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Americans At War Trivia Quiz

Little known facts about the Civil War.

A multiple-choice quiz by daisyduke71. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
daisyduke71

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
127,557

Updated
Jun 09 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1211

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Question 1 of 10

1. How much money did the Civil War cost the U. S. government each day? Hint

$2.5 million

$1.5 billion

$300,000

$400,000

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the owner of Ford's Theater, site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln? Hint

Samuel Ford

John T. Ford

Ford Smith

Thomas Ford

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who preached the sermon at President Abraham Lincoln's funeral? Hint

Dr. John Davis

Pastor Lincoln Adams

Pastor John Smith

Dr. Phineas D. Gurley

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where was the first capital of the Confederacy? Hint

Richmond, Virginia

Savannah, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Montgomery, Alabama

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was postmaster general of the Confederacy? Hint

John W. Smith

John H. Reagan

David R. Reagan

David W. Smith

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the official name of Andersonville, the notorious Confederate prison camp located in south Georgia? Hint

Fort Andersonville

Fort Sampson

Camp Sumter

Camp Sampson

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who designed the Stars and Bars, the first offical Confederate flag? Hint

Jennifer Williams

Nicola Marschall

Sandra Smith

Donna Marshall

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Question 8 of 10

8. What Northern state issued the first OFFICIAL call for black troops in the Civil War? Hint

Massachusetts

New York

Ohio

South Carolina

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Question 9 of 10

9. At war's end, how large was the national debt incurred by the Confederate government? Hint

$2 million

$2 billion

$200,000

$20,000

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Question 10 of 10

10. What cabinet post did Abraham Lincoln's son Robert hold after the war? Hint

Secretary of War

Secretary of Interior

Secretary of Education

President

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How much money did the Civil War cost the U. S. government each day?

Answer: $2.5 million

According to a report released by the U.S. Government in 1863, the financial cost of fighting the war was $2.5 million a day.

2. Who was the owner of Ford's Theater, site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

Answer: John T. Ford

John T. Ford owned the theater, and after the assassination he was imprisoned for more than a month until the government admitted it had no evidence that he was a conspirator.

3. Who preached the sermon at President Abraham Lincoln's funeral?

Answer: Dr. Phineas D. Gurley

Dr. Phineas D. Gurley, pastor of Washington's New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, which Lincoln attended, delivered the sermon at the president's funeral.

4. Where was the first capital of the Confederacy?

Answer: Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery, Alabama, was the first capital of the Confederacy and held the distinction from February 1861 until the following May, when the capital was moved to Richmond, Virginia.

5. Who was postmaster general of the Confederacy?

Answer: John H. Reagan

John H. Reagan, a former U. S. congressman from Texas, was appointed confederate postmaster general in March 1861 and held the post until April 1865, when he took the post of Treasury secretary for the final weeks of the Confederate government.

6. What was the official name of Andersonville, the notorious Confederate prison camp located in south Georgia?

Answer: Camp Sumter

Andersonville, which claimed the lives of more than 13,000 Union prisoners of war, existed from February 1864 until April 1865 and was officially named Camp Sumter.

7. Who designed the Stars and Bars, the first offical Confederate flag?

Answer: Nicola Marschall

Composed of two wide red bars separated by a wide white bar, with seven white stars on a field of blue in the upper left corner, the Stars and Bars was designed by Southern educator Nicola Marschall early in 1861. It was officially put into Confederate service when it was raised over the Confederate capital in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 4, 1861.

8. What Northern state issued the first OFFICIAL call for black troops in the Civil War?

Answer: Massachusetts

Massachusetts issued the first official call for black soldiers in late January 1863.

President Abraham Lincoln authorized THE use of African Americans in combat by his issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.

9. At war's end, how large was the national debt incurred by the Confederate government?

Answer: $2 billion

That is really large considering a person in the army only made about $25 a month.

10. What cabinet post did Abraham Lincoln's son Robert hold after the war?

Answer: Secretary of War

He held the post in the Garfield adminstration.

Source: Author daisyduke71

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