US Civil War Quiz

The Emancipation Proclamation said that slavery would be abolished in the Confederate states.

I commanded the Union army.

The UNION was made up of the NORTHERN states that did NOT secede from the United States.

Did President Lincoln use many advisors to help him make decisions during his presidency?

Abolitionists wanted to keep slavery.

Does a broken pencil have great value when you are trying to take a test?

I wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.

A Civil War is a war between different groups of people and regions within one country.

Will a balloon pop if it continues to expand too far?

I was an enslaved African who escaped to Pennsylvania to gain my freedom.

I surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox.

The Yankees fought for the Union.

I founded the American Red Cross.

I was president during the US Civil War.

I commanded the Confederate Army.

The northern economy depended more on factories and the southern economy depended more on growing crops.

In slavery, the enslaved person is paid for his or her work.

I was a spy for the Union army because I knew the roads and secret trails around Maryland and Pennsylvania.

The CONFEDERACY was the collection of NORTHERN states that did NOT secede from the United States.

I helped wounded soldiers get the medical supplies and care they needed.

The Rebels were the Union Soldiers.

Was the issue of slavery one of the main causes of the US Civil War?

Plantations are large farms where crops are raised.

I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

When a team loses a game, can we say they experienced a defeat?