Why the War Started
This document was written by Abraham Lincoln and gave freedom to enslaved people in the Southern states.
The Emancipation Proclamation.
Define the word abolitionist.
Someone who is trying to abolish (get rid of) slavery.
Provide a reason for why West Virginia seceded from Virginia in 1863.
Slavery, Laws, Taxes
This president was elected in 1860 and caused fear among some southern states that he would abolish slavery.
Abraham Lincoln
This abolitionist led a raid on the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in his effort to start a slave rebellion.
John Brown
This Virginian city was the capital of the Confederacy.
Richmond
This side during the Civil War had a more agricultural economy and relied on slave labor. They wanted new states to become "slave states".
The South (Confederacy)
This abolitionist led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia.
Nat Turner
This was the result of the battle between the Merrimack and Monitor (two iron-clad ships), which took place in Virginia waters near Norfolk and Hampton.
A draw (tie)
This side during the Civil War had a more industrialized economy and wanted new states to join as "free states".
The North (Union)
This abolitionist supported a secret route that escaped enslaved African Americans took, called the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
The Civil War ended at ________________________, where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in April, 1865.
Appomattox Court House
Southern States that seceded from the Union formed their own country called ______________.
The Confederate States of America
Name two ways in which enslaved people could resist against their enslavers.
Revolt, escape, breaking tools, leading other enslaved people to freedom, creation of maroon colonies, African culture, physical confrontation with enslaver, religion, cooking, family, faking illness, learning to read, teaching other enslaved people to read, arson, music and dance, slowing the pace of work, gathering with other enslaved people
This Confederate General helped defeat the Union at the First Battle of Bull Run (the first major clash of the Civil War).
General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson