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Civil War Test

Authored by Jody Rogers

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Civil War Test
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

South Carolina

North Carolina

Georgia

Alabama

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the Southern states decide to secede from the Union?

Congress abolished slavery with the 13th Amendment.

Abraham Lincoln was elected president.

Stephen Douglas was elected president.

Congress passed a tariff on cotton.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the Confederate capture of Fort Sumter in 1861 significant?

It inspired northern voters to elect Lincoln as president.

Allowed the south to form an alliance with France

Marked the beginning of the Civil War.

Forced the Border states to free their slaves

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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According to the charts, which of these is true?

The populations of the North and South were equal

The South had more manufacturing plants

The South had more railroads

The North had more industrial workers

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the blockade of southern ports during the Civil War affect people living in South Carolina?

Made people wealthier

Helped slaves escape to freedom in the North

Opened new trade routes

Kept the Confederacy from recieving supplies

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main reason that many Southerners thought that Great Britain would support the Confederacy in the Civil War?

Plantation owners in Great Britain owned slaves.

Most British immigrants to the US lived in the South.

Britih politicians wanted to weaken the United States

Britain relied on Southern cotton for its factories.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Who was elected president of the Confederacy?

Abraham Lincoln

Jefferson Davis

John Breckinridge

Alexander Stephens

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