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Trivia Quiz - episode 4

Test your investigative skills and knowledge of history below. Just answer true or false and then click through for the answers. The questions are based on the three cases of Episode 4 .

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1. The United States government first heard of the South’s desire to separate from the Union just as the Civil War was about to commence in 1861.
2. Abraham Lincoln said of slavery: “I have described the triumph of barbarism and Christianity.”
3. Many southern plantation owners at the time of the Civil War looked to the leaders of the Greek and Roman empires for inspiration.
4. The Vietnam War saw the first wartime conscientious objectors.
5. During World War II, many conscientious objectors fled to Canada to escape the draft.
6. Conscientious objectors helped repel direct attacks on the U.S. Mainland during World War II.
7. Mickey Mouse was originally called “Mortimer Mouse.”
8. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
9. “Steamboat Willie” was the first Hollywood film to feature Mickey Mouse.
10. The 1950s saw the birth of “The Mickey Mouse Club” on television.