Civil War Quiz

What document resulted in an equal number of slave and free states in the United States?

• the Louisiana Purchase

• the Articles of Confederation

• the Missouri Compromise

• the U.S. Constitution

What advantage did the South have in fighting the Civil War?

• The South had a lot of factories to make guns and supplies for the war.

• The South had a larger population than the North, so they had more soldiers.

• Most of the battles were fought in the South, so the Confederate soldiers were more familiar with the land.

• The Confederate headquarters was located far away from Washington, D.C., so it was hard to capture.

What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

• to help fugitive slaves from the South travel to free states

• to improve trade between the Northern and Southern states

• to make it easier to explore lands west of the Mississippi

• to improve transportation between eastern states and Indiana

The South was largely a farming region that used enslaved Africans to work in cotton fields. How were Northern states such as Indiana different?

• The North used enslaved workers in factories rather than on farms.

• The North didn't have any farms, so they didn't need slaves.

• The North used free labor because people needed the work.

• The North didn't approve of slavery, so they outlawed it.

Who was president during the Civil War?

• George Washington

• Jonathan Jennings

• Abraham Lincoln

• Benjamin Harrison

Who was John Morgan?

• A Confederate general who led a raid in southern Indiana

• The governor of Indiana during the Civil War

• The leader of the Union Army

• The leader of the Confederate Army

The act of owning people and forcing them to work without pay

• slavery

• secede

• abolition

• militia

To separate from one's country

• slavery

• secede

• abolition

• militia

The ending of slavery

• slavery

• secede

• abolition

• militia

A group of people who are not in the military but are still trained as soldiers; they handled emergencies at home.

• slavery

• secede

• abolition

• militia