Civil War Vocabulary MCQ Quiz! Trivia

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What do you know about the Civil War? There are many complex words that one will come across as they learn about the war that almost tore America apart. Do you know some of the people that led to this war being won and slavery being abolished? In this quiz, you will test out how good you are when it comes to an understanding of the different words and what they mean. Do give it a try and see which new ones you will learn.


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    Amnesty

    • A.

      To take away the right to vote

    • B.

      An official pardon

    • C.

      A command

    Correct Answer
    A. To take away the right to vote
  • 2. 

    Transcontinental railroad

    • A.

      Secret white society who oposed african americans of obtaining civil rights and especially sufferage

    • B.

      Northern born republicans who moved South after the war

    • C.

      A railine that ran across the entire continent

    Correct Answer
    C. A railine that ran across the entire continent
  • 3. 

    Anarchists

    • A.

      People who opposed all forms of government

    • B.

      Process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states in absence of slavery

    • C.

      To charge a person of wrong doing while in office

    Correct Answer
    A. People who opposed all forms of government
  • 4. 

    Poll tax

    • A.

      Process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states in absence of slavery

    • B.

      Special tax people had to pay before they could vote

    • C.

      White southern republicans

    Correct Answer
    B. Special tax people had to pay before they could vote
  • 5. 

    Reconstruction

    • A.

      Process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states in absence of slavery

    • B.

      Secret white society who opposed african americans of obtaining civil rights and especially suffrage

    • C.

      White southern republicans

    Correct Answer
    A. Process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states in absence of slavery
  • 6. 

    Scalawags

    • A.

      Forced seperation of whites and blacks in public places

    • B.

      A command

    • C.

      White southern republicans

    Correct Answer
    C. White southern republicans
  • 7. 

    Disenfranchise

    • A.

      To take away the right to vote

    • B.

      Northern born republicans who moved south after the war

    • C.

      Person who farms land they rented

    Correct Answer
    A. To take away the right to vote
  • 8. 

    Ku Klux Klan

    • A.

      Secret white society who oposed african americans of obtaining civil rights and especially sufferage

    • B.

      To charge a person of wrong doing while in office

    • C.

      Person who worked the owners land and returned a share of the crops in return

    Correct Answer
    A. Secret white society who oposed african americans of obtaining civil rights and especially sufferage
  • 9. 

    Sharecropper

    • A.

      Northern born republicans who moved south after the war

    • B.

      Person who farms land they rented

    • C.

      Person who worked the owners land and returned a share of the crops in return

    Correct Answer
    C. Person who worked the owners land and returned a share of the crops in return
  • 10. 

    Impeach

    • A.

      To charge a person of wrong doing while in office

    • B.

      A command

    • C.

      White southern republicans

    Correct Answer
    A. To charge a person of wrong doing while in office
  • 11. 

    Segregation

    • A.

      Forced separation of blacks and whites in public places

    • B.

      Person who worked the owners land and received a share of crops in return

    • C.

      A rail line that ran across the entire continent

    Correct Answer
    A. Forced separation of blacks and whites in public places
  • 12. 

    Mandate

    • A.

      People who opposed all forms of government

    • B.

      Forced separation of blacks and whites in public places

    • C.

      A command

    Correct Answer
    C. A command
  • 13. 

    Carpetbaggers

    • A.

      Northern born republicans who moved south after the war

    • B.

      Person who worked the owners land and returned a share of the crops in return

    • C.

      White southern republicans

    Correct Answer
    A. Northern born republicans who moved south after the war

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