Test Quiz On Civil War
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What was the purpose of the group "Sons Of America" which formed in the South during the U.S. Civil War?
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Help Union Prisoners Escape The Confederacy
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Collect Dresses To Sew Together For Use As Observation Balloons
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Collect Money To Build Ships In The South
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Helped To Instigate Native American Indians To Attack Northerners
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This is a brief quiz on the basics of Civil War
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What did Confederate Soldiers call their sewing kits for uniform repair in the U.S. Civil War?
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Daily Chore Kits
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Spyspigots
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Housewives
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Lifebloods
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A. Housewives -
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What item did the Nashville Plow Works produce during the U.S. Civil War?
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Counterfeit Money
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Flame Throwers
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Rifles
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Swords
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A. Swords -
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What Confederate General had the most famous hat in the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War?
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Simon Bolivar Buckner
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George Pickett
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Robert E. Lee
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J.E.B. Stuart
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A. J.E.B. Stuart -
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What was the "Cracker Line" in the U.S. Civil War?
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Nickname For Firing Squads
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Line Of Soldiers Sent Out To Bury The Dead After Battles
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Union Supply Route In Alabama And Tennessee
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Nickname Of The Confederate Government's Cabinet Members
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A. Union Supply Route In Alabama And Tennessee -
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What was a soldier's "Horizontal Refreshment" in the U.S. Civil War?
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A Long Stay In A Hospital
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A Nap After A Long March
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Visiting A Prostitute
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The Condition A Soldier Is In After Indulging In Moonshine
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A. Visiting A Prostitute -
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In the U.S. Civil War movie "Gone With the Wind" what Confederate leaders appear?
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Stonewall Jackson And James Longstreet
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Jefferson Davis And Robert E. Lee
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President Jefferson Davis And Vice President Alexander Stephens
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None
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A. None -
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Who were the "Katydids" in the U.S. Civil War?
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Nickname For Sutlers
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Unit Of Germans And Irish That Came From Philadelphia
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Cadets From The Virginia Military Institute
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Nickname For The Massachusetts 54th
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A. Cadets From The Virginia Military Institute -
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When did the Confederacy declare war on the Union, starting the U.S. Civil War?
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January 1,1861
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October 2,1861
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May 6, 1861
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August 17,1860
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A. May 6, 1861 -
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What was considered the "Breadbasket of the Confederacy" in the U.S. Civil War?
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Central Part Of North Carolina
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Area From Atlanta, Georgia To Savannah, Georgia
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South Carolina
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Shenandoah Valley
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A. Shenandoah Valley -
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What were "Sinks" in the U.S. Civil War?
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Government Officials Who Took Kickbacks And Became Wealthy During The War
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Name For Camp Prostitutes
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Slang Term For Latrines
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Explosion Holes Made By Artillery
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A. Slang Term For Latrines -
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What U.S. Civil War Union General wrote the book "Ben Hur"?
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General Alexander Asboth
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General George Stoneman
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General John Logan
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General Lew Wallace
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A. General Lew Wallace -
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What state supplied most of the iron used by the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War?
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Georgia
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Florida
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Texas
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Alabama
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A. Alabama -
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Who was the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor in the U.S. Civil War?
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Jennie Rodgers
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Ellen Goodridge
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Mary Walker
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Ella Gibson
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A. Mary Walker -
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During the U.S. Civil War, how did women from New Orleans get even with Union General Butler for harsh treatment they received?
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Stole His Horses
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Kidnapped His Son And Dog
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Had His Picture Painted On Chamber Pots
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Set His House Ablaze
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A. Had His Picture Painted On Chamber Pots -
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