Middle school · American history
This quiz helps revise “The Civil War” in American history for middle school. It has 25 questions in five categories: Road to War, Leaders and Lives, Battles and Places, Freedom and Service, War at Work. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
What system of forced labor was central to the Southern states' decision to leave the Union?
What was the formal act of a state leaving the Union called?
Which state was the…
In the gameWhich 1850 law required…
In the gameWhich 1854 law let…
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The U.S. president shown here led the Union during the Civil War. Who was he?
The woman shown here guided enslaved people to freedom before serving as a Union scout and spy. Who was she?
Which Confederate general commanded…
In the gameWhich Union general was…
In the gameWhich formerly enslaved writer…
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The first shots of the Civil War were fired at the harbor fort shown here. What was its name?
The pictured Pennsylvania battlefield saw a major Union victory in July 1863. What battle was fought there?
In which Virginia village…
In the gameWhich Mississippi city surrendered…
In the gameWhich September 1862 battle…
In the gameWhat do we call a person who campaigned to end the enslavement of people?
Which 1863 presidential order declared enslaved people free in areas rebelling against the Union?
Which amendment to the…
In the gameWhich Black Union regiment…
In the gameWhich agency created in…
In the gameWhat network of tracks helped Civil War armies move soldiers and supplies over long distances?
What communication system carried coded messages along wires during the Civil War?
What was the Union…
In the gameWhat were Civil War…
In the gameWhat snake-named Union plan…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.