Civil War Quiz

A civil war is a war between different groups of people or regions within one country.

• true

• false

Slavery is when people are free to make choices for themselves and are paid for their work.

• true

• false

States that seceded wanted to stay as part of the United States.

• true

• false

A general is a military officer with a high position and commands many soldiers.

• true

• false

The Confederacy was the group of northern states that did not secede from the United States.

• true

• false

The Union was made up of the northern states that did not secede from the United States.

• true

• false

Plantations are large farms where crops are grown.

• true

• false

Rebels was the name given to the Union soldiers.

• true

• false

The Emancipation Proclamation said that slavery would be abolished in the Confederate states.

• true

• false

The Yankees fought for the Union.

• true

• false