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Civil War

Authored by Carey Williams

Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Gettysburg Address?

A 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War (November 19, 1963) at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.

A Missouri slave sued for his freedom, claiming that his four year stay in the northern portion of the Louisiana Territory made free land by the Missouri Compromise had made him a free man. The U.S. Supreme Court decided

Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.

The location of a shoe factory in Pennsylvania

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was the Siege of Vicksburg important?

It was the first shots of the Civil War

It effectively split the South in half with the capture of the Mississippi River

It was the final battle in which Robert E. Lee was able to fight in the North

It was the bloodiest single day in US history

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt


Where did Robert E. Lee surrender his army?

Appomattox Court House

Gettysburg

Shiloh

Vicksburg

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt


Which abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry to arm slaves and fight for freedom?

Dredd Scott

Frederick Douglass

John Brown

Harriet Tubbman

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why would Northerners be upset about the Dred Scott Case?

It lifted tariffs

it abolished slavery

it gave more power to slave owners

None of the above

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is Sectionalism?

Expanding to the Pacific

Ruling a plantation or small mill

Only paying attention to your region instead of the interests of the country

Movement to end slavery

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Dred Scott was denied his freedom because...

he had only been a slave for 5 years

he was captured in a free state

he was accused of a terrible crime

the Supreme Court said that he had no rights because African Americans were not considered citizens of the United States

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