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Civil War

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