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Civil War Trivia Questions With Answers
What was the American Civil War?
A: It was a war fought in the United States (U.S.) from 1861 to 1865.
Largely as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people, when did the war break out?
A: In April 1861, when secessionist forces attacked Fort Sumter in
South Carolina.
This occurred shortly after United States President
Abraham Lincoln was what?
A: Inaugurated.
The loyalists of the Union in the North proclaimed what?
A: Support for the Constitution.
They faced secessionists of the Confederate States in the South, who advocated for states' rights to do what?
A: Uphold slavery.
Among the 34 U.S. states in February 1861, how many Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the
country to form the Confederate States of
America?
A: Seven.
The Confederacy grew to include how many states?
A: Eleven, all of them slaveholding.