Civil War 8th-grade

The Civil War began on April 12th, 1861, when Confederate forces fired cannons at __________________.

• Fort Sumter
• Fort McHenry
• Fort Bragg
• Washington DC

The Confederacy surrendered on April 9th, 1865, at ________________________.

• Appomattox Court House
• Charleston, South Carolina
• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Richmond, Virginia

The Confederacy attempted to _____________ the Union at the Battle of Gettysburg

• defeat
• negotiate with

• retreat
• Invade

Which Union general lasted until the end of the war and helped defeat the Confederacy?

• Winfield Scott

• George McClellan
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Philip Sheridan

Which of the following best describes the Fugitive Slave Act?

• A law requiring the return of runaway slaves to their enslavers.

• A policy that encouraged slave trade.
• A regulation allowing slaves to vote.
• A law promoting the freedom of all slaves.

Why was slavery more common in the South than North before the war?

• Slavery was banned in the South before the war started.

• The South had fewer plantations compared to the North.
• Southern plantations needed labor to grow cash crops, especially cotton.

• The North had a stronger agricultural economy than the South.

Which of the following was NOT part of the Union's plan to win the war?

• Taking control of the Mississippi River

• Invading the Confederate capital of Richmond

• Using a navy blockade to cut off the south's overseas trade

• An alliance with France

The states of _____________ and ______________ experienced a violent "mini Civil War" in the 1850s when citizens were allowed to vote on allowing slavery.

• Kansas, Nebraska

• Ohio, Kentucky
• Texas, Missouri

• New York, Massachusetts

South Carolina was the first state to secede after

• the signing of the Declaration of Independence
• the election of Abraham Lincoln
• the start of the Civil War
• The Firing on Fort Sumter

The official name of the southern states that seceded was

• Union of Southern States
• Confederate States of America
• Southern Kingdom

• Rebel States of America