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Race test 7

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Name the secret route that escaped slaves took.   Underground Railroad  
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Who campaigned to end slavery?   Abolitionist  
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After Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States in 1860, some southern states seceded from the __________.   Union  
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Who established a secret route that escaped slaves took? It became known as the "Underground Railroad."   Harriet Tubman  
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Since Virginians were divided about secession from the Union this led to the creation of what?   West Virginia  
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Who led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at Harper's Ferry, Virginia? He was trying to start a slave rebellion. He was captured and hanged.   John Brown  
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Virginia seceded from the Union along with other southern states and they formed what?   The Confederate States of America  
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Which states were known as the Union?   The northern states  
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Which Confederate General played a major role in the Battle of Bull Run?   Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson  
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Conflict grew between the ______ counties of Virginia that relied on slavery and ________ counties that favored abolition of slavery. The disagreement between the two regions of the state led to the formation of West Virginia.   Eastern, Western  
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Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia who defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg, VA?   General Robert E. Lee  
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Virginia played a significant role in the Civil War and became a major battleground between ________ and ________ troops.   Union, Confederate  
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Which states were known as the confederacy?   The Southern States  
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What was the first battle of the Civil War?   The Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas)  
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Where was the capital of the Confederacy?   Richmond  
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Lincoln used the Union ______ to blockade southern ports   Navy  
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When did the Civil War end?   April, 1865  
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Which two iron-clad ships battled in the waters near Norfolk and Hampton? The battle was fought to a draw.   The Monitor (Union) and the Merrimack (Confederate)  
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Who won the Civil War?   The North - The Union  
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Where did the Civil War end?   Appomattox Court House, Virginia  
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Which General captured and burned Richmond near the end of the war?   General Ulysses S. Grant  
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Who surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War?   Confederate General Robert E. Lee  
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What is the period following the Civil War called? The congress had passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union.   Reconstruction  
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During Reconstruction millions of slaves needed what?   Housing, clothing, food, jobs  
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What was a government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for freed slaves and others in Virginia and the rest of the south?   Freedmen's Bureau  
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During Reconstruction Virginia's ___________ was in ruins.   Economy  
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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 owner with a share of the crop.   Sharecropping  
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Give two economic problems Virginia faced during Reconstruction.   Money had no value, banks were closed, and railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed.  
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Specifically who faced serious problems in rebuilding the state after the war?   Virginians  
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Name two measures that were taken during Reconstruction to resolve Virginia's problems.   Freedmen's Bureau Sharecropping  
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Who led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?   Nat Turner  
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