Roles of People
True or False: Groups of people (Free African Americans, white Virginians, etc.) experienced the Civil War in different ways.
True.
An abolitionist is someone who is against __________.
Slavery
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the ______________.
United States (Union)
True or False: The SOUTH had an industrial economy with a lot of factories.
False.
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
This group of people stayed neutral, did not choose sides, during the war.
Native Americans.
____________ was a conductor on the Underground Railroad who helped other enslaved people escape to the North.
Harriet Tubman
This man stood like a "Stonewall" at the first VA Battle of Bull Run which led to a Confederate victory.
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
_____________, the 35th state, was created because they disagreed with Eastern VA over slavery. This new state fought for the North.
West Virginia
What was the name of the first major clash of the Civil War in VA?
The Battle of Bull Run
Enslaved African Americans were forced to raise and grow crops in the South as well as fight for them. So, they fled to the North to find __________.
Freedom
_______________ led a revolt against white plantation owners and slavery in Virginia.
Nat Turner
The first and only president of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
Southern states wanted new states to be ________ states, where slavery was legal.
Slave
What were the capitals of the United States and the Confederacy?
USA = Washington, D.C.
Confederacy = Richmond, VA
Most white Virginians supported the ____________.
Confederacy (South)
This 16th president of the United States passed the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery.
Abraham Lincoln
This general of the Confederate troops defeated the Union Army at the battle of Fredericksburg. He was also the most important leader of the Confederate Army.
Robert E. Lee
Northern states wanted new states to be ______ states, where slavery was illegal.
Free
What were the names of the two ironclad ships that fought near Hampton Roads and Norfolk? This battle ended in a draw.
Monitor and Merrimack
Free African Americans fought for the _________ Army and Navy.
Union (North)
John Brown led a raid at _____________, an armory, to steal weapons and start a slave rebellion.
Harper's Ferry
Robert E. Lee (Southern general) surrendered to ___________ (Northern general) at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
The North and the South could not resolve their differences over slavery, so the South __________, or separated from the North.
What did the Confederates do to Richmond when it fell to Ulysses S. Grant?
They burned it so that the Union Army would not get their weapons and supplies.