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The Civil War

Authored by Steven Kaptur

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8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which was a Union advantage at the start of the Civil War?

fighting a defensive war

many factories

great military leaders

help from Great Britain

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these was NOT an effect of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation?

It ensured that Britain would not support the South.

It added a new goal for the North to fight for in the war.

It angered the South and even frustrated some northerners.

It forced the South to free their slaves immediately.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Gettysburg Address is about

honoring dead soldiers and keeping their fight for freedom alive.

ending slavery in all states forever.

maintaining political power in the election of 1864.

freeing the slaves in the states still in rebellion.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lincoln justified suspending habeas corpus because of

the need for tax-in-kind.

riots in northern cities indicated people did not want to fight to end slavery.

contrabands took advantage of the economic troubles.

too many lost battles by the North at the beginning of the war.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lincoln had a difficult time finding good generals to lead the Union at the beginning of the war because

West Point was not in existence yet.

most army officers were part-time volunteers.

few officers were young enough to lead in wartime.

many of the army’s best officers joined the Confederacy.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was NOT part of the Union’s Anaconda Plan at the start of the war?

blockading southern ports

controlling the Mississippi River

waging a total war that destroyed crops and livestock

capturing Richmond

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Conscription Laws in the Union, also known as the “draft laws,” led to social and economic class divisions because

they mixed blacks and whites into the same army units.

richer people could buy their way out of the draft.

landowners did not have to register.

they created higher quotas for farmers and workers than for managers and plantation owners.

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