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When the early settlers of VA migrated west, which two geographical features did they have to cross?
Cumberland Gap and Appalachian Mountains
Who led a revolt against plantation owners?
Nat Turner
Railroads helped turn small towns into-
cities
Give an example of segregation?
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Who was the president of the US during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What group of people campaigned to end slavery?
abolitionists
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
Appomattox Court House
Segregation was a result of..
Jim Crow Laws
What did Harriet Tubman do?
Used the underground railroad to free slaves
What was the cause of unfair poll taxes?
Jim Crow Laws
What machine increased cotton production in the deep south?
cotton gin
What is "stonewall" Jackson known for?
playing a major role in the first battle of Bull Run
A Freedmens Bureau is-
An agency that provided education and other services to newly freed African Americans
Which side was the army of Northern Virginia fighting?
Confederate
Which group relied on enslaved African Americans to raise crops?
Confederacy
Who wrote the VA Declaration of Rights?
George Mason
Who led a raid at Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
What influenced Virginians to migrate west after the American Revolution?
Tobacco farming took many nutrients from the soil so they had to move west to find places to grow crops.
The Monitor and Merrimack battled in the waters off the coast of-
Norfolk
Sharecropping was a system where-
rented land and promised to pay landowners with crops
What is James Madison best known for?
He helped delegates compromise and reach agreements during the writing of the Constitution
Where did Robert E Lee defeat Union troops?
Fredericksburg
What year did General Robert E. Lees surrender?
April 1865
Explain what each of the following did:
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
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Describe the North vs the South
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