Civil War Fifth Grade Georgia

Question 1

Which battle marked the beginning of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Ft. Sumter

Question 2

What was the job of the Freedmen's Bureau?

Accepted Answer

To help former slaves with food, shelter, jobs, medicine

Question 3

Why did Lincoln hire Sherman to destroy Georgia on the way to the sea?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln wanted to pressure the south to surrender.

Question 4

The period of time right after the Civil War is called...

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction

Question 5

Which amendment says that people born in America are citizens and have due process of the law?

Accepted Answer

14th

Question 6

Which amendment grants voting rights to all men, regardless of color?

Accepted Answer

15th

Question 7

Which person would support the idea of "state's rights?"

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 8

Who was the Union General that received Lee's surrender?

Accepted Answer

Grant

Question 9

Which person stood "like a stone wall" and got his nickname from this?

Accepted Answer

Jackson

Question 10

Who was the president of the United States during the time of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln

Question 11

What is the term for the farming job many poorer persons had to take after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

sharecropping

Question 12

What war marked the "turning point" of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 13

Which is NOT an advantage for the South in the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Many roads and canals

Question 14

What was the impact of the book, Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Accepted Answer

It showed the evils of slavery.

Question 15

What document did Lincoln sign that freed the slaves in the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 16

Which amendment abolishes slavery forever in the USA?

Accepted Answer

13th

Questions 16