VS.7 Civil War Test Review

Who led a slave revolt in Virginia in 1831 in which southern states tightened laws to stop possible future uprisings?

• Harriet Tubman
• John Brown
• Nat Turner
• Abraham Lincoln

This historical marker is most likely found ----

• along the river in Richmond, Virginia
• beside the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg
• near Virginia waters around Norfolk and Hampton
• on the Potomac River near Alexandria

Which statement best completes this diagram

• Angry confederate troops burned Richmond
• Many southern slave states seceded from the United States.
• Grant surrendered to Lee in Appomatax.
• There was an important sea battle between two ironclad ships.

Match the following people with their accomplishments.

• A Union spy for the Union and an abolitionist

• Mary Bowser

• Abolitionist who was a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.

• Harriet Tubman
• Robert E. Lee surrendered to this general at Appomatax

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Black spy who worked in the Confederate White House & shared info with the Union

• Elizabeth Van Lew

Who led a raid on the United States Armory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, trying to start a slave rebellion?

• Harriet Tubman
• John Brown
• Nat Turner
• Robert E. Lee

During the 1820s, what did northern states want new states created out of the western territory to be?

• new states
• free states
• slave states
• old states

Who became president of the United States in 1860, after which some southern states seceded from the Union?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Which state was formed when conflict grew between the eastern counties that relied on slave labor and the western counties that favored the abolition of slavery?

• North Carolina
• Tennessee
• West Virginia
• Maryland

Where did Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson play a major role?

• Alexandria
• Bull Run "Manassas"
• Norfolk
• Hampton

Where was the capital of the Confederacy after Virginia seceded?

• Washington, D.C.
• Petersberg
• Manassas
• Richmond