Civil War & Reconstruction

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What year was Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, published?

• 1849

• 1850

• 1852

• 1855

In 1846, why did Dred Scott sue for his freedom from slavery?

• He lived in a free state, and his owner had died.

• He ran away from his plantation in the Georgia and gained his freedom.

What was the purpose of Congress passing the Compromise of 1850?

• To get rid of all slave states.

• To make slavery illegal in the United States.

• To maintain a balance between slave and free states.

In what year was Abraham Lincoln elected president?

• 1856

• 1860

• 1864

• 1868

Soon after Lincoln was elected president, what did the state of South Carolina do?

• They sent members to Congress.

• They grew in population due to an increase of people moving there from the North.

• They seceded from the Union (broke away from the nation).

What year did the Civil War begin?

• 1861

• 1863

• 1865

• 1867

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What event started the Civil War?

• The North attacked Fort Wilmer in Mississippi.

• Confederate troops surrounded Union troops in New York.

• The South attacked Fort Sumter, a garrison under federal control.

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What happened at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863?

• The Confederacy won with few casualties.

• The Union won with few casualties.

• Neither side won, and there were many casualties.

• The Union won, but both sides suffered thousands of casualties.

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What happened on April 9, 1865

• The Civil War ended when southern general Robert E. Lee surrendered to northern general Ulysses S. Grant.

• President Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address.

On which date was President Lincoln assassinated?

• January 3, 1862

• June 25, 1864

• April 15, 1865

• November 3, 1868