The Civil War; Virginia and the USA/CSA

The central issue of the Civil War was

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

• Slavery

• Urbanization

• Agriculture

This famous American was a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad

• Robert Smalls

• Elizabeth Van Lew

• Clara Barton

• Harriet Tubman

Choose all of the characteristics of northern United States in the early nineteenth century

• colder climate than southern states

• economy based on industry, rather than agriculture

• economy based on agriculture rather than industry

• eonomy relied on enslaved people

All of the following were abolitionists EXCEPT

• John Brown

• Elizabeth Van Lew

• Nat Turner

• Robert E. Lee

List all that is true about John Brown

• He was enslaved

• He was a White abolitionist

• He led a raid on the United States armory in Harpers Ferry

• He was successful in freeing many enslaved people

The "Contraband Decision" led to

• tens of thousands of enslaved southerners finding refuge with the Union Army

• Abraham Lincoln being elected President of the USA

• 7 states seceding from the USA

• West Virginia becoming a state

The Civil War ended at _________.

• Bull Run

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Fort Monroe

• the Underground Railroad

Nat Turner is remembered for

• being enslaved

• leading a raid on the United States armory to end slavery

• leading the Confederates to victory at Bull Run

• starting a revolt against slavery

Mary Bowser is remembered for (choose all correct answers)

• leading many enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad

• being a Union Spy posing as an enslaved servant in the Confederate White House

• leading the American Red Cross

• being born enslaved by Elizabeth Van Lew's father

Shepard Mallory, Frank Townsend, and James Baker are best known for

• leading an abolitionist revolt

• hijacking a Confederate ship and turning it over to the Union Navy

• escaping enslavement and finding refuge at Fort Monroe

• leading the Confederate Army to victory at Fredericksburg