The Civil War

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The Civil War
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Differences between northern and southern states
North
South
__________ economy
industrial
__________ economy
agricultural
free
slave
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What were the people who wanted to end slavery
called?
abolitionists
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Who led a revolt against plantation owners in
Virginia?
Nat Turner
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Who established a secret route to the North used
by escaped slaves?
Harriet Tubman
This route was known as the ______________
_____________.
Underground Railroad
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Who led a raid on the United States Armory at
Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
He was trying to start a ______ rebellion.
slave
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After Abraham Lincoln became President of the
United States in 1860, some southern states
____________.
seceded
Confederate States of America
What country did these southern states, including
Virginia, form?
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The eastern counties of Virginia relied on
slavery but the western counties favored
abolition of slavery. What state did the western
counties of Virginia form?
West Virginia
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What Virginia city was named the capital of the
Confederacy?
Richmond
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Where was this battle fought?
Name the first major battle of the Civil War.
Manassas, Virginia
Battle of Bull Run
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
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Lincoln used the Union navy to __________ the
southern ports.
blockade
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Name the two ships that fought a battle in the
Hampton Roads area of Virginia.
Monitor and Merrimack
What was special about this sea battle?
It was the 1st battle ever fought between two
ironclad ships.
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What city on the Rappahannock River was the site
of a victory for the Army of Northern Virginia
led by Robert E. Lee?
Fredericksburg
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Name the city that fell to General Grant and was
burned near the end of the war.
Richmond
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Where did the Civil War end?
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Confederate General ________________ surrendered
to Union General ___________________.
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Name these Civil War places.
Harpers Ferry
Washington, D.C.
Manassas
Fredericksburg
Appomattox Court House
Richmond
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Who was elected the 16th president of the United
States?
Abraham Lincoln
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Who wanted to arm the slaves to start a slave
rebellion?
John Brown
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Who was the commander of the Union army during
the last part of the war?
Ulysses S. Grant
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Who was the commander of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
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Who seized the federal armory at Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
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Who was president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
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Who stood like a stone wall at the Battle of
Bull?
Stonewall Jackson
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Who led a revolt against plantation owners in
Virginia?
Nat Turner
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Who supported a secret route used by escaped
slaves ?
Harriet Tubman
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North OR South?
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Slave states
South
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Virginia
South
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factories
North
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Richmond
South
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Free states
North
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Union
North
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Plantations
South
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Big cities
North
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Stonewall Jackson
South
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Industrial
North
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Robert E. Lee
South
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Agricultural
South
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Ulysses S. Grant
North
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Confederacy
South