Civil War Quiz

What does it mean to enlist?

• To formally join a military force

• To leave a military force

• To avoid joining a military force

What is the draft?

• The mandatory enrollment of individuals into the armed forces

• A voluntary enrollment into the armed forces

• An enrollment into the navy

What does it mean to entrench?

• To dig trenches for defensive purposes in warfare

• To build houses

• To plant trees

What is a civil war?

• A war between groups or regions within the same country

• A war between different countries

• A war between different continents

What is an ironclad?

• A warship covered with protective iron plates

• A wooden ship

• A ship made of glass

What is resistance?

• The refusal to accept or comply with something; armed or passive opposition

• The acceptance of everything

• The compliance with everything

What is a fugitive?

• A person who has escaped from captivity or is in hiding

• A person who is free

• A person who is not hiding

What is a tributary?

• A smaller river or stream that flows into a larger one

• A large river

• A river with no water

What does it mean to secede?

• To formally withdraw from a federation or body, especially a political state

• To join a federation

• To stay in a federation

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

• An executive order issued by President Lincoln in 1863 that freed slaves in Confederate states

• A law that enslaved more people

• A law that banned slavery