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Civil War Vocabulary and Key Terms

Authored by Kyla Louis

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Civil War Vocabulary and Key Terms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

Jefferson Davis

Abraham Lincoln

Ulysses S. Grant

Andrew Johnson

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a war between people of the same country called?

civil war

world war

cold war

revolutionary war

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were the Northern States during the Civil War called?

The Union

The Confederacy

The Axis Powers

The Central Powers

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 called?

Confederacy

Union

Territories

Colonies

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which states bordered the North and did not secede, but were slave states?

Border states

Confederate states

Union states

Free states

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the 1st major battle of the Civil War in 1861 that proved the war was going to be long and costly?

Battle of Bull Run

Battle of Gettysburg

Battle of Antietam

Battle of Shiloh

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the general in the Confederate army who led the Confederate army in the 1st Battle of Bull Run?

Stonewall Jackson

Ulysses S. Grant

William Tecumseh Sherman

George B. McClellan

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

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