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Where did R. E. Lee surrender to Grant on April 9, 1865? | Appomattox Court House |
A civil war is _____. | a war between the poeple of the same country |
What did the southern states do when they seceded from the Union? | Formed the Confederate States of America |
What were the groups of people called that campaigned against slavery? | abolitionists |
Why did the eastern part of Virginia rely on slave labor? | they were more agricultural than the west and needed more labor to help on the plantations |
What was the secret excapte route used by slaves to escape to the north called? | the Underground Railroad |
General Robert E. Lee defeated Union troops at _____. | Fredericksburg, Virginia |
Where did the most important sea battle of the Civil War take place? | near Norfold and Hampton |
The capital of the Confederacy was? | Richmond, Virginia |
Where was the first battle of the Civil War fought? | Manassas, Virginia |
What were three Civil War issues? | 1 - states rights, 2 - slavery, 3 - preservation of the Union |
What was the first battle between ironclad ships during the Civil War? | the Monitor vs. the Merrimack |
What state was founded as a result of the difference in feeling about slavery among Virginians? | West Virginia |
What statement did the Emancipation Proclamation make? | All slaves in Confederate States were free. |
Who played a major role in the Battle of Bull Run Creek? | Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson |
Who accepted the command of the Confederate Army? | Robert E. Lee |
The civil war began in what year? | 1861 |
Who established the Underground Railroad and was called a "conductor"? | Harriet Tubman |
Who was the abolitionist t?at led a raid on Harper's Ferry? | John Brown |
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America? | Jefferson Davis |
Who was the president of the U.S. during the Civil War? | Abraham Lincoln |
Who led the slave revolt agianst plantation owners in 1831? | Nat Turner |