Civil War Reading Comprehension Interactives and Printables

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Civil War Reading Comprehension Exercises | P = Printable; O = Online
Title Format Gr. Level/Lexile Word Count Type Immediate Feedback Narration
Perspectives on Slavery P 6/1100 309 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Emancipation Proclamation O 6/1100 270 Passage and 7 Questions Yes Yes
Missouri Compromise P 6/1050 238 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Missouri Compromise O 6/1050 238 Passage and 7 Questions Yes Yes
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad P 3+/750 187 Passage and 8 Questions No No
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad O 3+/750 187 Passage and 8 Questions Yes Yes
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad P 5+/1050 633 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad O 5+/1050 633 Passage and 10 Questions Yes Yes
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad P 5+/1050 633 Fact or Fiction No No
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad O 5+/1050 633 Fact or Fiction Yes No
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad P 5+/1050 633 Sequencing No No
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad P N/A N/A Topic Sentence and Supporting Details No No
Harriet Beecher Stowe P 5+/1000 376 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Harriet Beecher Stowe O 5+/1000 376 Passage and 7 Questions Yes Yes
Kansas-Nebraska Act P 6+/1200 217 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Kansas-Nebraska Act O 6+/1200 217 Passage and 7 Questions Yes No
John Brown P 5+/1000 399 Passage and 7 Questions No No
John Brown O 5+/1000 399 Passage and 7 Questions Yes No
Lincoln-Douglas Debates P 6+/1200 341 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Election of 1860 P 6+/1200 332 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Fort Sumter P 6/1100 356 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Fort Sumter O 6/1100 356 Passage and 10 Questions Yes Yes
Fort Sumter P 6/1100 356 Fact or Fiction No No
Fort Sumter O 6/1100 356 Fact or Fiction Yes Yes
Fort Sumter P 6/1100 356 Battle Breakdown: C/E No No
Bull Run I P 6/1100 397 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Bull Run I and II Text Structures P 5/1000 N/A Text Structures No No
Bull Run I P 6/1100 397 Fact or Fiction No No
Bull Run I O 6/1100 397 Fact or Fiction Yes No
Bull Run I P 6/1100 397 Battle Breakdown C/E No No
Shiloh Church P 6+/1200 635 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Antietam P 6+/1200 829 Fact or Fiction No No
Antietam O 6+/1200 829 Fact or Fiction Yes No
Antietam P 6+/1200 829 Fact or Fiction No No
The Ironclads P 6/1100 555 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Chancellorsville O 6+/1200 688 Passage and 7 Questions Yes Yes
Gettysburg/Antietam P 4/800 N/A Comparing and Contrasting Battles: Fill in Chart No No
A Prelude to Gettysburg P 6/1100 394 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Battle of Gettysburg Day 1 P 6/1100 400 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Battle of Gettysburg Day 1 O 6/1100 400 Passage and 7 Questions Yes No
Battle of Gettysburg Day 2 P 7+/1300 605 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Battle of Gettysburg Day 2 O 7+/1300 605 Passage and 7 Questions Yes No
Battle of Gettysburg Day 3 P 7+/1300 605 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Battle of Gettysburg Day 3 O 7+/1300 646 Passage and 7 Questions Yes No
Siege of Vicksburg P 6+/1200 607 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Siege of Vicksburg O 6+/1200 607 Passage and 7 Questions Yes No
Surrender at Vicksburg P N/A N/A Primary Source Analysis and Short Answer No No
Ulysses S. Grant P 5/1000 421 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Ulysses S. Grant O 5/1000 421 Passage and 7 Questions Yes No
Ulysses S. Grant P 5/1000 421 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Ulysses S. Grant P 5/1000 421 Sequencing No No
Comparing and Contrasting Generals: Grant and Lee P 4/800 N/A Compare and Contrast Generals: Fill in the Chart No No
Battle of the Wilderness P 5/900 N/A Text Structures No No
Battle of the Wilderness P 4/700 N/A Homophones and History No No
Sherman's March to the Sea P 4/700 N/A Homophones and History No No
Surrender at Appomattox P 4/700 N/A Homophones and History No No
Abraham Lincoln's Childhood P 6+/1200 665 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Abraham Lincoln's Childhood O 6+/1200 665 Passage and 10 Questions Yes Yes
Abraham Lincoln - Middle Years Part 1 P 6/1100 521 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Abraham Lincoln - Middle Years Part 1 O 6/1100 521 Passage and 10 Questions Yes Yes
Abraham Lincoln - Middle Years Part 2 P 6/1100 466 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Abraham Lincoln - Middle Years Part 2 O 6/1100 466 Passage and 10 Questions Yes Yes
Abraham Lincoln - Middle Years Part 3 P 7+/1300 893 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Abraham Lincoln - Middle Years Part 3 O 7+/1300 893 Passage and 10 Questions Yes Yes
Abraham Lincoln - Presidential Years Part 1 P 6+/1200 647 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Abraham Lincoln - Presidential Years Part 1 O 6+/1200 647 Passage and 10 Questions Yes Yes
Abraham Lincoln - Presidential Years Part 2 P 6+/1200 589 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Abraham Lincoln - Presidential Years Part 2 O 6+/1200 589 Passage and 10 Questions Yes Yes
Abraham Lincoln - Presidential Years Part 3 P 6+/1200 608 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Abraham Lincoln - Presidential Years Part 3 O 6+/1200 608 Passage and 10 Questions Yes Yes
Abraham Lincoln - Presidential Years Part 4 P 6+/1200 493 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Abraham Lincoln - Presidential Years Part 4 O 6+/1200 493 Passage and 10 Questions Yes Yes
Mary Todd Lincoln P 6+/1200 638 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Lincoln's Letter to Fanny McCollough P 5/900 N/A Primary Source Analysis: Short-Answer Questions No No
Lincoln's Assassination O 7+/1300 948 Passage and 10 Questions Yes Yes
Ms. Laura Keene P 5+/1000 330 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Ms. Laura Keene O 5+/1000 330 Passage and 7 Questions Yes Yes
Dr. Samuel Mudd P 6+/1100 603 Passage and 7 Questions No No
Jefferson Davis P 5+/1000 565 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Robert E. Lee P 7+/1300 711 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Robert E. Lee O 7+/1300 711 Passage and 10 Questions Yes No
Belle Boyd P 4+/850 284 Passage and 10 Questions No No
Frederick Douglass P 5+/1000 542 Passage and 6 Questions No No
Frederick Douglass O 5+/1000 542 Passage and 6 Questions Yes Yes
Frederick Douglass O N/A N/A Cloze Reading Yes No
Frederick Douglass O 5+/1000 542 Fact or Fiction Yes No
Frederick Douglass P 5+/1000 542 Fact or Fiction No No
Frederick Douglass P N/A N/A Text Structures Analysis: Problem and Solution No No
Frederick Douglass P N/A N/A Topic Sentence and Supporting Details No No
Frederick Douglass P N/A N/A Text Elements: Paragraph Headings No No