8th Grade Civil War Test Topic 6

8th Grade Civil War Test Topic 6

8th Grade

35 Qs

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8th Grade Civil War Test Topic 6

8th Grade Civil War Test Topic 6

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History

8th Grade

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Joseph Meier

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35 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

“[T]hat we here highly resolve [decide] that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”


Which best summarizes Lincoln's point in the Gettysburg Address?

Soldiers should have more power

Government of the people, by the people and for the people is no longer important

Presidents should decide all important issues

Americans can honor the dead soldiers by continuing our democratic government

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

This document above freed enslaved African-Americans in

The Union slave states

The Confederate states in rebellion against the Union

The Confederate states under Union control

Both the Union and Confederate states

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The main reason the Confederacy eventually began drafting soldiers from ages 17 to 50 was because

Many soldiers in the Confederacy had deserted in favor of the Union

The rising death tolls forced the Confederacy to enlist more soldiers

Confederate leaders thought to win they needed a large infantry

Over half of Confederate soldiers were in Union prisoner of war camps

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As part of the Missouri Compromise _________________was admitted to the Union as a free state and ________________ was admitted as a slave state.

Missouri; Maine

Missouri; Kentucky

Kentucky; Missouri

Maine; Missouri

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What were the South's advantages during the Civil War?

They had a large population and large farms producing food

They had a superior transportation system and better trained officers

They were fighting on their home territory and were defending their way of life

They had more manufacturing and a large population

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why did the Kansas-Nebraska act anger many northerners?

They thought it went against the Missouri Compromise's promise to keep slavery from spreading.

They suspected it was a political move enacted to increase property taxes in the West.

They were convinced the new act would lead to violence in the West.

They reasoned that it unfairly challenged the Compromise of 1850.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What contribution to the war effort is shown in this image?

Medical and surgical technique development

Women accompanying their wounded husbands to a field hospital

Women's involvement as nurses

The creation of the American Red Cross

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