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Grade 5 Civil War
Which man was known as the Great Compromiser?
  1. John C. Calhoun
  2. Andrew Jackson
  3. Roger B. Taney
  4. Henry Clay
Grade 4 Civil War
Tubman helped which abolitionist plan his raid on Harper's Ferry?
  1. William Lloyd Garrison
  2. Frederick Douglass
  3. William Seward
  4. John Brown
Grade 5 Civil War
Select the correct term for the description.
regional loyalty
  1. tariff
  2. emancipation
  3. Dred Scott decision
  4. sectionalism
  5. Missouri Compromise
Grade 4 Civil War
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
  1. Battle of Vicksburg
  2. Battle of Gettysburg
  3. Battle of Fredericksburg
  4. Battle at Fort Sumter
Grade 8 Civil War
Who raided the federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry hoping to incite a slave rebellion?
  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Ulysses S. Grant
  3. John Brown
  4. Frederick Douglas
Grade 8 Civil War
Who argued, in the Cornerstone Speech, that slavery was the "cornerstone of the Confederacy"?
  1. Robert E. Lee
  2. Preston Brooks
  3. Jefferson Davis
  4. Alexander Stephens
Grade 5 Civil War
Many abolitionists were inspired by the religious revival known as the                       .
  1. Counter-Reformation
  2. First Great Awakening
  3. Protestant Reformation
  4. Second Great Awakening
Grade 5 Civil War
Select the correct term for the description.
tax on imported goods
  1. tariff
  2. emancipation
  3. Dred Scott decision
  4. sectionalism
  5. Missouri Compromise
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 6 Civil War
Why were some abolitionists unhappy with the Emancipation Proclamation?
  1. It did not apply to the entire country.
  2. They felt Lincoln had issued it too soon.
  3. They wanted the South to be punished for starting the war.
  4. It freed too many slaves too quickly.
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 4 Civil War
Tubman fought for women's suffrage, which is another word for what?
  1. equal pay
  2. the right to vote
  3. the right to own land
  4. the right to an education
Grade 7 Civil War
Sherman was promoted to major general of volunteers after which battle?
  1. Shiloh
  2. Atlanta
  3. Vicksburg
  4. Chattanooga
Grade 8 Civil War
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Harriet Breecher Stowe
  3. Harriet Tubman
  4. Belle Boyd
Grade 5 Civil War
Which of the following was a major cause of the American Civil War?
  1. Foreign Invasion
  2. Immigration
  3. Taxes
  4. Slavery
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.
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