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WorksheetsUnit 7 Test
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Why did the people of West Virginia become a state?
They were against slavery
They wanted to have a cool new name
Abraham Lincoln became president
Nat Turner's revolt
Which group of people would most likely attend this meting?
Slave owners
Slave catchers
Abolitionists
Confederate soldiers
West Virginia became its own state because...
they were against slavery
they had a different religion
they wanted more coal mines
Which event occurred at Appomattox Court House?
The very first battle of the Civil War
Robert E. Lee surrenders
The Confederate Capital is chosen
Abraham Lincoln freed the slave here
Mirror words: The Battle of _________ Run was the first major battle of the Civil War.
Appomattox
Yorktown
Cow
Bull
True or False: The battle of "Ironclad" ships took place in water
True
False
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
Ronald Regan
Thomas Jefferson
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
If the capital of the Union was Washington DC, what was the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond
Williamsburg
Gettysburg
Bull Run
The Monitor and the Merrimack were war ships that were covered in metal, what was their nickname?
Metal Machines
Copper Covers
Ironclads
Wooden Warships
Which newspaper headline would describe the result of the Battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack?
"Struggle Ends in a Draw"
"Monitor Destroyed by Fire"
"Merrimack Sinks After Attack"
"Victory for the South"
What presidential election in 1860 caused the southern states to secede?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Donald Trump
Robert E. Lee
What is the correct order of events?
1) Nat Turners Revolt
2) Lincoln becomes president
3) Harriet Tubman begins working with the Underground Railroad
1, 2, 3
3, 2, 1
1, 3, 2
2, 3, 1
Which direction would MOST escaped slaves travel on the Underground Railroad?
East
South
West
North
Which group of people relied on slave labor?
Southern plantation owners
Northern factory owners
The Union
Ship builders in Boston
Mirror Words: In the North, people built stuff in _____________?
Farms
Factories
Houses
Barns
Mirror words: The North was also called the ____________
Union
Confederacy
South
Waffle House
Mirror Words: The South was also called the ________________
Union
Bojangles
North
Confederacy
Who supported the secret route that escaped slaves would travel to the North?
Plantation owners
Harriet Tubmen
Southerners
Read this news report: "On October 16th, 1859, a man and nineteen other followers attempted to raid Harpers Ferry in hopes of starting a slave rebellion" Who is this article about?
John Jacob Jingle Hiemer Smith
Nat Turner
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
The Underground Railroad was all of the following EXCEPT
An actual railroad that went under the ground
A secret route for slaves to escape
A series of "safe houses" that slaves could hide in during the day
a path to the north and freedom
Mirror words: Fort__________, was the very first battle of the Civil War.
Bull Run
Henry
Sumter
Richmond
True or False: Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln were ALL abolitionists
True
False
What is the definition of a "blockade"
Tasty sports drink
To stop ships from going in or out of a place
A law that stops trade
To let all people pass
True or False: The North relied on slave labor
True
False
At the start of the Civil war Virginia had not chosen a side to fight, which side would Virginia eventually choose?
North/Union
South/Confederacy
Border states
Not fight at all
Who was the leader of the 'Army of Northern Virginia'?
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
John Brown
At the Fall of Richmond, who set the fires as the were escaping?
Factory workers
Union troops
Slaves
Confederate troops
