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What year did the Civil War between the North and the South begin?
1861
Who led a revolt against slavery in VA?
Nat Turner
When did the Civil War begin?
When the Confederacy was formed and VA seceded and joined them.
What did President Lincoln use to block the southern ports?
used the Untion navy as a blockade
Where did the Civil War end?
Appomattox Court House, VA
Who won the war and what year?
North, 1865
Who was Harriet Tubman?
-abolitionist and political activist
-supported the Underground Railroad
Why was West VA formed?
The East relied on slavery, and the West did not favor slavery.
What two ironclad ships fought in VA waters? Who won?
Monitor (Union) and Merrimack (Confederacy)
It was a tie.
Who surrendered his army to the Union General Ulysses S Grant?
General Robert E Lee
Why were the lives in the North and the South different?
Southerners strongly believed in slavery
There were cultural, economic, and constitutional differences
What was the Underground Railroad?
Secret routes that enslaved African Americans used to escape to freedom in the North
This was the first major clash if the Civil War and was a Confederate victory
First Battle of Bull Run
Capital of the Confederacy
Richmond VA
What year did the Civil War end?
1865
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
A law that allowed people to capture enslaved African Americans who had escaped and returned to the places they fled.
Who was John Brown?
He led a raid on the US Armory to try to start a slave rebellion, but was hanged
Who played a major role in the First Battle of Bull Run?
Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
How did the Confederates stop the Union from getting to their war supplies?
Who was Clara Barton?
Nurse in the war
later created American Red Cross
Define abolitionist
People who worked to end slavery
What is seceded?
Who seceded from the Union?
-broke away
-Some southern states broke away after Abe Lincoln was elected president of US
Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern VA, and who defeated the troops?
General Robert E Lee
Ulysses S Grant
Who was Mary Bowser?
African American spy for the Union