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Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What word is a synonym for separate or break apart? | secede |
| Whose economy depended on factories and industries? | the North |
| Who had almost triple the population? North or South | the North |
| Whose economy depended on agriculture or farming? | the South |
| Who tried to revolt against the plantation owners? | Nat Turner |
| Where did Virginians cross the Appalachian Mountains? | the Cumberland Gap |
| After the American Revolution where did Virginians move? | further south and into western territories |
| A person who wants to do away with slavery is called? | an Abolitionist |
| Who led a raid on the Armory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia? | John Brown |
| Who supported a secret route that escaped enslaved Africans took? | Harriet Tubman |
| What was the secret passage route that escaped enslaved Africans took? | the Underground Railroad |
| What was the Southern army called? | Confederates |
| What was the Northern army called? | Union |
| What was the first battle of the Civil War? | The Battle at Bull Run (Manassas) |
| What were the names of the two iron clad ships that fought against each other near Norfolk and Hampton? | Union ship - Monitor Confederate ship - Merrimack |
| Who won the famous water battle that took place in Virginia? | no one it was a draw |
| Who was the military leader of the Confederacy? | Robert E. Lee |
| Where was the battle that Robert E. Lee led the Confederate troops to victory over the Union troops? | Fredricksburg, Virginia |
| Who was the military leader of the Union army? | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War? | Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860 |
| What was the capital city of the Confederacy? | Richmond |
| What was formed when the eastern and western counties of Virginia disagreed about slavery? | West Virginia |
| Who was the confederate general who fought in the Battle of Bull Run? | Thomas 'Stonewall" Jackson |
| When did the the Civil War end? | April 9, 1865 |
| Where did the Civil War end? | at the Appomattox Court House, Virginia |
| How did the Civil War end? | General Robert E. Lee (Confederate) surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant (Union) |
| What role did the enslaved African Americans play during the Civil War? | They grew crops and provided labor for the army. |
| What was the new country that the south created when the seceded? | The Confederate States of America |
| Who was the president of the Confederacy? | Jefferson Davis |
| What years was the civil war fought? | 1861 to 1865 |
| What document did President Lincoln write stating that all the slaves in the Confederacy were free? | the Emancipation Proclamation |
| What is a civil war? | a war fought between people of the same country |
| What is a revolutionary war? | a war fought to make a change in government |
| What does to secede mean? | to separate or break apart |
| When Virginians moved to the West and South what did they take with them? | traditions, ideas and cultures |
| What group of people remained neutral, or did not take sides during the Civil War? | American Indians |
| What crop was very hard on the soil and was one reason Virginians moved to the West and South? | tobacco |
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