Copy of VS 7a (Simple)

1. What THREE things were contributing factors to the Civil War? You must select all correct answers.

• Underground Railroad
• West Virginia
• The Fugitive Slave Act
• Continental Railroad
• Abolitionists

2. True or False: Most white Southerners strongly believed they had the right to slavery.

• True
• False

3. John Brown: Why is this person important to Virginia history?

• F He disagreed that new states in the western territory should be "free states."
• G He participated in a slave revolt against plantation owners in Virginia.
• H He led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at Harpers Ferry.
• J He assisted enslaved African Americans on the "Underground Railroad."

4. Why is this person an important figure in Virginia's history?

• F She led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at Harpers Ferry.
• G She established a secret route that enslaved African Americans used to travel north.
• H She fought in the Civil War as a soldier for the Confederacy.
• J She led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia.

5. Who led a slave revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?

• James Lafayette
• Nat Turner
• John Brown
• Harriet Tubman

6. Cause: The eastern and western parts of Virginia disagreed about slavery. Which of the following belongs in the empty box?

• A Virginia joined the United States
• B A war between eastern and western Virginia began
• C West Virginia seceded from the Union
• D West Virginia became a new state

7. Whose presidential election in 1860 resulted in the southern states seceding?

• George Washington
• Andrew Johnson
• Abraham Lincoln
• Ulysses S. Grant

8. Which counties in Virginia favored slavery?

• Northern
• Southern
• Western
• Eastern

9. What group of people campaigned to end slavery?

• Patriots
• Plantation owners
• Loyalists
• Abolitionists

10. 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