8th Grade Social Studies Final Exam (Chronological Order)

What is a civil war?

• A. A war between countries

• B. A war inside one country

• C. A war at sea

• D. A war for religion

Where was the first battle of the Civil War?

• Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter

• Bull Run

• Antietam

What were the Merrimack and Monitor?

• Train engines

• Ironclad warships

• Cannons

• Forts

What caused the Civil War?

• Border disputes

• Slavery and states’ rights

• Immigration

• Religion

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• A law to free all slaves in the country

• A speech ending the Civil War

• A letter to Europe

• A war treaty

What is total war and who used it?

• Fighting in the ocean, by Lincoln

• Using all resources to defeat the enemy, by General Sherman

• Nuclear war, by Roosevelt

• Air war, by Grant

What were the draft riots?

• People protesting food shortages

• Riots over being forced to join the army

• Anti-slavery protests

Who shot Abraham Lincoln?

• Robert E. Lee

• John Wilkes Booth

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

What did Plessy v. Ferguson decide?

• All people must be treated equally

• Segregation was allowed if it was “separate but equal”

• Slavery could continue

• Black men could vote

What were the Black Codes?

• Secret Civil War messages

• Laws that kept African Americans from having full rights

• New war plans

• Tax codes