Chapter 7 Test- The Civil War

A person who works to end slavery is a called a(n)-

• abolitionist
• racist
• confederate
• loyalist

Why did some enslaved African Americans follow the Union Army?

• They were supporting the Confederacy.
• They were remaining neutral.
• They were seeking freedom.
• They were forced to serve the Union.

The economy in the South relied on-

• slave labor
• women workers
• indentured servants
• free blacks

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

General Robert E. Lee was-

• president of the Confederacy
• commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
• elected president of the United States after the Civil War
• commander-in-chief of the United States Army

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A train that enslaved African Americans could ride to freedom
• Secret routes that enslaved African Americans used to gain freedom
• An underground tunnel for enslaved African Americans to get to Canada
• Secret routes used by southern slave catchers in search of runaway slaves

Which statement best completes this diagram?

• Virginia's western counties broke away to create West Virginia.
• There was an important sea battle between two ironclad ships.
• Angry Confederate troops burned Richmond.
• Grant surrendered to Lee in Appomattox.

Towards the end of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant marched into a burning-

• Jamestown
• Williamsburg
• Richmond
• Manassas

Which general defeated the Union troops at the Battle of Fredericksburg?

• Thomas "Stonewall' Jackson
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis

What did some southern states do after the election of Abraham Lincoln?

• They had rallies showing their support for his presidency.
• They seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America.
• They allowed each county in the state to stay or leave the Union.
• They help a strike against the government to protest an unfair election.