The City of Harrogate
and the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area present
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. On what day did Lincoln give his second inaugural address?
March 4, 1865
Bonus for 5 points: What famous words did Lincoln say in the speech?
“With malice towards none, with charity for all”
2. On what day did General Robert E. Lee surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant?
April 9, 1865
3. Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant?
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
4. What was the name of the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Bonus for 5 points: True or false: Booth had accomplices in the assassination
True
5. When was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
April 14, 1865
Bonus for 10 points: Where was he assassinated, and what was he doing there?
He was at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. and he was watching the play Our American Cousin
6. Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson, his Vice President
Bonus: Where was he from?
Tennessee
7. Who was the first woman to be sentenced to death by the United States’ government?
Mary Surratt
8. True or false: Most doctors during the Civil War had gone to medical school.
False
9. What was the #1 type of surgery during the Civil War?
Amputation
10. What did most soldiers die from during the Civil War?
Disease
Bonus for 5 points: What disease killed most soldiers?
Dysentery
11. Name one of the major cities named in our studies that former slaves traveled to.
Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York
12. Where is Abraham Lincoln buried?
Springfield, Illinois
13. Whose body also traveled with Lincoln on the funeral train?
His son’s, Willie Lincoln
14. What was the name of the soldier who killed John Wilkes Booth?
Boston Corbett
15. True or false: Many women had to give up their jobs when the men returned home from war.
True
Civil War Quiz 1
Civil War Quiz 2
Civil War Quiz 3
Civil War Quiz 4
Natalie Sweet
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
Lincoln Memorial University
Box 2006
6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway
Harrogate, TN 37752
natalie.sweet@lmunet.edu
