Economy/Abolitionists
The economy of the North relied on ___________ for a living.
What is industry? (factories and businesses)
Which side relied on slaves to raise crops and provide labor for the army?
Who are the Confederates?
This person was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This new state was formed during the Civil War.
What is West Virginia?
Who was the Union general from Virginia who planned the “Anaconda Plan” to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River?
A. Winfield Scott
B. Powhatan Beaty
C. William Harvey Carney
Who was Winfield Scott? (Think of "S" for Scott and "S" for Snake/Anaconda)
The economy of the South relied on ______________ for a living.
What is agriculture?
The eastern counties of Virginia relied on slaves to work the plantations. The western counties of Virginia did not favor it. What happened because the counties of Virginia could not agree?
The new state of West Virginia was formed.
Who played a major roll in the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
This was the last battle of the Civil War.
What was the Battle of Appomattox Court House, VA?
These people served as scouts, trackers, fighters, and sometimes nurses or messengers for both sides.
Who are the Indigenous People?
________ was a formerly enslaved African American Union soldier who escaped to freedom and joined the Union Army’s United States Colored Troops. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery in battle.
A. Winfield Scott
B. Powhatan Beaty
C. William Harvey Carney
Who was Powhatan Beaty?
A person who campaigns to end slavery is called a/an______________.
What is an abolitionist?
Who was Harriet Tubman?
This person was the general of the Union troops.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This side won the 1st Battle of Bull Run and the Battle of Fredericksburg.
What was the Confederacy?
This famous battle involved two iron-clad ships. This Union ship was called the _______________. The Confederate ship was the _________________. Who won?
________ was born a slave in Norfolk, Virginia. Fought for the Union and was the first African American to earn the Medal of Honor for protecting the U.S. flag.
A. Winfield Scott
B. Powhatan Beaty
C. William Harvey Carney
Who was William Harvey Carney? (Think of the "H" in Harvey and the "H" in Honor...he was the 1st to earn the medal of honor.)
The north wanted the new states to be ______states. The south wanted the new states to be ____________ states.
What is free and slave?
This was the capital of the Confederacy. It fell to General Ulysses S. Grant and was burned near the end of the war.
What is Richmond?
This person's famous battle was when he defeated the Union troops at Fredericksburg.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This side won the Civil War.
What is the Union (United States)?
These are the two major reasons that led to the Civil War?
What are slavery and states' rights?
Three men (Shepard Mallory, James Townsend, and Frank Baker) refused and escaped to Fort _________ for their freedom. This was a Union fort.
What is Fort Monroe?
This person led a raid on the US Armory (Arsenal) at Harpers Ferry, VA to start a slave rebellion. He was captured and hanged.
Who was John Brown?
The battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack was fought near these two cities.
What is Norfolk and Hampton?
This person was president of the states that seceded. (The Confederate States of America).
Who was Jefferson Davis?
The Civil War ended on this date.
What is April, 1865?
This group of people had limited rights. Some joined the Union Army and Union Navy..
Who were the free African Americans?
The ____________ Decision, led to tens of thousands of escaped slaves to seek freedom with the Union Army. This also allowed escaped slaves to remain in the North.
What is the Contraband Decision?
This person started a slave rebellion against plantation owners.
Who was Nat Turner?
The southern states became known as ______________.
What are the Confederate States of America?
This person was elected as the Union president in 1860.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This general surrendered ending the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
What group of people supported the Confederacy?
Who were the white Virginians?
Congress authorized the federal government to seize property (EVEN SLAVES) belonging to Confederates and declare enslaved people who supported the rebellion as free. What was this act called?
What is the Confiscation Acts?
____________was a Richmond abolitionist who helped Union soldiers as a spy, passing secret messages and information to the Union Army. Her family owned slaves.
Who was Elizabeth Van Lew?
___________was an African American spy who worked inside the Confederate White House, passing secret information to the Union. She was freed by Elizabeth Van Lew and worked as a spy under her.
Who was Mary Bowser?
This state was the site of more Civil War battles than any other state.
What is Virginia?