History Quiz (Chapter 7)

1

100

The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.

Fort Sumter 

200

Where did the first place Battle of the Civil War take place?

Battle of Bull Run

300

What were the two names of the Ironclads that were in battle?

Merrimack and Monitor 

400

Which battle became the turning point of the War?

Gettysburg 

500

Where is the location of Lee's surrender to Grant?

Appomattox Court House 

2

100

The place where President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. 

Ford's Theater 

200

After escaping slavery, _______________ led many people to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad.

Harriet Tubman 

300

The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the ______________________.

Compromise of 1850. 

400

After the _____________________, slavery was allowed in new U.S. Territory. 

Dred Scott Decision 

500

The ________________ Party was founded on the belief that slavery should not be allowed in the United States territories. 

Republican 

3

100

The first state to secede from the Union was _______________. 

South Carolina 

200

General ____________ led a "March to the sea" near the end of the Civil War.

Sherman 

300

What act allowed Kansas to join the Union as a slave state? 

A. Fugitive Slave Act 

B. Kansas-Nebraska Act 

C. Transatlantic Slave Act

B. Kansas-Nebraska Act 

400

Who was elected as president of the Confederate State of America?

A. Jefferson Davis 

B. Stonewall Jackson 

C. Robert E. Lee

Jefferson Davis 

500

The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed _________ in the United States. 

A. Abolitionists 

B. Blockades 

C. Slavery

Slavery