Quiz on Historical Figures and Events

Who led a slave revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• Robert E. Lee

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

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• Robert E. Lee

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

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• Robert E. Lee

During the 1820s, what did northern states want new states created out of the western territory to be?

• New states

• Slave states

• Free states

• Old states

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

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

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 (or Manassas)

• Norfolk

• Hampton

Where was the capital of the Confederacy after Virginia seceded?

• Washington, D.C.

• Petersburg

• Manassas

• Richmond

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

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

• Washington, D.C.

• Manassas, Virginia

• Appomattox Court House, Virginia

• Richmond, Virginia