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VA and the Civil War- JW Alvey
VA and the Civil War- JW Alvey
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4th Grade
02/19/2008

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1. What was the economy of the Southern states based on?
Definition
Agriculture and it relied on slave labor.
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2. What was the economy of the Northern states based on
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Industry
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3. What is agriculture?
Definition
Growing crops and livestock
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4. What is industry?
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The commercial production and sale of goods and services.
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5. What is a free state
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A state where slavery is not allowed
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6. What is a slave state?
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A state where slavery is allowed
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7. What did the Northern states want new states to become?
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Free states
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8. What did the Southern states want the new states to become?
Definition
Slave states
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9. Where were the new states coming from?
Definition
The were being created out of the western territories
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10. What conflicts developed between the northern and southern states in the years following the American Revolution and led to the Civil War?
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"* The North was industrialized and the South was agricultural and depended on slaves. *North wanted the new states to be ""free states"" and the south wanted them to be ""slave states""."
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11. What did Nat Turner do?
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He led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia
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12. What did abolitionists do?
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They campaigned to end slaver
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13. What did Harriet Tubman do?
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She established a route that escaped slaves took?
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14. What was the route that Harriett Tubman established called?
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The Underground Railroad
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15. What did John Brown do?
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"He led a raid in the United States Armory (Arsenal) at Harpers Ferry, Virginia."
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16. What is an Armory
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A place where ammunition is stored.
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17. Why did John Brown lead a raid on the Armory at Harpers Ferry?
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He was trying to start a slave rebellion
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18. What happened to John Brown?
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He was captured and hanged
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19. When did Abraham Lincoln become President of the United States?
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1860
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20. What happened when Lincoln was elected president?
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"Several southern states seceded, then other southern states joined them."
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21. What did the southern states form?
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The Confederate States of America.
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22. What did Virginia do when the southern states seceded?
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They joined the Confederate United States of America.
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23. What did the eastern and western counties of Virginia disagree about?
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The eastern counties favored slavery and the western counties favored the abolition of slavery.
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24. What happened because of the disagreement between the eastern and western counties of Virginia?
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The western counties broke away and formed West Virginia?
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25. What was the first major clash/ battle of the Civil War?
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The first Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas)
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26. Who played a major role in the first Battle of Bull?
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"Confederate General Thomas ""Stonewall"" Jackson?"
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27. Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
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General Robert E. Lee
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28. Where did General Robert E. Lee defeat the Union troops.
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"Fredericksburg, Virginia"
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29. Where was the capital of the Confederacy
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"Richmond, Virginia"
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30. Who did Richmond fall to near the end of the Civil War?
Definition
General Ulysses S. Grant
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31. What happened to Richmond near the end of the Civil War?
Definition
It was burned.
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32. What is a blockade?
Definition
"The closing off of a city, coast or harbor to communications and supplies by ship from the opposing side"
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33. What did Lincoln do to try to keep the southern ports from getting supplies?
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He used the Union Navy to make a blockade.
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34. What was the Monitor?
Definition
It was a Union iron-clad ship.
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35. What was Merrimack?
Definition
It was a Confederate iron-clad ship
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36. Where did the Monitor and the Merrimack fight?
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In Virginia waters off the coast of Hampton and Norfolk?
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37. Who won between the Monitor and the Merrimack?
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It was a draw.
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38. Where did the Civil War end?
Definition
At Appomattox Court House in Virginia
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39. When did the Civil War end?
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April 1865
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40 How did the Civil War end?
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General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant.
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