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USH Civil War Test Review

Authored by Rebecca Pellam

Social Studies

8th Grade

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USH Civil War Test Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

General Lee’s surrender in 1865 marked


the North’s defeat in the Civil War.


the official end of slavery in the United States.


the South’s defeat in the Civil War.


the end of ten years of armed conflict.


2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The main purpose of Jim Crow laws was to


prevent African Americans from going to school.


divide African American families.


reestablish slavery in the South.


divide African Americans from Southern whites.


3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After assassinating President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth


was hailed as a hero in the south.


was eventually captured.


became an abolitionist.


escaped to the North.


4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the sequence of events following the shooting of President Lincoln?


Lincoln died immediately, and his assassin was shot leaving Ford’s Theater.


Lincoln died immediately, and his assassin was arrested that evening.


Lincoln died the following day, and his assassin was killed several days later.


Lincoln received immediate medical care, and his assassin was never caught.


5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Civil War strategy that involved attacks on both civilian and military targets was called


March to the Sea.


Shenandoah Valley Campaign.


total war.


Southern surrender.


6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Many Southern leaders believed that a McClellan victory in the presidential election of 1864 would lead to


a Republican presidency.


negotiations for Confederate independence.


the end of the Civil War.


the emancipation of enslaved persons.


7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which best describes how the status of the Civil War affected Lincoln’s reelection in 1864?


The Civil War was close to ending.


The Civil War was about half over.


The Civil War had many years left.


The Civil War was just beginning.


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