Who was a former slave that helped over 300 other slaves escape to freedom in the North?
100
The Battle of Manassas
What was the first major battle of the Civil War called?
100
industrialized with factories
What was the economy like in the northern part of the United States before the Civil war?
100
whites
Which group of people in Virginia mostly supported the Confederacy?
100
the Underground Railroad
What was the name of the secret escape route that slaves took to freedom?
200
Nat Turner
Who led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?
200
Fredericksburg
What major battle in Virginia did Robert E. Lee defeat Union troops?
200
agriculture
The southern states economy depended on what as the primary source of wealth?
200
neither, they were neutral
Which side did most Native Americans take during the Civil War?
200
The Confederate States of America
What did the southern states that left the Union (seceded) call themselves?
300
John Brown
Who led a raid on a federal armory building in Harper's Ferry?
300
Monitor -vs- Merrimac
What were the names of the two ships involved in the Battle of the Ironclads?
300
Northern states wanted new states to be "free" states and southern wanted them to be "slave"states
Describe the dissagreement between northern and southern states over any new states that were going to be added.
300
enslaved African Americans
Which group of people were given the job of raising crops and providing labor for the Confederate Army?
300
abolitionists, tried to end slavery, captured and hung
Name two things that John Brown and Nat Turner had in common.
400
Thomas Jackson, Stonewall
Who earned his nickname at the battle of Bull Run, and what was he called from then on?
400
It was burned and captured by the union
What eventually happened to the city of Richmond near the end of the war?
400
slave labor
What did the southern states economy depend on that the northern states economy didn't?
400
They thought it was the best way to protect their limited rights
Why did some free African Americans support the Confederacy?
400
West Virginia
Conflict in Virginia between eastern counties who favored slavery and western counties that were against slavery led to the formation of what state?
500
Robert E. Lee
Who was the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?
500
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Where did the Civil War end with the surrender of Lee's army to U.S. Grant?
500
state's rights
The idea that each state should be able to decide important issues for itself instead of the federal government doing so is known as what?
500
women
Which group of people supported the war effort on both sides by taking care of family farms, raising children, gathering supplies, and nursing the wounded soldiers?
500
1861-1865
What year did the Civil War begin and what year did it end?