VA Studies Civil War

Who led a raid on the United States Armory (arsenal) at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to start a slave rebellion?

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• Abraham Lincoln

Who supported a secret route that escaped enslaved African Americans took?

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• Abraham Lincoln

The enslaved African American who led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia was —

• A. Nat Turner

• B. Robert E. Lee

• C. Ulysses S. Grant

• D. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

Robert E. Lee served as commander of the —

• Union Army

• Continental Army

• Army of the Potomac

• Army of Northern Virginia

What inference can be made about the feelings of many people in the northern states before the Civil War?

• They strongly believed they had the right to slavery.

• They were not concerned with the institution of slavery.

• They did not believe in the enslavement of African Americans.

• They believed enslaved African Americans were free to live as they pleased.

What did Virginia and some other southern states do as a result of the event shown on the poster?

• Became industrialized

• Worked to end slavery

• Led a raid on Harpers Ferry

• Seceded and joined the "Confederate States of America"

Which BEST completes the cause-effect chart?

• West Virginia was formed

• Slavery in Virginia was abolished

• Eastern counties in Virginia joined the Union

• Western counties in Virginia joined the Confederacy

Who in the chart was an abolitionist?

• Robert E. Lee

• Elizabeth Van Lew

• Thomas Jackson

A famous escape route for enslaved African Americans was the —

• Big Dipper

• Polar Express

• Freedom Trail

• Underground Railroad

Who played such a major role in the first Battle of Bull Run that it earned him his nickname?

• A. Robert E. Lee

• B. Thomas Jackson

• C. Ulysses S. Grant

• D. George Washington