Civil War Unit (3rd Grade)

Question 1

Which social class owned at least 20 slaves and 500 acres of land?

Accepted Answer

Elite

Question 2

After the Civil War, women in South Carolina had to tend to the family farms and businesses.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

After Abraham Lincoln was elected president, SC decided to __________________ the Union.

Accepted Answer

Secede from (break away)

Question 4

There were shots fired on Fort Sumter because the Confederates wanted to....

Accepted Answer

destroy the Fort because the Union soldiers wanted to leave.

Question 5

Who invented the cotton gin?

Accepted Answer

Eli Whitney

Question 6

Enslaved African Americans....

Accepted Answer

They worked in cotton fields and received food rations.

Question 7

Abolitionists spoke out against slavery in SC because they wanted to end slavery in the US.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Free African Americans were better off than slaves, but not as free as whites.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Reconstruction was a period of time following the Civil War when the federal government ______.

Accepted Answer

DID protect the rights of newly freed slaves.

Question 10

How did the Union blockade affect South Carolina?

Accepted Answer

It made it hard to get supplies to and from South Carolina.

Question 11

Which social class profited (made the most $$) from slavery?

Accepted Answer

Elite

Question 12

People who were part of the lower class did manual work.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Sherman led his troops through SC to destroy homes and supplies to the Confederacy ___________.

Accepted Answer

could not continue fighting in the war

Question 14

Which social class is described as having enough food, working as nurses, teachers or clerks?

Accepted Answer

Middle

Question 15

The 1st submarine ever developed was the __________________________.

Accepted Answer

H.L. Hunley

Question 16

Independent farmers did NOT work hard to grow cash crops to help their families move up classes

Accepted Answer

False

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