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| Who was elected president in 1860? | Republican Abraham Lincoln |
| Why was the Republican Party formed? | To stop the spread of slavery |
| Define abolitionists. | People who wanted to abolish slavery |
| Define secede. | to withdraw from an organization or nation |
| Define allegiance. | loyalty to a country |
| Define States' Rights | the view that if a state does not agree with a federal law, it could choose to disobey it |
| What was the raid on Harper's Ferry? | John Brown led a raid on a military post to secure weapons and free slaves. |
| What was the capitol city of the Union? | Washington, D.C. |
| What was the capitol city of the Confederacy? | Richmond, Virginia |
| What type of economy did the north have? | industrial |
| What kind of economy did the south have? | agricultural |
| What two iron clads fought in the waters near Norfolk and Hampton? | The Monitor and the Merrimack |
| Who won the battle at Fredericksburg? | General Lee and the Confederate Troops |
| What was the secret route for escaped slaves called? | Underground Railroad |
| Who surrendered to whom? | General Lee surrendered to General Grant. |
| Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia? | General Robert E. Lee |
| What did the southern states that seceded form? | Confederate States of Virginia |
| Where did the Civil War end? | Appomatox Court House, Virginia. |
| Which Confederate general played a major role in the First Battle of Bull Run? | General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson |
| Who established and supported a secret route that escaped slaves took? | Harriet Tubman |
| What did the disagreement between the eastern and western counties of Virginia lead to the creation of? | West Virginia |
| Who captured Richmond near the end of the war? | General Grant and the Union Army |
| What type of states did the southern states want new states in the west to be? | slave states |
| What was the name of the union iron clad? | Monitor |
| Who raided the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry trying to start a slave rebellion? | John Brown |
