Search Header Logo

STAAR Civil War Questions

Authored by Holly Thorson

Social Studies

8th Grade

Used 2+ times

STAAR Civil War Questions
AI

AI Actions

Add similar questions

Adjust reading levels

Convert to real-world scenario

Translate activity

More...

    Content View

    Student View

10 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which condition did both slaves and free blacks in the United States experience in the antebellum period?

Both groups were allowed to testify in court.

Both groups were able to vote in elections.    

Both groups were forced to pay taxes.

Both groups were denied citizenship rights.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which statement describes the roles of George McClellan and Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War?

They were Confederate generals who captured Fort Sumter.

They were Union generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac.

They were Confederate generals who surrendered at the Battle of Vicksburg.

They were Union Generals who committed war crimes at the Battle of Gettysburg

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which statement describes how the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectionalism?

  It allowed slavery to expand into the territories.

It gave tax cuts to manufacturers who relocated to the territories.

It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedom.

   It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the Battle of Vicksburg a strategic victory in the Civil War?

The battle opened the way for a full-scale Union attack on Atlanta.

     The battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.

The battle prevented a Confederate invasion of the North.

The battle allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the significance of the 13th Amendment to American society in the 19th century.

African American males now have suffrage, therefore gaining equality with other Americans

African Americans were able to earn wages for their labor

   Women had the right own property and inherit family money

Citizens from the South and North regardless of race were able serve on juries

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which amendment declared under law that African Americans had all the rights of a citizen?

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

19th Amendment

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which statement best describes the differences between the North and South in the period just after the Civil War?

The South’s economy and transportation routes were ruined

More European immigrants went to the South than to the North

Transportation was far more developed in the South than in the North

The North suffered economically, while the South prospered

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

Already have an account?