Civil War
Who was elected president in 1860 leading to the southern states seceding from the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Bull Run
What is the name for the system where freedman and poor farmers rented land from landowners and had to pay them a share of their crops.
Sharecropping
Did Virginia cities get larger or smaller after the Civil War?
Larger
Who was a Civil War nurse who founded the Red Cross?
Clara Barton
Conflict grew between the eastern and western regions of Virginia. This led to the creation of what new state?
West Virginia
What was the capital of Virginia that was burned by General Ulysses S. Grant?
Richmond
What is the name of the federal agency that provided food, public schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia
Freedmen's Bureau
What transportation system was key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry. It helped grow small towns.
Railroads
Who was an abolitionist, political activist, and conductor on the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
For which group of people is it true that many did not take sides during the Civil War?
American Indians
Where did the Civil War end when General Robert E. Lee surrended?
Appomattox Court House
What is the name of the laws that established segregation and reinforced prejudices after the Civil War?
Jim Crow Laws
What was mined in the Appalachian Plateu?
Coal
Who was a Virginia abolitionist and spy for the Union Army?
Elizabeth Van Lew
Why did many enslaved African Americans join the Union Army?
They were hoping for freedom
Name three reasons Virginia's economy was in ruins after the Civil War.
1. money had no value
2. Banks were closed
3. Railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed
4. Businesses needed to be rebuilt
5. African Americans faced injustice, violence, and discrimination
What became an important product that Virginia imported after the war?
Tobacco
Who was an African American and Union spy?
Mary Bowser
Who was the general of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
What is the name of the two ships that fought the sea battle off the coast of Virginia?
Monitor and the Merrimack
Give one example of a Jim Crow law that was unfair to African Americans and American Indians
1. Poll taxes and voting tests
2. Difficulty voting or holding public office
3. Being forced to used separate, poorer quality services
4. Attending separate schools
Who was the first African American elected to the U.S. Congress from Virginia? He was a lawyer and abolitionist who became the president of a new black college called Virginia State University.
John Mercer Langston
Who was an African American sailor and later and Union naval captain. He was later elected to the United States House of Representatives.
Robert Smalls