Civil War

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8th Grade

15 Qs

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Civil War

Civil War

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

John Robinson

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

The Missouri Compromise, The Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act address which of these fundamental questions?

Should the U.S. expand westward?

Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?

Should slave labor be allowed in new states?

Should states be able to secede from the Union?

Answer explanation

All 3 of these acts by congress deal with the issue of slavery in new states.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

How did southern states respond to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment?

By creating a segregated public education system

By shutting down all remaining offices of Freedmen’s Bureau

By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote

By forcing African Americans to work as tenant farmers and sharecroppers

Answer explanation

The Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed the right to vote to all African American males. During Reconstruction, President Andrew Johnson did not require southern states coming back into the Union to protect the rights of African Americans, so they were able to impose requirements that would prohibit African Americans from voting.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Why did slavery become a widespread practice in the United States during the early nineteenth century?

The system of indentured servitude was banned.

The need for agricultural labor increased as a result of expanded cotton production.

Improved transportation systems made it easier for workers to migrate.

Advancements in technology led to the need for skilled workers.

Answer explanation

Slavery was used as forced labor for large-scale farming. The cotton industry in the south was growing, so the need for slavery was growing as well.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Civil War was fought during what time period?

1860-1867

1857-1860

1861-1865

1845-1851

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book about the cruelties of slavery in the South?

Susan B. Anthony

Anne Hutchinson

Clara Barton

Harriet Beecher Stowe

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by —

providing them with voting rights

guaranteeing their freedom of speech

providing them with access to the court system

guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the battle in the Civil War that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy in half?

Antietam

Gettysburg

Vicksburg

Yorktown

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