Civil War Quiz - McCoy

Match the description to the person.

• Nat Turner

• An enslaved African American who led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia.

• John Brown

• The Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the Battle of Fredericksburg.

• Robert E. Lee

• Raided a U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

Match the description to the person.

• Thomas Jackson

• Played a major role at the first Battle of Bull Run.

• Ulysses S. Grant

• The President of the United States during the Civil War.

• Abraham Lincoln

• The leader of the Union Army.

Which of the following best describes an abolitionist?

• A person who favors slavery.

• A person who is against slavery.

• A person who owns a plantation with slaves.

• A person who helps slaves on the Underground Railroad.

Which of the following is NOT something people in the South did for a living?

• owned plantations

• grew cotton

• farmed

• worked in factories

Many people who lived in the ______ counties of Virginia were _______ slavery and sided with the North.

• western, for

• western, against

• eastern, for

• eastern, against

Why did southern farmers want to move west?

• The western territories allowed the use of slave labor.

• The crops were hard on the soil and they needed new land.

• The government offered them money to move west.

• The South was getting too crowded.

Who was a runaway slave who helped other slaves along the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• Thomas Jackson

Why did John Brown capture the U.S. armory at Harpers Ferry?

• He hoped it would make slavery permanent in the South.

• He wanted to protest against northern states.

• He hoped it would start a slave rebellion.

• He wanted slavery to continue in the South.

What did Virginia and the other southern states form when they seceded from the United States?

• The Confederate States of the Union

• The Union of the Confederacy

• The Union States of America

• The Confederate States of America

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

• Fredericksburg

• Manassas

• Hampton

• Richmond