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Civil War Quiz

Authored by Richard Feder

History

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Civil War Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A person fighting against slavery was known as _________.

a plantation owner
a protester
an abolitionist

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was John Brown so important to the fight against slavery?

He led a slave revolt on plantation owners in VA.
He fought for the South to maintain slavery.
He fought for the North to receive his freedom after the war.
He led a revolt at Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a slave rebellion.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was elected president in 1860, in turn causing some southern states to seced?

Robert E. Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who won the war?

Confederacy
Union
England
France

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Showing loyalty to a state or section rather than the whole country is known as

states' rights
secede
sharecropper
sectionalism

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which section of the US felt more strongly in favor of states’ rights?

North
South
Border states

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Where would you MOST LIKELY find an abolitionist?

North

South

Border states

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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