Homefront Tennessee:  Children and the Civil War

Lincoln Letters for Kids and the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum

In conjunction with

The City of Harrogate and the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area present

Homefront Tennessee: Children and the Civil War Summer Camp Trivia Competition

Quiz Competition 4

5 points for each correct answer, 1 point for each bonus. 30 seconds to answer, and 30 seconds to answer on bonus. Only the team that correctly answers the main question gets the chance for bonus. Competitors may use their issue of Soldier’s Yearly for the questions. However, when these questions appear in later competitions, the competitor may only use their issue of Soldier’s Yearly for that day’s competition.

1. What was the name of the first submarine to sink a ship in the world?
The CSS Hunley
Bonus: Did it belong to the United States or the Confederacy?
The Confederacy

2. Where was the Battle of the Wilderness fought?
Virginia

3. What was the name of the most infamous prison camp during the Civil War?
Andersonville

4. What was the name of Robert E. Lee’s home?
Arlington
Bonus: What was Arlington turned into during the Civil War and still remains today as?
A national cemetery

5. What was the name of the Union general who captured Atlanta?
William Tecumseh Sherman

6. What was the name of General Sherman’s march to capture and control the South?
The March to the Sea

7. What did General Sherman present to Abraham Lincoln as a Christmas present in 1864?
Savannah, Georgia

8. Abraham Lincoln had two vice presidents. What were their names?
Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson

9. When did the Battle of Nashville take place?
December 15 and 16, 1864

10. On June 15, 1864, the ______________ began.
Siege of Petersburg

Civil War Quiz 1

Civil War Quiz 2

Civil War Quiz 4

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Natalie Sweet

Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum

Lincoln Memorial University

Box 2006

6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway

Harrogate, TN 37752

 

natalie.sweet@lmunet.edu