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8th Grade Social Studies
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1
Which reason below best explains why the Civil War was so deadly with a high casualty rate?
Because it was a civil war and both sides were American.
Because it was the longest war in United States history.
The new technologies outweighed the warfare battle tactics.
Because women and African-Americans fought as well
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Had a larger population, more manufacturing plants, and more farms.
Union
Confederacy
3
How did slaves form a resistance during the Civil War?
Decreased their pace of work.
Sabotaged crops and machines on the plantation.
They played dumb.
All answers are correct.
4
This was the bloodiest battle and the turning point battle in the Civil War.
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Antietam
Fort Sumter
5
What was the importance of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?
Freed the slaves in the South & made the war about slavery.
Decreased support for war in the South.
Led to increase support for the war in the North.
It led to Sherman's March to the Sea & Lincoln's re-election
6
The South was at a disadvantage during the Civil War because they did not industrialize.
False
True
7
Why was the North's capture of New Orleans & the Mississippi River a serious blow to the South?
New Orleans was the larges city in the South.
Thousands of freed slaves joined the Union army.
It hurt Southern shipping and trade and divided the South.
8
Which was NOT a reason why the border states were important to the Union?
Kentucky & Missouri bordered the Ohio and Mississippi River
Washington DC was between Virginia and Maryland
Missouri had many well trained militia men
9
This was the first battle of the Civil War
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Fort Sumter
Antietam
10
Which of the following is NOT a border state?
MIssouri
Illinois
Kentucky
West Virginia
11
African-Americans were eventually allowed to fight during the Civil War.
True
False
12
Whose strategy was to fight a defensive war and use cotton to get European support?
Confederacy
Union
13
What was the importance of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?
It kept Great Britain from helping the Confederacy.
All answers are correct.
Freed slaves in the Confederacy .
Made the war about slavery.
14
What best Explains Sectionalism?
Loyalty to your region of the country
Loyalty to your country as a whole
15
The Southern states justified secession with states rights.
True
False
16
What effect did the Union hope the naval blockade would have on the Confederacy?
Prevent Confederate leaders from leaving the country.
Weaken the South's economy by cutting off its trade with GB,
To prevent the South from attacking the North by sea.
To discourage other nations from helping the South.
17
Why did Southern states secede after the election of 1860?
They feared Lincoln would force the South out of the Union.
They feared Lincoln & the Republicans would abolish slavery
Feared the Northerners would take over cotton farming
Because they wanted Jefferson Davis as their president.
18
What right did the Southern states feel was being violated?
Right to secede
Right to property
Right to nullify federal laws
All of them were violated
19
Which of the following roles did women NOT play in the Civil War?
Nurses
Senators and Representatives in Congress
Spies
Soldiers
20
Who used the Anaconda Plan as their battle strategy?
Union
Confederacy
21
The Confederacy had more railroad mileage.
False
True
22
Which state was the first to secede?
MIssissippi
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
23
Which event caused the last four Southern states to secede and join the Confederacy?
South Carolina seceding
The creation of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment
The Battle of Fort Sumter
Election of Abraham Lincoln
