The Road to War
This was the main economic disagreement between the North and the South.
What is slavery?
This was the name of the new country formed by the southern states.
What is the Confederacy (Confederate States of America)?
He was the General of the Army of Northern Virginia who eventually surrendered.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This was the first major battle of the Civil War, fought in Virginia.
What is the Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run)?
These were the names of the two "Ironclad" ships that fought to a draw in Virginia waters
What are the Monitor and the Merrimack (Virginia)
He led a raid on the United States Armory at Harper’s Ferry to try to start a slave rebellion.
Who is John Brown?
This state was formed because the western counties of Virginia did not favor slavery.
What is West Virginia?
He was the President of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The Civil War ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at this location
What is Appomattox Court House?
Many of these people fled to the Union army for help and to fight for their freedom.
Who are enslaved African Americans?
After this man was elected President in 1860, many southern states seceded from the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Most white Virginians supported the Confederacy because they believed they had freely joined the Union and could do this.
What is leave it (States' Rights)?
This Union General captured Richmond and defeated Robert E. Lee.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee defeated Union troops here in December 1862.
What is the Battle of Fredericksburg?
Some of these people joined the Union Army and Navy, while others stayed to protect their homes.
Who are free African Americans?
This is the term for when states leave the Union to form their own country.
What is secession?
The North wanted the new states being added to the U.S. to be "this," meaning no slavery allowed.
What is Free States?
He earned his famous nickname at the Battle of First Bull Run (Manassas).
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
This city was burned by the retreating Confederate army near the end of the war.
What is Richmond?
Most of these people did not take sides during the Civil War.
Who are American Indians?
The Northern economy was based on industry, while the Southern economy relied on this.
What is agriculture (or farming)?
This city served as the capital of the Confederacy for most of the war.
What is Richmond?
This President wrote the Emancipation Proclamation to free enslaved people in the South.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This type of naval battle took place near Norfolk and Hampton and changed naval warfare forever.
What is an Ironclad battle?
The Battle of the Ironclads took place in this body of water near Hampton and Norfolk
What is Hampton Roads?