Chapter 8 Civil War Quiz

Someone who wants to end slavery is called a _________ .

• Union

• Secede

• abolitionist

• amendment

What does the word SECEDE mean?

• to end slavery

• to withdraw or leave an organization or country

• a person who is the head of an industry

• crops that are worth money

What were the northern states referred to as during the Civil War?

• soldiers

• confederacy

• Lincoln's

• union

What were the southern states referred to as during the Civil War?

• soldiers

• confederacy

• Lincoln's

• union

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• an order by president Lincoln that set slaves from the south free

• an order that allowed women to vote

• an order that allowed cheeseburgers to be eaten on Wednesday's

• an order that Lincoln made to encourage slavery

What is an AMENDMENT?

• to leave a country or government

• a change to a government process or document

• the change of working to not working

• what the south used to leave the U.S.

What was the 13th Amendment?

• provided citizenship to all people born in the U.S. regardless of race

• the right to vote cannot be denied based on skin color

• to leave the U.S.

• outlawed slavery in the United States

What was the 14th Amendment?

• provided citizenship to all people born in the U.S. regardless of race

• the right to vote cannot be denied based on skin color

• to leave the U.S.

• outlawed slavery in the United States

What was the 15th Amendment?

• provided citizenship to all people born in the U.S. regardless of race

• the right to vote cannot be denied based on race or skin color

• to leave the U.S.

• outlawed slavery in the United States

What was the UNDERGROUND RAILROAD?

• a group of slaves that learned to read

• a railroad that is underground

• a network of people that helped slaves escape to the north

• a secret society of women