Civil War

What was not a major part of the South’s economy before the Civil War?

• slave labor

• cash crops

• factories

• plantations and farms

Before the Civil War, Northern states wanted new states created out of the western territory to be “free states”. Southern states wanted -?

• new states created out of the western territory to be “slave states”

• new states created out of the western territory to be “free states”

• to leave the western territory alone and not divide it into states

• to not let any more states join the country

During the Civil War, what caused the change to Virginia's border?

• The western counties of Virginia formed their own state because they believe slavery should continue to exist.

• The eastern counties of Virginia formed their own state because they did not support slavery.

• Disagreements between the eastern and western counties of Virginia led to the creation of West Virginia.

• President Lincoln decided that Virginia should be divided into two states.

A person who campaigned to end slavery was known as a/an ___________________.

• Burgess

• Loyalist

• abolitionist

• protester

________________________________ supported a secret route that enslaved African Americans took. It was known as the “Underground Railroad.”

• John Brown

• Abraham Lincoln

• Nat Turner

• Harriet Tubman

Who led a raid at the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry?

• John Brown

• James Lafayette

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriet Tubman

Who was the slave who led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• Abraham Lincoln

Which Virginian completes the chart?

Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

Led his soldiers to a victory at the Battle of Fredericksburg

Surrendered his army to end the Civil War

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

Look at the newspaper headline below. To what location is the headline referring?

Capital of Confederacy Burns

Falls to General Ulysses S. Grant

• Richmond

• Appomattox

• Fredericksburg

• Washington D.C.

Who served as a general in the Union Army and captured the capital of the Confederacy near the end of the war?

• Robert E. Lee

• "Stonewall" Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis