6th Grade History        Name: _____________________________________ Score:
Teacher: Mr. Cap      Quiz Chapter 10   1st   1/2       Civil War

                                                                                                                     1.  What is the name of this 
                                                                                                                           machine in the picture?

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                                                                                                                      2.  Who invented this machine?

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                                                                                                                       3.  What did plantation owners
                                                                                                                         think they needed to grow cotton?

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4. Who were Abolitionists? _______________________________________________________________

5.  Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? ________________________________________________________

6.  Name the a secret network to help runaway slaves. ___________________________________________

7.  How did the Missouri Compromise tried to satisfy the northern states and southern states? ______________

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8.  How did Abraham Lincoln earn the nickname Honest Abe? _____________________________________

9.  The South becomes the ________________ States of America led by President _________________ Davis.

10.  List 3 Causes of the Civil War __________________________________________________________

11.  Union vs. _________________ / North vs. ___________________ / Blue vs. ___________________.

12.  Union soldiers wore ___________________ uniforms, Confederate soldiers wore ______________ (color)

13.  Merrimac and the _______________________________ were the first ironclad ships.

14.  Emancipation Proclamation declared the slaves _____________________

15.  Name three heroes of the Civil War. ____________________________________________________

                                            16.  What type of plant is pictured to the left? _________________________

                                            17.  Who was the most famous leader of the Underground Railroad? _________

                                            18.  How did the Underground Railroad work? _________________________

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On the back:  Label the free, slave, border states and territories Then shade each section.