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Miss Smith Virginia Studies Civil War Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Nat Turner?

a)

a free black man in Virginia

b)

an enslaved Virginian who lead a revolt against slavery

c)

an enslaved man who sent himself to Philadelphia

d)

an abolitionist who raided the federal armory

2.

True or false: The Supreme Court ruled in the case of Virginia native Dred Scott that African Americans cannot be citizens and that Congress cannot restrict slavery from west?

a)

True

b)

True

c)

True

d)

False

3.

John Brown led a raid where?

a)

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia

b)

Harper's Ferry, Virginia

c)

Harper Frey, Virginia

4.

What was the FIRST major land clash of the Civil War?

a)

The Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

b)

Battle of Fredericksburg

c)

Battle of Hampton Road

d)

The First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

5.

What two ironclad ships ended their battle in a draw at Hampton Roads?

a)

The Titanic and the Merrimack

b)

The Monitor and Miss Smith

c)

Miss Mary Mack and the Monitor

d)

The Merrimack and Monitor

6.

Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?

a)

Appomattox Courthouse

b)

Rolling Ridge Elementary School

c)

Leesburg Courthouse

d)

Mclean, Virginia

7.

What was the EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

a)

It declared that all enslaved people were FREE

b)

It declared that all enslaved people were FREE

c)

It declared that all enslaved people were FREE

d)

It declared that all enslaved people were FREE

8.

Most white Virginians supported the Confederacy.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Some free African Americans felt their limited rights would best be protected by supporting the Confederacy.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

a)

Roanoke, Virginia

b)

Richmond, Virginia

c)

Washington, D.C.

d)

Sterling, Virginia

11.

This is the Confederate flag

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which is NOT part of the economy of the Union

a)

Slave labor

b)

Many factories

c)

Industries

d)

Urban areas

13.

Which area of the country relied more on slave labor before the Civil War ?

a)

South

b)

Confederacy

c)

North

d)

Union

14.

Which part of the United States wanted the new states created out of the western territories to be free states?

a)

Northern states

b)

Southern states

15.

The Southern states wanted the new states created out of the western territories to be what kind of states?

a)

Slave states

b)

Free States