American Civil War Quiz

__________ means farming.

• Agriculture
• Abolitionist

• Secede

• Siege

An act or means of sealing off a location in order to force a surrender is called a __________.

• Blockade
• Siege

• Draft

• Flank

The __________ is a general term for the United States during the Civil War which also was used to refer to the North.

• Confederacy

• Slave State

• Free State

• Union

The act or means of sealing off a location to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving is known as a __________.

• Blockade
• Siege

• Flank

• Draft

Betrayal or disloyalty to one's country is known as __________.

• Fugitive

• Secede

• Treason

• Slavery

__________ is an institution where people own other humans for labor.

• Abolitionist

• Total War

• Slave State

• Slavery

__________ is another name for the Confederate States of America.

• Confederacy
• Popular Sovereignty

• Underground Railroad

• Union

A system of secret routes used by escaped slaves to reach freedom in the North was called the __________.

• Total War

• Siege

• Free State

• Underground Railroad

A system requiring men to serve in the military is a __________.

• Draft
• Flank

• Blockade

• Siege

The idea that people should decide on whether slavery should be allowed in territories through voting was called __________.

• Secede

• Union

• Abolitionist

• Popular Sovereignty