VA Studies Benchmark 3 Review

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

• Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Shiloh

What battle took place in Norfolk, VA?

• Battle of the Ironclads

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Bull Run

Virginians move south and ____________ to find better land and opportunities.

• east

• west

• north

• south

What general is known for defeating Union troops at the Battle of Fredericksburg?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• George McClellan

• William Tecumseh Sherman

What year did the Civil War end?

• 1861

• 1863

• 1865

• 1870

This abolitionist was the President of the United States during the Civil War.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Frederick Douglass

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas Jefferson

This person was skilled at compromise and is known as "Father of the Constitution"?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

Which shows the correct order of these documents? 1. Declaration of Independence 2. Virginia Company of London Charter 3. Constitution of the United States

• Declaration of Independence, Virginia Company of London Charter, Constitution of the United States

• Virginia Company of London Charter, Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States

• Constitution of the United States, Declaration of Independence, Virginia Company of London Charter

• Virginia Company of London Charter, Constitution of the United States, Declaration of Independence

Who wrote the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom?

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War?

• Appomattox Courthouse, VA

• Gettysburg, PA

• Richmond, VA

• Antietam, MD