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Grade 4 Civil War
The Civil War lasted        four        years.
Grade 4 Civil War
Mark all of the things that helped the Union (North) to win the Civil War.
  1. Many railroads
  2. Lots of large plantations
  3. Big industries to make guns and other things for war
  4. More paved roads and canal ways
  5. More slaves
Grade 4 Civil War
Which of the following was the capitol of the Confederacy?
  1. Richmond, VA
  2. Washington D.C.
  3. Raleigh, NC
  4. Atlanta, GA
Grade 4 Civil War
The Confederacy were the northern states that wanted to abolish slavery.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Civil War
Man who assassinated (killed) President Lincoln.
  1. Ulysses S. Grant
  2. John Wilkes Booth
  3. Robert E. Lee
  4. Jefferson Davis
Grade 4 Civil War
Many people believed the Union (North) would quickly defeat the Confederate Army (South) and even brought picnic lunches with them to watch the first battles as "entertainment."
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Civil War
The Union was the northern states that wanted to abolish slavery.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Civil War
A fugitive is .....
  1. a person who is running away.
  2. a person who has fungus.
  3. a person who is from the land of Fuga
Grade 4 Civil War
Reconstruction was a period of time when railroads were built.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Civil War
What act completely abolished slavery in the United States?
Grade 4 Civil War
John Brown was an abolitionist who became famous for doing what?
  1. Having a song written about him.
  2. Defeating the Confederate Army.
  3. Attacking the Harper's Ferry arsenal to try to start a slave revolt.
  4. Giving Frederick Douglass money.
Grade 4 Civil War
Write two reasons why the Southern States seceded from the Union to form their own country called the Confederate States of America.
Grade 4 Civil War
What is one of the differences between the immigrants that came to the United States and the immigration of slaves to the United States?
  1. immigrants were forced to come
  2. slaves were escaping war
  3. slaves were forced to come
  4. immigrants were happy
Grade 4 Civil War
Why did Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?
  1. To begin the battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
  2. To dedicate a national cemetery at the Gettysburg battleground.
  3. To make fun of the Confederates losing the war.
  4. To encourage people to help bury the dead soldiers.
Grade 4 Civil War
Abraham Lincoln was born into a wealthy family and had many years of schooling.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Civil War
What was the effect of the new military technology on the war?
  1. It made the South very powerful
  2. These new technologies made the war more deadly.
  3. More people died from the military technology
Grade 4 Civil War
The fugitive slave clause meant:
  1. All slaves were allowed to become fugitives.
  2. The North must return the fugitive slaves they were protecting.
  3. Any fugitive slave would be punished.
  4. Fugitive slaves would be sent back to Africa.
Grade 4 Civil War
The Compromise of 1850 said that if you won a war, you could be a landowner and not be a slave.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Civil War
Clara Barton helped tend to wounded soldiers during the Civil War and later began the                      American Red Cross                      organization.
Grade 4 Civil War
People farming another man's land for a share of the profit is called
  1. tenant farming
  2. sharecropping
  3. renting
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