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Grade 8 Civil War
Early in the Civil War, what did Lincoln say was the purpose?
  1. the abolition of slavery
  2. to force the South to become an independent nation
  3. to destroy Southern plantations
  4. to save the Union
Grade 8 Civil War
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Harriet Breecher Stowe
  3. Harriet Tubman
  4. Belle Boyd
Grade 8 Civil War
Which of the following was an example of a Northern advantage in the Civil War?
  1. The war was fought mostly on Northern soil.
  2. The North owned about 90 percent of the Nation's factories.
  3. Most Northerners had experience riding horses.
  4. Some of the most brilliant officers in the United States Army were from the North.
Grade 8 Civil War
What battle produced the political turning point of the Civil War?
  1. First Battle of Bull Run
  2. The Battle of Fredericksburg
  3. The Battle of Richmond
  4. The Battle of Antietam
Grade 8 Civil War
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued after which Union victory?
  1. Gettysburg
  2. Fredericksburg
  3. Antietam
  4. Vicksburg
  5. None of the Above
Grade 8 Civil War
Where is Gettysburg located?
  1. Maryland
  2. Pennsylvania
  3. Virginia
  4. Delaware
Grade 8 Civil War
Which of the following was true about General George McClellan?
  1. He was very disorganized.
  2. He was an inexperienced general.
  3. He was the leader of the Confederate military.
  4. He was overly cautious and slow to strike in battle.
Grade 8 Civil War
Who wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, which heavily influenced public opinion of the Civil War?
  1. Clara Barton
  2. Molly Picher
  3. Harriet Beecher Stowe
  4. Harriet Tubman
Grade 8 Civil War
Who was the commanding general of the Union troops at Gettysburg?
  1. George Meade
  2. George McClellan
  3. Robert E. Lee
  4. Stonewall Jackson
Grade 8 Civil War
"Stonewall" Jackson was killed at the Battle of                 
  1. Chancellorsville
  2. Gettysburg
  3. Sharpsburg
  4. Bull Run
Grade 8 Civil War
Considered the greatest Confederate commander, but died after his own troops accidentally shot him.
  1. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
  2. William Sherman
  3. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
  4. Ulysses S. Grant
Grade 8 Civil War
Harriet Tubman is most closely associated with
  1. helping to preserve slavery.
  2. the Underground Railroad.
  3. the slave ship Amistad.
  4. the Second Great Awakening.
Grade 8 Civil War
Freed over 70 slaves through the Underground Railroad.
  1. Clara Barton
  2. Harriet Beecher Stowe
  3. Harriet Tubman
  4. Dolly Madison
Grade 8 Civil War
The slave codes were
  1. rules to protect the general welfare of enslaved people.
  2. ways for enslaved people to secretly communicate with one another other.
  3. laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans.
  4. guidelines for freeing a certain number of enslaved people every year.
Grade 8 Civil War
The proposal by Stephen Douglas on the issue of slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territories was that
  1. the Missouri Compromise should not be changed.
  2. voters in the territories should decide the issue.
  3. the number of slaves in any territory should be limited.
  4. slavery should be abolished in all new territories.
Grade 8 Civil War
What did Dred Scott do that made him famous?
  1. He escaped
  2. He sued the government for his freedom
  3. He was African American
  4. He fought in the Civil War
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