Civil War Preassessment

Question 1

True or false: the 15th amendment grants the right to vote to all men (age 21 & over) regardless of race or skin color.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

How much do you know about the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

I don&#x27;t know anything about it., I&#x27;d rather not say., I know a little bit., I&#x27;m an expert.

Question 3

The Confederacy was made up of states located in the...

Accepted Answer

South

Question 4

Which amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery forever?

Accepted Answer

13th

Question 5

What advantage did the southern states have going into the war?

Accepted Answer

many experienced generals

Question 6

True or false: As punishment, the rebel states were never readmitted to the United States.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

What is it called when a state breaks away from the United States to form its own government?

Accepted Answer

Secession

Question 8

Who was president of the U.S. during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 9

There were two opposing armies in the war. The Union and the...

Accepted Answer

Confederacy

Question 10

What year did the Civil War start?

Accepted Answer

1861

Question 11

What was the main issue that caused the war?

Accepted Answer

the spread of slavery

Question 12

What is the name of the document that declared all enslaved people immediately free?

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 13

Who ends up winning the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

The North (Union)

Question 14

Who shot President Lincoln at the end of the war?

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Boothe

Question 15

Where was President Lincoln shot?

Accepted Answer

In a theater

Questions 15