1) America declared independence from ... in 1776. a) Spain b) Great Britain c) Canada 2) Why did people from many countries come to America? a) to own slaves b) to see the places of interest c) to start a new life 3) Great number of ... were brought to America and they became slaves. a) Africans b) Native Americans c) British 4) The slaves worked in the fields and ... . a) at the factories b) in the landowners' houses c) in the office 5) The slaves were paid for their work. a) yes b) no 6) Most of America's cotton and tobacco grew in the ... . a) north b) west c) south 7) America's government was in the ... . a) south b) west c) north 8) In 1860 there was a union of ... states. a) 30 b) 34 c) 50 9) People in the ... began to speak against slavery. a) south b) north c) west 10) The President of the United States was ... in 1861. a) Abraham Lincoln b) General Lee c) General Sherman 11) Southerners wanted to have their own government and they wanted to be independent. ... states in the south left the Union. a) 20 b) 15 c) 11 12) They became the Confederate States of America with the capital city ... . a) Richmond b) Washington c) New York 13) The war between Unionists and Confederates started in ... when Confederate soldiers fired their guns at Union soldiers in Fort Sumter. a) March b) April c) May 14) In this war Americans fought ... . a) British b) Mexicans c) Americans 15) Why did the Confederates win the battles at the start of the war? a) the slaves helped them b) they had more weapon c) they had the best commanding officers 16) A long battle was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Who was defeated? a) the Unionists b) the Confederates 17) The men of the south became weak and couldn't fight because ... . a) they were hungry b) the farms and the crops were destroyed c) they didn't have any weapons 18) The slavery was abolished ... . a) soon after Lincoln death b) after the battle at Gettysburg c) in 1863 19) Why was the American Civil War the first "modern" war? a) Trains carried soldiers to long distances. b) Soldiers supported Lincoln. c) There were two capital cities.

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