Virginia Studies Civil War and Reconstruction

Who led a slave revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• Robert E. Lee

Who became President of the United States in 1860, after some southern states,0 including Virginia, seceded from the Union?

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Where did the battle of two ironclad ships take place in Virginia's waters?

• Near Norfolk and hampton

• Potomac River

• New River

• Rappahannock River

The economy of the northern states was ___________, while the economy of the southern states was _____________.

• agricultural

  industrial

• industrial

  military

• agricultural

  military

• industrial

  agricultural

Abolitionists campaigned to end ___________.

• agriculture

• slavery

• child labor

• tobacco use

Who led a raid on the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia,0 trying to start a slave rebellion?

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• Robert E. Lee

What city was burned at the end of the Civil War?

• Washington

• Norfolk

• Richmond

• Alexandria

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

• Washington, D.C.

• Petersburg

• Manassas

• Richmond

Who participated in a secret route that escaped slaves took known as the "Underground Railroad"?

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

• John Brown

• Robert E. Lee

During the Civil War, most American Indians__________.

• were neutral

• fought with the Confederacy

• fought with the Union

• fought on both sides