Was Abraham Lincoln the President of the Union or the Confederacy?
Union
100
True or false: Slavery was NOT one of the main causes of the Civil War.
false
100
True or false: The North had more people, soldiers, and factories than the South.
True
100
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
100
What organization did Clara Barton found after the Civil War?
American Red Cross
200
How did Lincoln die?
A. heart attack
B. assassinated
C. suicide
D. he fell
B. assassinated
200
What is the Underground Railroad?
a. An underground train that carried slaves to the North to freedom
b. A system of trails and pathways that escaped slaves used to travel to freedom
c. A subway train system in New York
d. A train system that has underground tunnels
b. A system of trails and pathways that escaped slaves used to travel to freedom
200
True or false: The Battle of Shiloh was the deadliest battle fought on Tennessee soil.
true
200
What was the first state to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy?
South Carolina
200
What former slave led over 300 people to freedom using the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
300
What year did Lincoln become President?
A. 1861
B. 1862
C. 1859
D. 2008
A. 1861
300
Which law allowed slave catchers to travel into the North and bring those that had escaped back down to slavery?
a. Fugitive Slave Law
b. Emancipation Proclamation
c. 1st Amendment
d. No Child Left Behind
a. Fugitive Slave Law
300
The Civil War began because the Confederates:
a. seceded from the Union
b. assassinated Abraham Lincoln
c. attacked Fort Sumter, South Carolina
d. attacked Fort Donelson and Fort Henry
c. attacked Fort Sumter, South Carolina
300
How many states seceded and joined the Union?
11
300
Who was Dred Scott?
a. a slave whose master died that tried to sue his master's wife for his freedom
b. a slave who killed his master
c. a slave that used the Underground Railroad to escape
d. a slave that was Mr. Scott's uncle
a. a slave whose master died that tried to sue his master's wife for his freedom
400
What state was Lincoln born in?
A. Indiana
B. Illinois
C. Tennessee
D. Kentucky
D. Kentucky
400
Name the 5 border states that wanted to keep their slaves but did not want to join the Union.
Kentucky, West Virginia, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware
400
What did women that were not allowed to fight in the war do to join the army?
a. had more babies
b. cried like babies
c. ran away
d. dressed up like men
d. dressed up like men
400
True or false: The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in all states, including the Confederacy.
false
400
No slave had ever thought about fighting back or "revolting" against their slave master. Who was the first man to lead a slave revolt (hint: he was a friend of Harriet Tubman)?
a. Frederick Douglass
b. Roger Taney
c. Dred Scott
d. John Brown
d. John Brown
500
What document did Abraham Lincoln sign to end slavery?
Emancipation Proclamation
500
When thinking about the Civil War, the word secede refers to:
a. Breaking away from something
b. States who separated from the Union to join the Confederacy
c. Those states who did not like President Jefferson
d. A dog getting cut off the tree branch
b. States who separated from the Union to join the Confederacy
500
Women that were not nurses also worked as _______ for the Union Army, getting information about the Confederates and bringing it back to the Union.
spies
500
Name all 11 Confederate states.
South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee
500
Frederick Douglass was able to escape from slavery and become famous because he...
a. could play football really well
b. was Martin Luther King's grandfather
c. could run really fast
d. could read and write