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The North and South had economic differences. They were unable to resolve their conflicts and the South did what from the United States? | seceded |
What was the economy in the northern part of the United States like? | industrialized |
What was the economy in the Southern states like? | agricultural;relying on slave labor |
Which states wanted the new states created out of the western territory to be "free states"? | Northern |
Which states wanted the new states to be "slave states"? | Southern |
Since Virginians were divided about secession from the Union this led to the creation of what? | West Virginia |
Who led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia? | Nat Turner |
Who campaigned to end slavery? | abolitionists |
Who established a secret route that escaped slaves took? It became known as the "Underground Railroad". | Harriet Tubman |
Who led a raid on the United States Armory(Arsenal) at Harpers Ferry, Va.?He was trying to start a slave rebellion and he was hanged. | Nat Turner |
Name the secret route that escaped slaves took. | Underground Railroad |
After Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States in 1860, some southern states seceded from the ___. | Union |
What is the period following the Civil War called? The Congress had passed laws designed to rebuild the country. | Reconstruction |
Specifically who faced serious problems in rebuilding the state after the war? | Virginian |
During Reconstruction millions of slaves needed what? | housing,food,clothing,jobs |
During Reconstruction Virgnia's ___ was in ruins. | economy |
Give two economic problems Virginia faced during Reconstruction. | money had no value, banks were closed |
Name two measures that were taken during Reconstruction to resolve Virginia's problems. | Freedman's Bureau, Sharecropping |
What was a government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for freed slaves and others in Virginia and the rest of the South? | Freedman's Bureau |
Name the system common in Virginia after the war in which freed men and poor white farmers rented land from landowners by promising to pay the owner with a share of the crop. | sharecropping |
What was the capital of the Confederacy? | Richmond |
Which General captured Richmond near the end of the war? | General Ulysses S. Grant |
Lincoln used the Union ___ to blockade southern ports. | navy |
Which two iron-clad ships battled in the waters near Norfolk and Hampton? The battle was fought to a draw. | Monitor(Union) & Merrimack(Confederate) |
Where did the Civil War end? | Appomattox Court House, Virginia |
Who surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War? | Confederate General Robert E. Lee |
When did the Civil War end? | April, 1865 |
Who won the Civil War? | The North - The Union |
Virginia seceded from the Union along with other southern states and they formed what? | The Confederate States of America |
Which states were known a the Confederacy? | The Southern States |
Which states were known as the Union? | The Northern States |
Conflict grew between the ___ counties of Virginia that relied on slavery and ___ counties that favored abolition of slavery. The disagreement between the two regions of the state led to the formation of West Virginia. | eastern, western |
Virginia played a significant role in the Civil War and became a major battleground between ___ and ___ troops. | Union, Confederate |
What was the first battle of the Civil War? | Battle of Bull Run(Manassas) |
Which Confederate General played a major role in the Battle of Bull Run? | Thomas Stonewall Jackson |
Who was Commander of the Army of Northern Virgnia who defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg, Va.? | General Robert E. Lee |