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ICSE Class 8 American Civil War — practice questions

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Which sides fought the American Civil War?Read the answer and worked solution →Which labour institution did Southern secessionists especially seek to preserve?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the North's central war aim at the beginning?Read the answer and worked solution →Which issue divided Americans over Western territories?Read the answer and worked solution →Which party did Abraham Lincoln represent in the 1860 presidential election?Read the answer and worked solution →What triggered the first Southern secessions?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Civil War background, what does secession mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Which state first declared its secession after Lincoln's 1860 election?Read the answer and worked solution →Who became president of the Confederate States?Read the answer and worked solution →What marked the war's outbreak in April 1861?Read the answer and worked solution →Which description fits the Civil War's loyal border states?Read the answer and worked solution →When did Lincoln issue the final Emancipation Proclamation?Read the answer and worked solution →Which territories were covered by Lincoln's emancipation order?Read the answer and worked solution →The proclamation accepted Black men into which Union services?Read the answer and worked solution →Which amendment abolished slavery except as punishment for crime?Read the answer and worked solution →Which political outcome followed Union victory?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Confederacy defeated?Read the answer and worked solution →Lincoln's Gettysburg speech accompanied which ceremony?Read the answer and worked solution →On which date was the Gettysburg Address delivered?Read the answer and worked solution →Lincoln recalled a nation's dedication to what in his speech at Gettysburg?Read the answer and worked solution →At Gettysburg, what did Lincoln say the war tested?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Lincoln mean by government 'by the people'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which advantage favoured the Union?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which sides fought the American Civil War?

  1. Whigs and Democrats
  2. Union and Confederacy
  3. Republicans and Democrats
  4. Patriots and Loyalists
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Correct answer: B. Union and Confederacy

The war was fought between the Union and the seceded Southern states forming the Confederacy.

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Which labour institution did Southern secessionists especially seek to preserve?

  1. Apprenticeship
  2. Factory wage labour
  3. Tenant farming
  4. Chattel slavery
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Correct answer: D. Chattel slavery

The preservation of slavery was central to Southern secession.

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What was the North's central war aim at the beginning?

  1. Preserving the federal Union
  2. Recognising Southern independence
  3. Extending slavery into Northern states
  4. Ending slavery in every slave state
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Correct answer: A. Preserving the federal Union

The initial central Northern aim was to prevent secession and preserve the Union.

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