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  • Why did people call Southern states the slave states?
    because they relied on slavery to work the farms
  • Who was the commanding general of the Union army?
    Ulysses S. Grant
  • What did Lincoln want to do that caused the Battle of the Ironclads?
    blockade southern ports
  • Who was the commanding general of the Confederate army?
    Robert E. Lee
  • Virginia __________________________________.
    seceded from the union
    had an agriculture economy
    all of these
    was a slave state
  • Lincoln used the Union navy to ___________________ southern ports.
    blockade
  • Who was Clara Barton?
    A famous nurse to the Union Troops.
  • General ______________ was commander of the army of Northern Virginia.
    Robert E. Lee
  • John Brown was an abolitionist who led a raid on an arsenal in ________________________.
    Harpers Ferry, Virginia
  • In what state was Fort Sumter located?
    South Carolia
  • The Commander of the Union Army at the end of the Civil War was ________________.
    Ulysses. S. Grant
  • People who wanted to put an end to slavery were called _______________.
    abolitionists
  • Which side the had a bigger population and more factories?
    South
    North
  • In what year did West Virginia become its own, separate state?
    1863
  • Why did tired, hungry Confederate troops set fire to Richmond and retreat from the city when the Union army arrived?
    to prevent Union troops from using their supplies
  • When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, the Southern states decided to ________________.
    secede
  • True or False The South was known for coal mining.
    False - The South was known for Cotton production.
  • What is a civil war?
    A war within one country, rather than between two different nations.
  • What forms the border between Virginia and West Virginia?
    the Appalachian Mountains
  • Who helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad?
    Harriet Tubman
  • The first battle of _________________ was the first major clash of the Civil War in 1861.
    Bull Run (Manassas)
  • Who led a raid on the US Armory at Harper's Ferry?
    John Brown
  • What kind of economy did the northern states have?
    industrial economy
  • Who was president when the Civil War begin?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • What city were Confederate troops trying to capture?
    Washington DC
  • Who surrenedered to who at Appomattox courthouse in 1965?
    Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant
  • What was the first battle of the Civile War?
    The Battle of Fort Sumter
  • The Civil War ended at __________________ courthouse.
    Appomattox
  • What General did Lee rely upon for advice and leadership?
    Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
  • Which side was known as the Confederate?
    South
  • Which side was know as the Union?
    North
  • Abolitionist were people who were fighting for the freedom of enslaved persons.
    True
    False
  • Where did the First Battle of Bull Run take place?
    Manassas, Virginia
  • In 1865, the capital of the Confederacy fell to __________________ and was burned near the end of the war.
    Ulysses S. Grant
  • Virginians in the western part of the state wanted ___________________________.
    to become a separate, free state
  • Who led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?
    Nat Turner
  • What did some Southern states form after the seceded from the Union, by 1861?
    The Confederate States of America
  • What color were the Confederate uniforms?
    gray
  • Who was elected president in 1860?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • What color were the Union uniforms?
    blue
  • What do people call the secret system o escape that enslaved people used on the 1800s?
    The Underground Railroad
  • What was an ironclad ship?
    a wood ship with iron plates nailed to it
  • Confederate general ________________ played a major role in the Battle of Bull Run.
    Stonewall (Thomas) Jackson
  • What Virginia city was the capital of the Confederacy?
    Richmond
  • Who was the PResident of the United States during the Civil War?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • The Civil War ended at ___________________.
    Appomattox, VA
  • Abolitionists worked to _____________________________.
    put an end to slavery
  • ____________________ was the capital of the Confederacy.
    Richmond
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