VS.7 - Civil War

Why did West Virginia become a state?

• its people opposed slavery

• Abraham Lincoln was elected president

• its people supported women's suffrage

• John Brown caused a slave revolt

What happened when Virginia disagreed with the north?

• They sent troops to New York.

• They decided to end slavery.

• They wrote a new constitution.

• They voted to leave the union.

Which group of people would have most likely supported an Anti-Slavery Meeting?

• Industrialists

• Abolitionists

• plantation owners

• confederate soldiers

Why did West Virginia separate from Virginia?

• foreign trade

• religion

• different opinions about slavery

• coal mining

Which city is nearest to where the battle of the ironclads took place?

• Manassas

• Fredericksburg

• Richmond

• Norfolk

Which number on the map represents the location of the battle that took place between the Monitor and the Merrimack?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What was the capital of the Confederacy during most of the Civil War?

• Williamsburg

• Manassas

• Richmond

• Fredericksburg

Which event took place at Appomattox Court House?

• Abraham Lincoln Frees Slaves

• Battle between iron clads

• Robert E. Lee Surrenders

• Confederate Capital Chosen

What was the capital of the Confederacy after the secession of Virginia?

• Richmond

• Manassas

• Montgomery

• Atlanta

What was the result of the battle between the Merrimack and the Monitor?

• Struggle ends in draw

• Monitor destroyed by fire

• Merrimack goes down fighting

• Victory for the South