WorksheetsVS.7 Assessment
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who led a slave revolt in Virginia?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
John Brown
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Abraham Lincoln
2.
Who participated in a secret route that escaped slaves took known as the “Underground Railroad?”
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
John Brown
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Abraham Lincoln
3.
Who became president of the United States in 1860, after some southern states seceded from the Union?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
4.
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865?
a)
Washington, D.C.
b)
Manassas, VA
c)
Appomattox Court House, VA
d)
Richmond, VA
5.
Who led a raid on the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, trying to start a slave rebellion?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
John Brown
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Robert E. Lee
6.
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?
a)
North Carolina
b)
Tennessee
c)
West Virginia
d)
Maryland
7.
Where did Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson play a major role?
a)
Alexandria
b)
Bull Run "Manassas"
c)
Norfolk
d)
Hampton
8.
Where was the capital of the Confederacy after Virginia seceded?
a)
Washington, D.C.
b)
Petersberg
c)
Manassas
d)
Richmond
9.
Which group did not take sides during the Civil War?
a)
American Indians
b)
white Virginians
c)
enslaved African Americans
d)
free African Americans
10.
Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
d)
Robert E. Lee
11.
What city was burned by the Confederacy near the end of the Civil War to keep war supplies from the Union?
a)
Washington
b)
Norfolk
c)
Richmond
d)
Alexandria
12.
During the 1820s, what did northern states want new states created out of the western territory to be?
a)
new states
b)
free states
c)
slave states
d)
old states
13.
Which group supported the Confederacy?
a)
American Indians
b)
white Virginians
c)
enslaved African Americans
d)
free African Americans
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