Places
True or False
Multiple Choice
Geography
100
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
100
After escaping slavery, Harriet Beecher Stowe led many people to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad.
False; Harriet Tubman
100
What act allowed Kansas to join the Union as a slave state?
a. Fugitive Slave Act
b. Kansas-Nebraska Act
c. Transatlantic Slave Trade Act
b. Kansas-Nebraska Act
100
Where is the location of the Hawaii Annexation
F
200
Where was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Bull Run
200
The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850.
True
200
Who was elected as president of the Confederate States of America?
a. Jefferson Davis
b. Stonewall Jackson
c. Robert E. Lee
a. Jefferson Davis
200
Where is the location of the Louisiana Purchase?
B
300
What were the two ships in the Battle of the Ironclads?
Merrimack and Monitor
300
After the Dred Scott Decision, slavery was allowed in new U.S. territories.
True
300
The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed _____________ in the United States.
a. abolitionists
b. blockades
c. slavery
c. slavery
300
Where is the location of the Mexican Cession?
C
400
Which battle became the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
400
The Democratic Party was founded on the belief that slavery should not be allowed in the United States territories.
False; Republican
400
Where is the location of Oregon Country?
A
500
What was the location of Lee's surrender to Grant?
Appomattox Court House
500
The first state to secede from the Union was Virginia.
False; South Carolina
500
Where is the location of the Texas Annexation?
D
600
Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?
Ford's Theatre
600
General Grant led a "march to the sea" near the end of the Civil War.
False; Sherman