Quiz Me! - Era: Civil War and Reconstruction

Test your knowledge about the Civil War and Reconstruction era!

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Abraham Lincoln delivered this short but powerful address which invoked the spirit of the Declaration of Independence in 1863. That address was the -

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This former lawyer lost a Senate race in 1858 but was elected President of the United States in 1860.

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In what speech did Abraham Lincoln state, “...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”?

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Which of the following are TRUE regarding the Gettysburg Address?

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Which explains how Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860?

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Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached?

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What document declared slaves in rebelling states to be “forever free”?

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Who was the first U.S. president to be impeached?

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What was the significance of the Election of 1860?

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When Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, he…

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