Q 01/05

Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?

A) Andrew Johnson

B) Abraham Lincoln

C) Ulysses S. Grant

D) James Buchanan

Answer · why

B) Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Q 02/05

What was the thick, nearly unbreakable flour-and-water cracker issued to Union soldiers called?

A) Hardtack

B) Johnnycake

C) Cornpone

D) Sourdough

Answer · why

A) Hardtack

Hardtack, a three-inch square cracker of flour and water, kept for years but was so tough that soldiers soaked it in coffee and nicknamed it 'tooth du...

Q 03/05

Who served as president of the Confederate States of America?

A) Robert E. Lee

B) Alexander Stephens

C) Stonewall Jackson

D) Jefferson Davis

Answer · why

D) Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 until the Confederacy's collapse in 1865.

Q 04/05

What was the primary cause of the American Civil War?

A) Tariff disputes

B) Religious differences

C) Land ownership

D) Slavery

Answer · why

D) Slavery

While multiple factors contributed, most historians agree that slavery — particularly its expansion into new territories — was the primary cause of th...

Q 05/05

What name did white Southerners give Northerners who moved South to take part in Reconstruction?

A) Carpetbaggers

B) Scalawags

C) Copperheads

D) Mugwumps

Answer · why

A) Carpetbaggers

'Carpetbaggers' mocked Northerners who came South after 1865, supposedly with all they owned in a cheap carpet-cloth bag; white Southern Republicans w...