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Grade 9 Civil War
The first federal income tax was passed to help pay for which war?
  1. Civil War
  2. World War II
  3. War of 1812
  4. Spanish-American War
Grade 9 Civil War
Answer the following questions about important dates of the Civil War.
__ What date was the Emancipation Proclamation issued? A. April 12, 1861
__ When did Sherman begin the March to the Sea? B. May 12, 1865
__ What was the date of the surrender at Appomattox Court House? C. April 9, 1865
__ On which day did the Battle of Gettysburg begin? D. July 4, 1863
__ When did the bombardment of Fort Sumter start? E. September 22, 1862
__ The first battle of Bull Run was fought on what day? F. November 15, 1864
__ New Orleans was captured on what day? G. July 1, 1863
__ What day did South Carolina secede from the Union? H. July 21, 1861
__ That last Battle of Palmito Ranch, the Civil War's last battle, began on what day? I. May 1, 1862
__ Vicksburg fell on what day? J. December 20, 1860
Grade 9 Civil War
The                            required people in free states to help capture and return escaped slaves.
  1. Fugitive Slave Act
  2. Slave Trade Acts
  3. Emancipation Proclaimation
  4. Capturing Act
Grade 9 Civil War
Who was elected president of the Confederate States of America?
  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. John Bell
  3. Stephen Douglas
  4. Jefferson Davis
Grade 9 Civil War
Who won the 1860 presidential election?
  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Stephen Douglas
  3. John C. Breckinridge
  4. John Bell
Grade 9 Civil War
The Civil War ended in
  1. 1900
  2. 1800
  3. 1865
  4. 1854
Grade 9 Civil War
New Mexico and Utah adopted                     to allow their citizens to vote for or against slavery
  1. Secession
  2. The Wilmot Proviso
  3. Popular Sovereignty
  4. Compromise of 1850
Grade 9 Civil War
Who created the Compromise of 1850 to attempt to settle the controversy between free and slave states
  1. Daniel Webster
  2. Henry Clay
  3. John C. Calhoun
  4. Stephen A. Douglas
Grade 9 Civil War
Who were the people who wanted to abolish slavery?
  1. Segregationists
  2. Fire Eaters
  3. Unionists
  4. Abolitionists
Grade 9 Civil War
What was the name of the Southern states that seceded from the Union?
  1. The Confederate States of America
  2. The Seceded States of America
  3. The United States of America
  4. None of the above
Grade 9 Civil War
Which of the following was not a characteristic of the North?
  1. Rapid Manufacturing
  2. Immigration
  3. Poor Manufacturing
  4. Railroads
Grade 9 Civil War
The Civil War started in
  1. 1861
  2. 1965
  3. 1800
  4. 1776
Grade 9 Civil War
Which of the following was not a characteristic of the South?
  1. Rairoads
  2. Rivers
  3. Slaves
  4. Relied on Staple Crops
Grade 9 Civil War
What was the name of the codes designed to give the state control over blacks' behavior?
  1. Confederate Agenda
  2. Popular Sovereignty
  3. Dixie Codes
  4. Black Codes
Grade 9 Civil War
The Union won the Civil War.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 9 Civil War
What African American regiment was best known in the Civil War?
  1. The Massachusetts Regiment
  2. The Virginia 32nd
  3. The Massachusetts 54th
  4. The Massachusetts 53rd
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