Civil War Battles
Who won the Civil War?
Who helped enslaved people escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Virginians faced many problems during Reconstruction. Name 2 things African Americans and poor Whites needed.
Housing, food, clothing, jobs, medical care, education
A person who wants to get rid of slavery is called ____.
An Abolitionist
Jim Crow Laws were passed to give White Americans the right to vote.
False
Where did General Lee (South) surrender to General Grant (North)?
Appomattox Courthouse
What do you call a person who lives on the plantation and shares his crops with the landowner?
Sharecropper
Segregation and Discrimination had a major impact on the lives of African Americans. Representation in government is one thing that impacted their lives. Name another.
Housing, employment (jobs), education and healthcare
An unfair difference in the treatment of people is called _______ .
Discrimination
The capital of the Confederacy was Charlottesville, Virginia.
False. It was Richmond, Virginia!
Who won the sea battle between the Merrimack (Confederacy) and the Monitor (Union)?
Neither. It was fought to a draw (tie).
Who was president of the United States during the Civil War?
President Abraham Lincoln
During Reconstruction, Virginia's economy was in ruin. Give an example.
Money had no value, banks were closed, businesses had to be rebuilt, and railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed.
This word means "to leave" the Union.
Secede
General Ulysses S. Grant surrendered to General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse.
False. Lee surrendered to Grant.
Robert E. Lee's Northern Army defeated Union troops in this city.
Fredericksburg
This man led a raid on the US Amory Arsenal and tried to start a slave rebellion.
John Brown
Name the government agency that provided African Americans and poor Whites with food, housing, education, and medical care.
The Freedman's Bureau
The separation of people based on their race or religion is called _______.
Segregation
The North wanted new states to be slave states.
In which battle did Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson play a major role?
The Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
This man tried to start a slave revolt against White Southerners.
Nat Turner
Southern laws that were created to separate people based on race were called ____________.
Jim Crow Laws
The period following the Civil War is called _____.
Reconstruction
West Virginia separated from Virginia because of different opinions about slavery.
True