Global Issues in Contemporary Society Practice Test 2026 – All-in-One Guide to Mastering Current Affairs!

Understanding when a war ends often depends on when fighting stops in practice and when formal terms are enacted. In the Civil War, the key turning point is Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, which happened on April 9, 1865. Yet in many educational contexts the end of major hostilities is dated the day after, when the cessation of fighting is widely recognized and the military situation is stabilized. That framing gives April 10, 1865 as the date the war is considered to have ended in terms of major combat, even though the surrender occurred the previous day. The other dates listed either fall during the fighting (1862) or are well into the Reconstruction era (1867, 1870), which don’t represent the end of major hostilities.