Civil War Test

A person who works to end slavery is called ____________.

• an abolitionist

• a loyalist

• a racist

• a Confederate

The economy in the south relied on

• slave labor

• women

• free African Americans

• indentured servants

General Robert E. Lee was ___________.

• commander of the Union Army

• President of the United States

• President of the Confederate States

• Commander of the Army of Northern VA (Confederate)

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A train that enslaved African Americans could ride to freedom

• Secret routes that enslaved African Americans used to gain freedom

• An underground tunnel for enslaved African Americans to get to Canada

• Secret routes used by southern slave catchers in search of runaway slaves

Nat Turner led a raid on the armory at Harper's Ferry in the hopes of starting a revolt against slavery.

• True

• False

What did southern states do after the election of Abraham Lincoln?

• They had rallies showing their support for his presidency

• They seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America

• They allowed each county in the state to stay or leave the Union.

• They held a strike against the government to protest an unfair election.

Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson played a major role in which battle?

• Battle of Fredericksburg

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Hampton Roads

• Antietam

Who won the Civil War?

• North (Union)

• South (Confederacy)

• Western territories

• Great Britain

Free African Americans and escaped slaves __________.

• did not take sides in the war

• supported the Union army

• supported the Confederate army

Harriet Tubman was born a ___________________.

• teacher

• slave

• sweet girl

• New Yorker