Civil War and Reconstruction Quiz

What was the main goal of the Abolitionism movement?

• To support the Confederacy

• To end slavery

• To promote industrialization

• To expand the Union

What did the Emancipation Proclamation achieve?

• It declared the end of the Civil War

• It freed all slaves in the Confederate states

• It established the Mason-Dixon Line

• It initiated the Reconstruction era

What does the term "Secession" refer to?

• The joining of states to form the Union

• The withdrawal of states from the Union

• The beginning of the Reconstruction era

• The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

Which side was known as the Union during the Civil War?

• The Southern states

• The Northern states

• The Western territories

• The Eastern colonies

What was the Confederacy?

• A group of Northern states

• A coalition of Western territories

• The Southern states that seceded

• The Eastern colonies

Where did the Battles of Gettysburg take place?

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

• South Carolina

What was significant about the Battle of Antietam?

• It was the first battle of the Civil War

• It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history

• It marked the end of the Civil War

• It was the last battle fought in the North

What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• The attack on Fort Sumter

• The Dred Scott Decision

What was the purpose of Reconstruction?

• To rebuild the Southern economy

• To expand the Union territories

• To establish the Mason-Dixon Line

• To draft the Emancipation Proclamation

What was the Dred Scott Decision?

• A Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves as property

• A law that ended the Civil War

• A treaty that established the Mason-Dixon Line

• A decision to free all slaves in the Union