11th Civil War Quiz

An “abolitionist” is a -

• person who fought for the rights of indigenous people.

• supporter of Mexican land rights in Texas.

• financial donor to the cause of women’s rights in the 19th century.

• Person who worked to end the institution of slavery.

What is popular sovereignty?

• The idea that the people have the right to elect their own sovereign in a traditional monarchy.

• The philosophy that people have the right to determine for themselves the nature of their own government.

• Abraham Lincoln’s term for abolitionism.

• The concept that if the South wanted to leave the Union, it should be allowed to leave, in peace.

To “secede” is to--  

• Succeed in business, specifically in the South.

• Combine more than one plantation under one owner.

• Raise tariffs on imported goods, specifically from Spain.

• Leave the United States.

“That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord [1863], all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free…”

Who said and/or wrote the above statement?  

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in The Declaration of Sentiments.

• Abraham Lincoln, in The Emancipation Proclamation.

• Frederick Douglas in his third debate.

• None of the above.

Leader of the Union army.

• Jefferson Davis

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

Leader of the Confederate army.

• Jefferson Davis

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

Abraham Lincoln once joked that the following person started the Civil War because of his/her writing. 

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Clara Barton

• Frederick Douglas

Which of the following events happened FIRST?  

• The Gettysburg Address

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Battle of Antietam

• The secession of South Carolina from the Union.

Which of the following is TRUE about the differences between the North and the South prior to the Civil War? 

• The North was more urban and industrialized.

• The people of the South needed more infrastructure, such as roads, canals, and railways. 

• Southerners were strong supports of states’ rights.

• All of the above statements are true.

Bloodiest single day in American history.

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

• Bull Run