VS.7 Review

Sarah Duncan, Portsmouth Public Schools

Social Studies Instructional Specialist

Key Vocabulary

Abolitionist

person who wanted to end slavery

Free State

state that did not allow slavery

Slave State

state that allowed slavery

Secede

to leave the Union

Union

the Northern States

Confederacy

The states that seceded from the Union

(South)

Civil War

A war fought between two parts of the

same country

Key Vocabulary

What’s the difference between

North and South?

North

• Industrial Economy ~ people went to work in

factories and businesses

• Wanted new states in the west to become free

states and not allow slavery

South

• Agricultural Economy ~ depended on slave labor to work on the farms and plantations

• Wanted new states in the west to become slave states and allow slavery

Events that led to secession

and war

• Nat Turner

– Led a revolt against

plantation owners in

Virginia

– This revolt happened in

August of 1831

To Read more about the event, click here:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p1518.html

Events that led to secession

and war

• Harriet Tubman

– Established a secret route

that escaped slaves took

– It became known as the

Underground Railroad

To read more about the Underground Railroad, click

here:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2944.html

Events that led to secession

and war

• John Brown led a raid

on the United States

Armory at Harper’s

Ferry, Virginia.

• He was trying to start a

slave rebellion.

• He was captured and

hanged.

The armory at Harper’s Ferry

Events that led to secession

and war

• After the election of

Lincoln in 1860,

several southern

states seceded to

the form the

Confederate States

of America

Major Events of the Civil War• The First Battle of Bull

Run/Manassas

• First Major clash of

the Civil War

• Stonewall Jackson

played a major role in

the battle and earned

his nickname here.

July 1861

• Monitor vs. Merrimack

• Two iron clad ships battled in the

waters of Hampton Roads

• The battle ended in a draw

Major Events of the Civil War

March 9, 1862

Major Events of the Civil War• The Army of Northern Virginia,

commanded by Robert E. Lee, defeated

Union troops at Fredericksburg

December 11-15, 1862

The Creation of West Virginia

• Happened during the Civil War, 1863

• Conflict grew between the eastern

counties of Virginia that relied on

slavery and the western counties that

favored the abolition of slavery

Major Events of the Civil War• Richmond was burned near the end of

the Civil War as it was captured (or fell)

to General Ulysses S. Grant

March/April 1865

Major Events of the Civil War• The Civil War ended at Appomattox

Courthouse on April 9, 1865

People of the Civil War

• General Robert E. Lee

– Confederate General, surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War

People of the Civil War

• Abraham Lincoln

– President of the United States (North) during

the Civil War

• Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

– Confederate general who played an important role at the Battle of Manassas

People of the Civil War

People of the Civil War

• General Ulysses S. Grant

– General for the North during the Civil War

– Accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox

– Later became President of the United States

Nat Turner’s slave

rebellion in

Southhampton Co, Va.

John

Brown’s

Raid on the

Arsenal

Manassas/Bull Run

Fredericksburg

Monitor vs.

Merrimack

Richmond

Appomattox, VA

Most white Virginians supported the Confederacy.

The Confederacy relied on enslaved African Americans to raise crops and provide labor for the Army.

Some free African Americans felt their limited rights could best be protected by supporting the Confederacy.

Most American Indians did not take sides during the war (neutral).

Who led a slave revolt against

plantation owners in Virginia?

AHarriet Tubman

BNat Turner

CJohn Brown

DRobert E. Lee

2. Who participated in a secret route that

escaped slaves took known as the

“Underground Railroad”?

A. Harriet Tubman

B. Nat Turner

C. John Brown

D. Robert E. Lee

3. Who led a raid on the United States

Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia

trying to start a slave rebellion?

A. Harriet Tubman

B. Nat Turner

C. John Brown

D. Robert E. Lee

4. During the 1820s, what did northern

states want new states created out of

the western territory to be?

A. new states

B. slave states

C. free states

D. old states

5. Who became President of the United

States in 1860, after some southern

states including Virginia, seceded

from the Union?

A. Jefferson Davis

B. Abraham Lincoln

C. Robert E. Lee

D. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

6. Which state was formed when conflict

grew between the eastern counties

that relied on slave labor and the

western counties that favored the

abolition of slavery?

A. North Carolina

B. Tennessee

C. West Virginia

D. Maryland

7. Where did Confederate General

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson play a

major role?

A. Fredericksburg

B. Bull Run (or Manassas)

C. Norfolk

D. Hampton

8. What was the capital of the

Confederacy?

A. Washington, D.C.

B. Petersburg

C. Manassas

D. Richmond

9. Where did the battle of two ironclad

ships take place in Virginia’s waters?

A. Hampton Roads

B. Potomac River

C. New River

D. Rappahannock River

10. Who was the Commander of the

Army of Northern Virginia and

defeated Union troops at

Fredericksburg, Virginia?

A. Ulysses S. Grant

B. Abraham Lincoln

C. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

D. Robert E. Lee

11. Where did Robert E. Lee surrender

to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865?

A. Washington, D.C.

B. Manassas, Virginia

C. Appomattox Court House, Virginia

D. Richmond, Virginia

12.What city was burned at the end of the

Civil War?

A. Washington

B. Norfolk

C. Richmond

D. Alexandria

13. Why did some Free African

Americans support the Confederacy?

A. They wanted to provide crops and labor

to the Army.

B. They felt their rights would be protected.

C. They wanted to have more rights.

D. They did not believe in the ideas of the

South