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Grade 8 Civil War
The Republican Party was founded in part due to the failure of which compromise meant to avert a civil war?
  1. Missouri Compromise
  2. Kansas Nebraska Act
  3. Compromise of 1850
  4. Grand Compromise
Grade 5 Civil War
Select the correct term for the description.
the freeing of slaves
  1. tariff
  2. emancipation
  3. Dred Scott decision
  4. sectionalism
  5. Missouri Compromise
Grade 5 Civil War
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
  1. Jefferson Davis
  2. Robert E. Lee
  3. Abraham Lincoln
  4. Ulysses S. Grant
Grade 8 Civil War
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued after which Union victory?
  1. Gettysburg
  2. Fredricksburg
  3. Antietam
  4. Vicksburg
  5. None of the above
Grade 8 Civil War
Which compromise allowed California to enter the Union as a free state and divided much of the remaining land in the west into two territories?
  1. The Missouri Compromise
  2. The Compromise of 1850
  3. The Great Compromise
  4. The Compromise of 1820
Grade 5 Civil War
What was the name of the Union strategy of blocking southern ports to prevent goods and supplies from reaching citizens in the South?
  1. the Continental System
  2. the Constrictor Plan
  3. the Anaconda Plan
  4. the Great Blockade
Grade 8 Civil War
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
  1. Texas
  2. South Carolina
  3. Virginia
  4. California
  5. Louisiana
Grade 5 Civil War
The Gettysburg Address was given by                 .
  1. Robert E. Lee
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Jefferson Davis
  4. Ulysses S. Grant
Grade 6 Civil War
A person who works to bring an end to slavery is called a(n)                .
  1. abolitionist
  2. prohibitionist
  3. carpetbagger
  4. freedom rider
Grade 6 Civil War
What was the name of the series of safe houses abolitionists used to give shelter to slaves escaping to the North?
  1. Temperance Movement
  2. Underground Railroad
  3. Society of Friends
  4. North Star
Grade 5 Civil War
Juneteenth is the anniversary date of which event?
  1. The Battle of Gettysburg
  2. The end of slavery in Texas
  3. The Emancipation Proclamation
  4. The Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House
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