Who led a raid on the US Armory at Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
Who was elected president in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Who helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Who led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?
Nat Turner
When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, the Southern states decided to ________________.
secede
People who wanted to put an end to slavery were called _______________.
abolitionists
John Brown was an abolitionist who led a raid on an arsenal in ________________________.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Virginia __________________________________.
seceded from the union
all of these
had an agriculture economy
was a slave state
Abolitionists worked to _____________________________.
put an end to slavery
Virginians in the western part of the state wanted ___________________________.
to become a separate, free state
What forms the border between Virginia and West Virginia?
the Appalachian Mountains
What do people call the secret system o escape that enslaved people used on the 1800s?
The Underground Railroad
What did some Southern states form after the seceded from the Union, by 1861?
The Confederate States of America
In what year did West Virginia become its own, separate state?
1863
Why did people call Southern states the slave states?
because they relied on slavery to work the farms
What kind of economy did the northern states have?
industrial economy
