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Civil War: Background, 1860 Election, Fort Sumter
Civil War: Background, 1860 Election, Fort Sumter
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Questions created from 3 ReadWorks stories: Background, 1860 Election, Fort Sumter
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The Civil War was fought over: (
read ALL the choices carefully
!)
identity
slavery
ALL the choices
unity
2
Lincoln lost the Senate race, but the Republicans thought he should run...
a marathon
for king
for President
very fast
3
The North was called the United States of America. The South was called:
The Southern States United
None of the choices
The Confederate States of America
Slavery People United
4
Which side was confident in its ability to fight.
Confederacy (South)
Union (North)
5
Fort Sumter was a United States Fort in
Pennsylvania
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
6
Since Fort Sumter was running out of food, President Lincoln sent supplies by
train
ship
horse and wagon
tractor trailer
7
How many Southern people voted for Lincoln in 1860?
1
1002
0
314
8
South Carolina was the first state to leave the Union. How many more followed it?
6
37
1
10
9
South Carolina saw the ship as a sign that the North wanted to fight, so
South Carolina troops fired on the fort.
the ship fired on South Carolina.
10
Which side was confident in its factories?
Confederacy (South)
Union (North)
11
When debating Stephen Douglas for the Senate, what was Lincoln's famous quote?
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
A house minus a roof is going to get wet when the sun shines.
Adding a room to a house will cause it to grow larger.
A house cannot be painted white.
12
Lincoln promised the Southern states he wanted (
READ ALL THE CHOICES
!)
all of these choices
to preserve the United States as a country
to now allow slavery into new territories
to not get rid of slavery where it already existed
13
Both the North (Union) and South (Confederate) Armies thought the war would be:
won by a coin flip
a quick war
never fought
at least 100 years long
14
Lacking the resources to make bullets, toward the end of the war the Confederate Army collect ____ to melt to make them.
tin cans
horseshoes
church bells
car tires
15
Union
not only refers to the Northern states, it also means
United States of America.
nothing it's just a word.
