Want to see correct answers?
Login or join for free!
  US History Worksheets
Looking for US History worksheets?
Check out our pre-made US History worksheets!
Share/Like This Page
Filter By Grade

You are browsing Grade 5 questions. View questions in All Grades.

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12

Fifth Grade (Grade 5) Civil War Questions

You can create printable tests and worksheets from these Grade 5 Civil War questions! Select one or more questions using the checkboxes above each question. Then click the add selected questions to a test button before moving to another page.

Previous Page 5 of 9 Next
Grade 5 Civil War
The turning point of the Civil War and where President Lincoln gave his famous speech after the battle.
  1. Atlanta, GA
  2. Fort Sumter, SC
  3. Gettysburg, PA
  4. Harper's Ferry, VA
Grade 5 Civil War
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
  1. An escaped slave who helped other slaves to freedom
  2. The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  3. An abolitionist who spoke about woman rights
  4. The wife a plantation owner
Grade 5 Civil War
Who won the Civil War?
  1. North
  2. South
  3. None of the above
Grade 5 Civil War
A number of people, parties/groups, or states that agree to help each other is called                .
  1. confederacy
  2. abolitionist
  3. rebellion
Grade 5 Civil War
Paper was so scarce in some southern cities that newspapers were printed on reused wallpaper.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil War
The telegraph was the most common way for soldiers to communicate with their families back home.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil War
Farmers in the South were required to turn over 50% of their crops to the government to feed the soldiers.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil War
Which was not a condition of the Compromise of 1850?
  1. California was admitted to the US as a free state.
  2. Any new states from the Mexican territories would vote for themselves if they wanted to be a free or slave state.
  3. Any run-away slave had to be returned to it's owner.
  4. Slave-owners in free states would have their slaves taken away.
Grade 5 Civil War
The only contemporary copy of the Gettysburg Address was recorded by the local newspaper.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil War
A person who works to bring an end to slavery is called                .
  1. rebellion
  2. secede
  3. abolitionist
Grade 5 Civil War
Which was not a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
  1. The question of slavery was finally settled.
  2. Abraham Lincoln decided to run for President.
  3. Emigrants from the North and South swarmed to Kansas and Nebraska.
  4. Congress became divided over the issue of slavery.
Grade 5 Civil War
Who fought in the Civil War?
  1. Americans and the Germans
  2. Confederates and the Union
  3. Democrats and the Republicans
Grade 5 Civil War
The South had plantations, tobacco and cotton,
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil War
A slave is a person                           
  1. owned by another person
  2. who works on a farm
  3. who cooks for other people
  4. who runs away
Grade 5 Civil War
William Lloyd Garrison became a famous abolitionist through his newspaper, The Liberator.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil War
What event almost caused England to join the South's fight against the North?
  1. The North removed Confederate envoys from a British ship.
  2. The North blocked all Southern ports.
  3. The English viewed the Northern tradesmen as rivals,
  4. England needed access to the South's cotton.
Grade 5 Civil War
Who was the father of the Underground Railroad?
  1. William Still
  2. Frederick Douglas
  3. Donald Trump
Grade 5 Civil War
Lincoln was likely suffering from the symptoms of smallpox while giving the Gettysburg Address.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Civil War
Robert E. Lee surrendered here.
  1. Savannah, GA
  2. Appomattox Court House, VA
  3. Atlanta, GA
  4. Gettysburg, PA
Grade 5 Civil War
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
  1. Battle of Gettysburg
  2. Battle of Vicksburg
  3. The First Battle of Bull Run
  4. The Battle of Antietam
Previous Page 5 of 9 Next