Civil War Study Guide Quiz
Authored by Shannon Olander
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main economic difference between the North and the South before the Civil War?
The North depended on slavery and the South did not.
The North was rural and the South was urban.
The North relied on cotton and the South on railroads.
The North was industrial and the South was agricultural.
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CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 achieve?
It banned slavery north of the 36°30′ line.
It allowed California to enter as a free state.
It strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act.
It allowed Kansas and Nebraska to vote on slavery.
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CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe changed Northern views on slavery?
The Red Badge of Courage
Gone with the Wind
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RI.K.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the significance of the Dred Scott Decision in 1857?
It allowed slavery to be banned in territories.
It ruled that African Americans were not citizens.
It declared that African Americans were citizens.
It led to the Emancipation Proclamation.
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CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the President of the Confederate States during the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg?
It was a Confederate victory.
It was a Union victory that stopped Lee’s invasion of the North.
It led to the start of the Civil War.
It resulted in the Emancipation Proclamation.
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CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
To allow new territories to vote on slavery.
To end the Civil War.
To free slaves in all states.
To free slaves in Confederate states.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
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