5th Grade Studies Weekly-Week 29

The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in __________.

• the rebellious states

• the entire nation

• the border states

• the western states

What was the occasion for Lincoln’s speech, the Gettysburg Address?

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the surrender of the Confederate Army

• his reelection

• the dedication of a cemetery

What made the 54th Massachusetts Infantry historic?

Who did Abraham Lincoln ask to lead the Union Army at the beginning of the war?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George Pickett

• Robert E. Lee

• George Meade

The cause of the war was over __________.

• tariffs and taxes

• nullification

• territories becoming free states

• legalized slavery

The technology that delivered information about the war was the __________.

• telephone

• telegraph

• telecommunicator

• Radio

A new advancement for the navy was the __________.

• steamboat

• new sails that went dark at night

• ironclad ships

• telegraphs on board

The Drayton family was split with two sons on each side of the war. The phrase that describes this is:

• cousin against cousin

• father against son

• brother against brother

• families for Union

American Indians hoped each government would think of them as __________.

• partners in trade

• officers and experts

• friends and allies

• suppliers and partners

People came to America during the Civil War because of __________.

• famine and poverty in their home country

• wealth and gold in America

• chances to be professional soldiers

• better transportation