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Civil War Quiz Summative

Authored by Cathy Williams

Social Studies

5th Grade

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Civil War Quiz Summative
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The American Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865. What is a civil war?

a war against a foreign invader

a war between people of the same country

a war fought only by professional soldiers

a war fought with words, not weapons

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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The American Civil War was fought between two sides, the Union and the Confederacy. Use the map to answer the question below.

The Confederacy is made up of a group of _______ states

Western

Northern

Southern

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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According to the map above, which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply.

Lincoln won many states in the South.

Lincoln won a majority of electoral votes.

Lincoln did not win any states in the Northwest.

Lincoln won a majority of the popular vote.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Months after Lincoln's election, 7 Southern states seceded, or withdrew, from the United States.

This is part of a speech given by Alexander Hamilton Handy, a Mississippi judge who supported secession. Use the passage to answer the question below.

"The first act of the black Republican Party will be to

exclude slavery from all the territories [and] from the

District of Columbia...The moment that slavery is pronounced a moral evil—a sin- by the general government, that moment the safety of the

rights of the South will be entirely gone."

Secessionists like Alexander worried that the Republican Party would pass laws that would ________________.

establish an official church of the South

endanger or hurt slavery in the South

protect slavery in the territories

change the capital city of the United States

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did the differences between the southern and northern economies lead to the Civil War?

The northern states economy depended on farming, needed slave labor and wanted slavery to continue

The southern states economy depended on farming and wanted slave labor to end

The northern states economy depended on industry or factories and wanted slavery to continue

The southern states economy depended on farming and wanted slave labor to continue

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The southern states felt the federal government was taking away their rights and had too much power.

TRUE

FALSE

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The problem surrounding the United States expanding or getting larger was

Whether or not the new state would be a free state or a slave state

Whether or not there was enough room for the new population

Whether or not the new states would allow new comers

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