VS.7 Assessment

Who led a slave revolt in Virginia?

• Harriet Tubman
• John Brown
• Nat Turner
• Abraham Lincoln

Who participated in a secret route that escaped slaves took known as the “Underground Railroad?”

• Harriet Tubman
• John Brown
• Nat Turner
• Abraham Lincoln

Who became president of the United States in 1860, after some southern states seceded from the Union?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865?

• Washington, D.C.
• Manassas, VA
• Appomattox Court House, VA
• Richmond, VA

Who led a raid on the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, trying to start a slave rebellion?

• Harriet Tubman
• John Brown
• Nat Turner
• Robert E. Lee

Which state was formed when conflict grew between the eastern counties that relied on slave labor and the western counties that favored the abolition of slavery?

• North Carolina
• Tennessee
• West Virginia
• Maryland

Where did Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson play a major role?

• Alexandria
• Bull Run "Manassas"
• Norfolk
• Hampton

Where was the capital of the Confederacy after Virginia seceded?

• Washington, D.C.
• Petersberg
• Manassas
• Richmond

Which group did not take sides during the Civil War?

• American Indians
• white Virginians
• enslaved African Americans
• free African Americans

Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg?

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
• Robert E. Lee