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Civil War Quiz

Authored by justin lucente

Social Studies

9th Grade

Civil War Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What Mississippian was the President of the Confederate States of America?

Jefferson Davis

Abraham Lincoln

Ulysses S. Grant

Andrew Johnson

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many states seceded from the Union before the Civil War began?

11

15

7

13

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which state was the first to secede?

North Carolina

Mississippi

South Carolina

Texas

4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

General Grant ordered his men to dynamite a levee at a place northeast of Vicksburg called ________.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Union General was in command of the army that defeated Confederate forces at the Battle of Shiloh?

Jefferson Davis

Ulysses S Grant

Benjamin Grierson

William T Sherman

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following led to the Civil War?

Compromise of 1850

Fugitive Slave Act

Uncle Tom's Cabin

All of the above

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was gaining control of Vicksburg the key to winning the war?

Because Vicksburg was a major port for international trade

Because Vicksburg was heavily fortified and had a large supply of weapons

Because Vicksburg was the last major city on the Mississippi River still under Confederate control

Because Grant had a personal dislike for the city

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