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