Vocabulary
The South grew _______ to make money.
A. Slaves
B. Trees
C. Cash crops
D. Fish
C. Cash crops
True or false:
The North wanted to continue slavery.
False. Slavery was abolished in the Northern states.
The South grew cash crops on big farms called _________.
A. Colonies
B. States
C. Plantations
D. Forests
C. Plantations
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
A. Ulysses S. Grant
B. Jefferson Davis
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. Stonewall Jackson
C. Abraham Lincoln
The South ________ from the United States to create their own country, called the Confederacy.
A. Seceded
B. Joined
C. Fought
D. Surrendered
A. Seceded
True or false:
The Confederacy fired the first shot at Fort Sumter.
True
Virginia, the first American ________, was part of the South.
A. Colony
B. Plantation
C. State
D. Kingdom
A. Colony
Which of these generals is named after a Greek hero?
A. Stonewall Jackson
B. Robert E. Lee
C. Ulysses S. Grant
D. George Custer
C. Ulysses S. Grant
"Ulysses" is the Latin name of Odysseus, a hero of the Trojan War.
An __________________ is a person who works for seven years before getting their freedom.
A. Slave
B. Indentured servant
C. Soldier
D. President
B. Indentured servant
True or false:
The South won the war.
False. The South surrendered in April 1865.
The ________________ was a document that gave the slaves their freedom.
A. Constitution
B. Secession Papers
C. Federalist Papers
D. Emancipation Proclamation
D. Emancipation Proclamation
Who was the President of the Confederate States?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Robert E. Lee
C. John Wilkes Booth
D. Jefferson Davis
D. Jefferson Davis
Tobacco, rice, and ________ are examples of cash crops.
A. Textiles
B. Industry
C. Oil
D. Cotton
D. Cotton
True or False:
The Northern army called themselves the Union Army.
True. The North called themselves the Union because they wanted to keep the states together.
The Union Army emancipated the slaves. What does the word "emancipate" mean?
A. To kill
B. To help
C. To free
D. To sell
C. To free
Who was the main general of the Confederate Army?
A. Robert E. Lee
B. John Wilkes Booth
C. Stonewall Jackson
D. George Washington
A. Robert E. Lee
The Northern states wanted to _______ slavery by making it illegal.
A. Allow
B. Abolish
C. Fight
D. Continue
B. Abolish
True or false:
Harriett Tubman was a Civil War hero.
True. Harriett Tubman helped Union soldiers free slaves from plantations.
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
A. Robert E. Lee
B. John Wilkes Booth
C. The Ku Klux Klan
D. Stonewall Jackson
B. John Wilkes Booth