Topic Review: The Civil War
Quiz by Quizalize - Grade 8 Social Studies
Grade 8
Social Studies (2018)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1President of the United States during the Civil War, 1st Republican PresidentAndrew JohnsonUlysses S. GrantAbraham LincolnJames Buchanan30s113.20.8.A
- Q2Document declaring that all of the slaves in the South were free; did not actually free the slavesEmancipation Proclamation30s113.20.8.C
- Q31st battle of Civil War, Confederate army attacks fort in South CarolinaBattle of Fort SumterBattle of FredericksburgBattle of GettysburgBattle of Vicksburg30s113.20.8.C
- Q4The Turning Point in the East for the Union ArmyBattle of ShilohBattle of GettysburgBattle of VicksburgBattle of Fredericksburg30s113.20.8.C
- Q5Turning Point in the West, Union gained control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.Battle of FredericksburgSeven Days BattleBattle of ChickamaugaBattle of Vicksburg30s113.20.8.C
- Q6General Lee surrenders to General Grant; Grant shows mercyAppomattox Courthouse30s113.20.8.C
- Q7Confederate GeneralRobert Gould ShawRobert E. LeeUlysses S. GrantJefferson Davis30s113.20.8.A
- Q8Union GeneralRobert E. LeeRobert AndersonUlysses S. GrantRobert Gould Shaw30s113.20.8.A
- Q9The SouthAbolitionistUnionMason-Dixon LineConfederacy30s113.20.8.A
- Q10The NorthUnionConfederacyBorder StatesCommission30s113.20.8.A
- Q11President of the Confederate States of AmericaFranklin PierceJefferson DavisRobert E. LeeStonewall Jackson30s113.20.8.A
- Q12Assassinated Abraham LincolnNathaniel P. BanksStonewall JacksonRobert Gould ShawJohn Wilkes Booth30s113.20.8.C
- Q13First African American to receive the Congressional Medal of HonorWilliam A. JacksonFrederick DouglassWilliam CarneyRobert Smalls30s113.20.8.A
- Q14Naval seaman from Chili who received the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Civil WarWilliam CarneyPhilip BazaarRobert AndersonEdward Needles Hallowell30s113.20.8.A
- Q15Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War, the Union victory prompted Lincoln to issue the Emancipation ProclamationBattle of AtlantaBattle of AntietamBattle of Fort SumterBattle of Fort Donelson30s113.20.8.C