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Grade 5 Civil War
What year did the Civil War begin?
  1. 1871
  2. 1776
  3. 1861
  4. 1805
Grade 5 Civil War
The main crops grown on Southern plantations were:
  1. corn and potatoes
  2. soy beans, peanuts, and cotton
  3. cotton, tobacco, rice, and sugar
Grade 5 Civil War
The economy in the South was very prosperous during the Antebellum Period. Many Southern families were very wealthy. This was due to the large number of                 in the South.
  1. factories
  2. plantations
Grade 5 Civil War
The Gettysburg Address was given at the dedication of Soldiers' National Cemetery.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil War
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at
  1. Fort Sumter, SC.
  2. Atlanta, GA.
  3. Appomattox, VA.
  4. Birmingham, AL.
Grade 5 Civil War
What was the only Civil War battle fought on Northern soil?
  1. Battle of Chancellorsville
  2. Battle of Bull Run
  3. Battle of Appomattox
  4. Battle of Gettysburg
Grade 5 Civil War
Because it was far away from most of the fighting, many southerners fled with their slaves to Texas.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil War
Why do you think Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, was so powerful?
  1. It was in agreement with slavery.
  2. It criticized the South for owning slaves and the North for having cotton mills.
  3. It criticized the North for owning slaves.
  4. It criticized California for entering the Union as a slave state.
Grade 5 Civil War
What was the only battle fought on Northern soil?
  1. Battle of Chancellorsville
  2. Battle of Bull Run
  3. Battle of Appomattox
  4. Battle of Gettysburg
Grade 5 Civil War
What does secede mean in the following sentence?
In the 1850's southern states began to think about seceding from the Union.
  1. stay in the Union
  2. equal representation on Congress
  3. leave the Union
  4. agree with its laws
Grade 5 Civil War
Citizens in cities under siege left their homes to live in pits and caves to avoid bombardment.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil War
Was it really a railroad under the ground?
  1. Yes, they followed the railroad.
  2. No, it was just a pathway to escape.
Grade 5 Civil War
The economy in the northern states was based mainly on
  1. farming
  2. plantation work
  3. services
  4. industry
Grade 5 Civil War
Southerners in the United States needed slaves to work in their                    fields.
  1. tobacco and wheat
  2. tobacco and cotton
  3. Peanut and cotton
  4. all of the above
Grade 5 Civil War
Who decided to secede from the the United States?
  1. The Union
  2. The British
  3. The Colonists
  4. The South
Grade 5 Civil War
Which statement best describes how Hawaii became part of the United States?
  1. A group of Americans living in Hawaii overthrew the Hawaiian government.
  2. The United States bought Hawaii from Spain.
  3. The United States bought Hawaii from Russia.
  4. The United States won Hawaii in the Spanish-American War.
Grade 5 Civil War
No one actually knows the exact content of the Gettysburg Address because none of Lincoln's drafts or the accounts in the newspapers agree.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil War
The Soldiers' National Cemetery was built for both the Union and Confederate soldiers who died at Gettysburg.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil War
An act that openly goes against (opposes) authorities, often involving violence is called                .
  1. rebellion
  2. secede
  3. prosperous
Grade 5 Civil War
Armies were forbidden from stealing food or property from civilians.
  1. True
  2. False
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