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| In what year did Abraham Lincoln become President of the United States? | 1860 |
| Who tried to start a slave rebellion by leading a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at Harper’s Ferry? | John Brown |
| Who established a secret route that escaped enslaved African Americans took known as the “Underground Railroad”? | Harriet Tubman |
| Which group worked to end slavery? | Abolitionists |
| What did Virginia do after Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States? | Seceded from the Union and joined other southern states. |
| Southern states, including Virginia, seceded from the Union to form the — | Confederate States of America. |
| Who surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House? | General Robert E. Lee |
| Where did the important sea battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack take place? | Virginia waters between Norfolk and Hampton |
| What was the outcome of the important sea battle between the iron-clad ships? | It was fought to a draw |
| How did Lincoln use the Union Navy during the Civil War? | To blockade southern ports |
| Which city was burned to the ground near the end of the Civil War and fell to Ulysses S. Grant? | Richmond, Virginia |
| What is the date of the end of the Civil War? | April 1865 |
| Who defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg, Virginia? | General Robert E. Lee |
| Where did the Civil War end? | Appomattox Court House |
| Who was commander of the Army of Northern Virginia? | General Robert E. Lee |
| What was the capital of the Confederacy? | Richmond, Virginia |
| Which counties of Virginia did not favor slavery? | Western counties |
| Which Virginian played a major role in the first Battle of Bull Run? | General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson |
| Virginians were divided about secession from the Union, which led to the creation of— | West Virginia |
| Which battle was the first major clash of the Civil War and was fought in Virginia? | Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas) |
| A conflict that led to the Civil War was that northern states wanted the new states created out of the Western territory to be “free states” while the southern states wanted the new states to be— | “Slave states” |
| What economic difference developed between the North and the South after the American Revolution and led to the Civil War? | The economy in the northern states was industrialized, while southern states were agricultural and relied more on slave labor. |
| Most white Virginians supported the ⎯ | Confederacy |
| Who did the Confederacy rely on to raise crops and provide labor for the army? | Enslaved African Americans |
| Some free African Americans felt their limited rights could best be protected by supporting the — | Confederacy |
| How were American Indians affected by the Civil War? | Most American Indians did not take sides during the Civil War. |
