Army lost approximately how many soldiers in the Battle of Antietam?

12,000
2,000
30,000
560

5.

Which member of President Lincoln’s cabinet was the victim of a failed assassination attempt in 1865?

James Speed
Edward Stanton
William H. Seward
John Usher

6.

The photographer who brought the harsh reality of the Civil War to ordinary Americans was:

Richard Avedon
Annie Leibovitz
Matthew Brady
Alfred Eisenstaedt

7.

General Robert E. Lee was originally from which state?

Louisiana
Virginia
Arkansas
South Carolina

8.

Which border state remained part of the Union throughout the war?

Michigan
Kentucky
Missouri
Delaware