Question 1

What was the first major clash of 
the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

The first Battle of Bull Run 
(or Manassas)

Question 2

Which Confederate General played a 
major role in the Battle of Bull Run?

Accepted Answer

Thomas "Stonewall” Jackson

Question 3

Who was the Commander of the 
Army of Northern Virginia who 
defeated Union troops at 
Fredericksburg, VA?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 4

Where was the capital of the 
Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

Richmond

Question 5

Which General captured and burned 
Richmond near the end of the war?

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 6

Lincoln used the Union ________ to 
blockade southern ports.

Accepted Answer

navy

Question 7

Which two iron-clad ships battled in 
waters near Norfolk and Hampton? 
The battle was fought to a draw.

Accepted Answer

The Monitor (Union)
The Merrimack (Confederate)

Question 8

Where did the Civil War end?

Accepted Answer

Appomattox Court House, Virginia

Question 9

Who surrendered his army to 
Ulysses S. Grant to end the 
Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Confederate General Robert E. Lee

Question 10

When did the Civil War end?

Accepted Answer

April, 1865

Question 11

Who won the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

The North – The Union

Question 12

Most white Virginians supported 
which side during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Confederacy

Question 13

The Confederacy relied on whom
to raise crops and provide labor 
for the army?

Accepted Answer

enslaved African Americans

Question 14

Some free African Americans felt 
their limited ________ could best 
be protected by supporting the 
________.

Accepted Answer

rights
Confederacy

Question 15

Which cultural group did not take 
sides during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

American Indians

Question 16

What is the period following the 
Civil War called? Congress had 
passed laws designed to help rebuild 
the country and bring the southern 
states back into the Union.

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction

Question 17

Specifically, who faced serious 
problems in rebuilding the state 
after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Virginians

Question 18

During Reconstruction, millions of 
freed African Americans needed 
what?

Accepted Answer

housing
education
clothing
food
jobs

Question 19

During Reconstruction, Virginia's 
________ was in ruins.

Accepted Answer

economy

Question 20

Give 2 economic problems Virginians
faced during Reconstruction.

Accepted Answer

1. Money had no value.
2. Banks were closed.
3. Railroads, bridges, plantations, 
and crops were destroyed.

Question 21

Name 2 measures that were taken 
during Reconstruction to resolve 
Virginia's problems.

Accepted Answer

1. Freedmen's Bureau
2. Sharecropping

Question 22

What was a government agency that 
provided food, schools, and medical 
care for freed African Americans and 
others in Virginia?

Accepted Answer

Freedmen's Bureau

Question 23

Name the system common in Virginia
after the war in which freed men and 
poor white farmers rented land from 
landowners by promising to pay the 
owners with a share of the crops.

Accepted Answer

sharecropping

Question 24

This is the separation of people, 
usually based on race or religion.

Accepted Answer

segregation

Question 25

What is the unfair difference in the 
treatment of people called?

Accepted Answer

discrimination

Question 26

During Reconstruction, who began 
to have power in Virginia's
government?

Accepted Answer

African Americans

Question 27

During Reconstruction, who had the 
right to vote?

Accepted Answer

Men of all races

Question 28

After Reconstruction, the gains made 
by African Americans were lost 
because of what laws passed by 
southern states?

Accepted Answer

Jim Crow Laws

Question 29

Jim Crow Laws legally established 
segregation, or ________ of the races,
and reinforced prejudices held by 
whites.

Accepted Answer

separation

Question 30

Name 2 ways the Jim Crow Laws 
affected the lives of African 
Americans and American Indians.

Accepted Answer

1. Unfair poll taxes and voting tests kept 
 African American men from voting.
2. African Americans found it difficult to vote or 
hold public office.

Question 31

Name 3 more ways the Jim Crow Laws 
affected the lives of African 
Americans and American Indians.

Accepted Answer

3. African Americans were forced to use separate 
drinking fountains, restrooms, and restaurants.
4. African American and white children attended
separate schools.
5. “Jim Crow” laws had an effect on American 
Indians.

Level 8

Civil War; Reconstruction

Term	Definition
What was the first major clash of the Civil War?	The first Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas)
Which Confederate General played a major role in the Battle of Bull Run?	Thomas "Stonewall” Jackson
Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia who defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg, VA?	Robert E. Lee
Where was the capital of the Confederacy?	Richmond
Which General captured and burned Richmond near the end of the war?	Ulysses S. Grant
Lincoln used the Union ________ to blockade southern ports.	navy
Which two iron-clad ships battled in waters near Norfolk and Hampton? The battle was fought to a draw.	The Monitor (Union) The Merrimack (Confederate)
Where did the Civil War end?	Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Who surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War?	Confederate General Robert E. Lee
When did the Civil War end?	April, 1865
Who won the Civil War?	The North – The Union
Most white Virginians supported which side during the Civil War?	Confederacy
The Confederacy relied on whom to raise crops and provide labor for the army?	enslaved African Americans
Some free African Americans felt their limited ________ could best be protected by supporting the ________.	rights Confederacy
Which cultural group did not take sides during the Civil War?	American Indians
What is the period following the Civil War called? Congress had passed laws designed to help rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union.	Reconstruction
Specifically, who faced serious problems in rebuilding the state after the Civil War?	Virginians
During Reconstruction, millions of freed African Americans needed what?	housing education clothing food jobs
During Reconstruction, Virginia's ________ was in ruins.	economy
Give 2 economic problems Virginians faced during Reconstruction.	1. Money had no value. 2. Banks were closed. 3. Railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed.
Name 2 measures that were taken during Reconstruction to resolve Virginia's problems.	1. Freedmen's Bureau 2. Sharecropping
What was a government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia?	Freedmen's Bureau
Name the system common in Virginia after the war in which freed men and poor white farmers rented land from landowners by promising to pay the owners with a share of the crops.	sharecropping
This is the separation of people, usually based on race or religion.	segregation
What is the unfair difference in the treatment of people called?	discrimination
During Reconstruction, who began to have power in Virginia's government?	African Americans
During Reconstruction, who had the right to vote?	Men of all races
After Reconstruction, the gains made by African Americans were lost because of what laws passed by southern states?	Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws legally established segregation, or ________ of the races, and reinforced prejudices held by whites.	separation
Name 2 ways the Jim Crow Laws affected the lives of African Americans and American Indians.	1. Unfair poll taxes and voting tests kept African American men from voting. 2. African Americans found it difficult to vote or hold public office.
Name 3 more ways the Jim Crow Laws affected the lives of African Americans and American Indians.	3. African Americans were forced to use separate drinking fountains, restrooms, and restaurants. 4. African American and white children attended separate schools. 5. “Jim Crow” laws had an effect on American Indians.

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