VS7 Civil War

1. Who tried to lead a raid on the U.S. Armory (arsenal) at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

• Nat Turner

Which former slave led others along a secret route that was taken by escaped enslaved African Americans?

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

• Nat Turner

• James Lafayette

How did the economies of the northern states differ from those of the southern states?

• Northern economies were agricultural and southern economies were industrialized

• Northern economies were industrialized and southern economies were agricultural

Which is true:

• Northern states wanted western territories to be slave states.

• Southern states wanted western territories to be slave states.

Who served as commander of the Union Army?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

Who served as the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

Who was the enslaved African American who led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?

• Harriet Tubman

• Thomas Jefferson

• Nat Turner

• James Lafayette

What did some southern states do as a result of Abraham Lincoln being elected as president of the U.S.?

• Join the Union.

• Secede from the Union.

• Join the Continental Army.

• Celebrate!

Virginians in the western counties disagreed with Virginians in the eastern counties about secession from the Union and slavery. What was the effect of these disagreements?

• The western counties abolished slavery.

• The eastern counties rejoined the Union.

• The western counties seceded from the rest of Virginia and formed a new "free" state called West Virginia.

• The eastern counties seceded from the western counties and became a new state called East Virginia.

Name two abolitionists:

• Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Harriet Tubman and John Brown

• George Mason and Thomas Jefferson

• Captain John Smith and Benjamin Franklin