Virginia Studies Review - Causes of the Civil War

There were several reasons the Civil War started. What was the main reason?

• Virginia's right to succeed from the Union

• The North wanted new states to be free states

• The issue of slavery

• The North had large plantations

This person started a violent revolt against slavery in Southampton County, Virginia.

• John Brown

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Nat Turner

In 1861, West Virginia was still part of Virginia

• TRUE

• FALSE

This person hoped to raise an army of slaves to invade the southern states and end slavery.

• John Brown

• Harriet Tubman

• The Underground Railroad

• Arthur Ashe

One of the differences between North and South was ...

• The South had many factories

• The North had large plantations needing slave labor

• The South needed slave labor to produce cotton

• The North is colder than the South

The Civil was long and hard-fought by both sides. The War stretched across ...

• Five rivers

• Five states

• Five Aprils

• Petersburg

The Southern States began to succeed from the Union. What does this mean?

• The states wanted to trade goods with each other

• The Southern States began to leave the United States and form their own country

• Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1861

• The Southern States began to steal things from Northern factories

Which one was an abolitionist?

• Mary Clarke

• Douglas Wilder

• Maggie Walker

• Harriet Tubman

Slaves could sneak into Richmond, Virginia, and catch the Underground Railroad to travel North to freedom.

• TRUE

• FALSE

West Virginia became a state in 1863 mostly because it did support slavery.

• TRUE

• FALSE