Civil War Trivia: MCQ Quiz!
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- 1.What year did the Civil War begin? (The year the first battle was fought)
- A.
1865
- B.
1857
- C.
1868
- D.
1861
- 2.In a slave state,
- A.
Slavery was allowed by law.
- B.
Slavery was not allowed by law.
- C.
Slaves could leave the state if they wanted to.
- D.
None of the above.
- 3.The Missouri Compromise became law in?
- A.
1800.
- B.
1820.
- C.
1850.
- D.
1860.
- 4.Under the Missouri Compromise, Missouri came into the Union as a?
- A.
Free state.
- B.
Slave state.
- C.
Neither slave nor free state.
- D.
None of the above.
- 5.Under the Compromise of 1850, which state came into the Union?
- A.
Maine
- B.
Missouri
- C.
Kansas
- D.
California
- 6.Which law allowed the people of the state to decide if the state would be a slave state or a free state?
- A.
Missouri Compromise of 1820
- B.
Compromise of 1850
- C.
Kansas Nebraska Act
- D.
Fugitive Slave Act
- 7.John Brown
- A.
Led a raid in 1859 at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
- B.
Was hung for treason.
- C.
Was against slavery.
- D.
All of the above.
- 8.How many states seceded from the Union before the Civil War began?
- A.
7 states
- B.
10 states
- C.
11 states
- D.
15 states
- 9.Which of the following was an advantage of the North in fighting the Civil War?
- A.
More people
- B.
Most battles fought in the North
- C.
More military experience
- D.
All of the above.
- 10.What are the THREE causes of the Civil War?
- A.
Tariffs or Taxes
- B.
Slavery
- C.
Democracy
- D.
Congress making laws to either benefit the North or the South
- E.
13th Amendment
- 11.The Underground Railroad...
- A.
Traveled from the south to the north
- B.
Was created by the 13th amendment
- C.
Was an actual railroad
- D.
Had secret stops in homes and other places
- E.
Included people helping slaves secretly
- 12.What were the Northern soldiers called?
- A.
Confederate soldiers
- B.
Railroads
- C.
Union soldiers
- D.
Civil Unions
- E.
Emancipations
- 13.What were the Southern soldiers called?
- A.
Confederate soldiers
- B.
Railroads
- C.
Union soldiers
- D.
Civil Unions
- E.
Emancipations
- 14.When was the Civil War?
- A.
1862-1869
- B.
1861-1862
- C.
1900-1905
- D.
1861-1865
- E.
1841-1845
- 15.The civil war was the first war that the United States citizens fought against one another.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.What was the argument in the Dred Scott case?
- A.
Dred Scott should be allowed to run for president because he was a citizen.
- B.
Dred Scott should be free because he had lived in a free territory.
- C.
Dred Scott should be allowed to vote because he was free.
- D.
Dred Scott should be allowed to return to slavery because he wanted to.
- 17.What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott case?
- A.
The Supreme Court decided slaves were property.
- B.
The Supreme Court decided the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution protected property.
- C.
The Supreme Court decided blacks did not have the right to citizenship in the United States.
- D.
All of the above.
- 18.What was the Underground Railroad?
- A.
A system of transporting manufactured goods from the North to the South.
- B.
A railroad that connected the eastern states to the western territories.
- C.
A steam train that carried escaping slaves to the North.
- D.
A system of people, homes, and farms that aided escaping slaves.
- 19.How did Harriett Beecher Stowe help end slavery?
- A.
By writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- B.
By attacking Harpers Ferry
- C.
By writing songs about the Underground Railroad
- D.
By becoming a politician
- 20.Who is an escaped slave who led about 300 slaves to freedom?
- A.
Abolitionist
- B.
Conductor
- C.
Passenger
- D.
Harriett Tubman
- E.
Station
- 21.Define abolitionist.
- A.
Someone who opposed slavery and worked to end it
- B.
A safe house or place where escaping slaves could rest and get food.
- C.
A slave escaping by the Underground Railroad
- D.
Someone who helped slaves escape to the North or Canada
- E.
An escaped slave who led about 300 slaves to freedom
- 22.Define conductor.
- A.
Someone who opposed slavery and worked to end it
- B.
A safe house or place where escaping slaves could rest and get food.
- C.
A slave escaping by the Underground Railroad
- D.
Someone who helped slaves escape to the North or Canada
- E.
An escaped slave who led about 300 slaves to freedom
- 23.What Happened when slavery was abolished?
- A.
Slaves still had to work.
- B.
Slaves were killed.
- C.
Slaves didnt have to work anymore.
- 24.Where were the majority of the slaveholders at?
- A.
North
- B.
South
- C.
East
- D.
West
- 25.Dred Scott successfully sued for his freedom.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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