5th Grade Civil War Quiz

This person was elected President of the United States in 1860

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

• Abrahm Lincoln

• Nat Turner

What type of states are #2?

• Free States

• Slave States

• Neutral States

People who campaigned, or worked, to end slavery in the United States.

• Confederates

• Abolistionists

The Southern States Seceded, or withdrew, from the Union after the Election of 1860. They formed the Confederate States of America".

• True

• False

What type of states is #1

• Free States

• Slave States

• Neutral States

There were many economic differences between the North and the South. The South was more Industrial/Industries while the North was more Agricultural/Cash Crop Farming.

• True

• False

Which side believed that slavery was wrong and should be abolished?

• North
• South

This side depended on slavery for work on plantations, thought cash crops would be destroyed without slavery, and believed the federal government could not tell them what to do.

• North
• South

This was the turning point and bloodiest battle of the war.  

• Gettysburg
• The Atlanta Campaign
• Appomattox Courthouse
• Fort Sumter

What year did the Civil War begin?

• 1939
• 2001
• 1812
• 1863