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Civil War

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  • Q1
    In the years following the Revolutionary War, the economy in the northern part of the US was based on...
    industries
    tobacco farming
    trading
    agriculutre
    30s
  • Q2
    In the years following the Revolutionary War, the economy in the southern part of the US was based on...
    agriculture
    industries
    textiles
    coal mining
    30s
  • Q3
    Why was West VA formed?
    Some Virginians thought VA was too crowded
    Some Virginians did not want to grow tobacco
    Some Virginians wanted a place to mine coal
    Some Virginians did not like slavery
    30s
  • Q4
    In the years before the Civil War, the western territories of the US were becoming states. What part of the country wanted them to become free states?
    the south
    the north
    the west
    the east
    30s
  • Q5
    In the years before the Civil War, the western territories in the US were becoming states. What part of the country wanted them to become slave states?
    the east
    the west
    the north
    the south
    30s
  • Q6
    Why did the southern states secede from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected?
    the south did not want to become industrialized like the North
    Abraham Lincoln wanted the new states to be free states
    the South worried that growing tobacco would no longer be allowed
    Abraham Lincoln wanted slavery to be legal in the southern states
    30s
  • Q7
    After secession, the southern states were called...
    The United States of America
    The Confederate States of America
    The Union
    The United Colonies of the Confederacy
    30s
  • Q8
    Who was an enslavd African American who recently led a revolt against several plantation owners?
    James Lafayette
    John Brown
    Nat Turner
    Nat Turner
    30s
  • Q9
    What group of people campaigned to end slavery?
    abolitionists
    loyalists
    plantation owners
    patriots
    30s
  • Q10
    Who was responsible for leading enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad?
    John Brown
    Abraham Lincoln
    Nat Turner
    Harriet Tubman
    30s
  • Q11
    At what battle of the Civil War did Thomas Stonewall Jackson earn his nickname?
    Battle of Gettysburg
    Battle of Yorktown
    Battle of Appomattox
    Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
    30s
  • Q12
    What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
    Battle of Yorktown
    Battle of Fredericksburg
    Battle fo Bull Run/Manassas
    Battle of Appomattox
    30s
  • Q13
    Which commander defeated Union troops at Fredericskbrug?
    Ulysses S Grant
    Abraham Lincoln
    Robert E. Lee
    Thomas Jackson
    30s
  • Q14
    What was the capital of The Confederate States of America?
    Richmond
    Washington, DC
    Manassas
    Williamsburg
    30s
  • Q15
    The Monitor and the Merrimack battled in the waters off the coast of...
    Yorktown
    Richmond
    Norfolk
    Manassas
    30s

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