VS 6- A New Nation
Who was known as the "Father of Our Country?"
George Washington
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What was the main issue the north and south could not agree on?
slavery
The Battle of the Ironclads took place off the coast of _____________________.
Norfolk
What does the word reconstruction mean?
rebuilding
Who was known as the "Father of the Constitution?"
James Madison
Besides the Declaration of Independence, what other important document did Thomas Jefferson write?
The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
Who led a revolt against plantation owners?
Nat Turner
Who led a raid at Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
What is discrimination?
Unfair treatment of a person or group of people
Who was very skilled at compromise and getting people to come to a mutual agreement?
James Madison
Settlers migrating west to new lands crossed the Appalachian Mountains through the ______________.
Cumberland Gap
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
Appomattox Court House
This was an agency that helped newly freed African Americans by providing them with food, housing, and education.
Freedman's Bureau
The conflict between the eastern and western counties of Virginia over slavery led to the creation of ______________________________.
West Virginia
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
George Mason
What did the cotton gin do?
separated the cotton seeds from the fibers
Who was President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Give an example of segregation.
What is sharecropping?
A system common after the Civil War in which freedmen and poor whites rented land from landowners and promised to pay with a share of the crops.
The Virginia Declaration of Rights states that all Virginians have many rights including freedom of ______________ and freedom of the ___________.
religion, press
Which machine made it easier to harvest grain (wheat) much faster than doing it by hand?
Mechanical Reaper
When did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
The Battle of Bull Run
What was the main cause of unfair poll taxes and voting tests?
Jim Crow Laws