The Boys' War Final Review Quiz

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

• Battle of Indiana
• Battle of Shiloh
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Fort Sumter

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Where was Fort Sumter located?

• Nashville
• New York
• Charleston Harbor
• Virginia

Who did Fort Sumter belong to originally?

• Union
• Confederacy

Which side took Fort Sumter?

• Union
• Confederacy

True or False. No one had been INTENTIONALLY seriously injured during the bombardment of Fort Sumter.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.8.2

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

True or False. No one knows exactly how many boys enlisted for either side.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.8.2

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

After the war, an army statistician estimated that _____________ of soldiers were boys.

• 50 percent
• 100 percent
• 1 percent
• 10 to 20 percent

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

How do we know the boys' stories even though we do not know exactly how many boys were in the war?

• from television interviews
• from newspaper articles
• from magazines
• from firsthand accounts from letters, journals, and diaries

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

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Why was the spelling and wording so choppy from the boys for the most part?

• They were highly educated.
• They were uneducated farm boys for the most part.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

President Lincoln issued a call for volunteers quickly after Fort Sumter's fall. How many volunteers did he call for?

• 100
• 75,000
• 1,000,000
• 200,000