Virginia Studies - The Civil War

Why did many farmers move west and south?
1. They had hunted most of the animals.
2. Tobacco farming is hard on the soil and they needed new farm land.
3. They wanted to live in the mountains.
4. They did not know how to grow tobacco.
Where did settlers cross the Appalachain Mountains?
1. The Fall Line
2. Dickey Ridge
3. The Cumberland Gap
4. The Appalachian Plateau
Why did the Southerners need slavery more than the Northerners needed slavery?
1. The economy of the South was based on farming, which requires more labor, while the economy of the North was industrial.
2. The people of the North had large plantations while people in the South had small farms.
3. People in the South had more factories that they had in the North.
4. Southerners needed more people to hunt and fish for food.
What did the North and the South disagree about?
1. Whether people should be allowed to come to the U.S. from Europe.
2. Whether or not Americans should be allowed to settle in Western territories.
3. Whether or not slaves should be allowed to lead revolts.
4. Whether new states created out of the western territories should have slavery.
Who led a raid on the United States Armory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
1. Nat Turner
2. Harriet Tubman
3. Abraham Lincolon
4. John Brown
Who helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad?
1. Nat Turner
2. Harriet Tubman
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. John Brown
Who led a slave revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?
1. Nat Turner
2. Harriet Tubman
3. John Brown
4. Abraham Lincoln
What year was Abraham Lincoln elected president?
1. 1607
2. 1619
3. 1860
4. 1920
What was the name of the Southern states who suceded from the United States?
1. The Confederate States of America
2. The Continental Congress
3. The Continental Army
4. The Union
What was the name for the Northern states in the Civil War?
1. The Loyalists
2. The Confederacy
3. The Union
4. The Patriots
What was the first major clash of the Civil War?
1. The first Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Manassas.
2. Appomattox
3. The Battle of Fredericksburg
4. Gettysburg
Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia who defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg, Virginia?
1. Stonewall Jackson
2. Ulysses S. Grant
3. Jeb Stuart
4. General Robert E. Lee
Where was the capital of the Confederacy?
1. Atlanta, Georgia
2. Richmond, Virginia
3. Washington, D.C.
4. Sananna, South Carolina
What Southern leader played a major role in the first Battle of Bull Run?
1. Stonewall Jackson
2. General McClellan
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. Ulysses S. Grant
What happened to Richmond, Virginia near the end of the war?
1. The Confederates won a major battle there.
2. It fell to Ulysses S. Grant and was burned.
3. It was surrounded and cut off by the South.
4. It was the first battle the Confederacy won.
What did Lincoln use the Navy for?
1. to destroy thousands of Southern ships
2. to attack the South from the West
3. to blockade Southern ports
4. to capture Southern soldiers
What two ships fought an important sea battle near Hampton?
1. the Monitor and the Merrimack
2. the Susan Constant and the Godspeed
3. the Monitor and the Merrymen
4. the Nina and the Pinta
Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
1. Fredericksburg
2. Richmond
3. Manassas
4. Appomattox Court House
Who won the Civil War?
1. Virginia
2. the South
3. England
4. the North
When did General Lee surrender to the Union forces?
1. April 1861
2. April 1865
3. April 1607
4. July 1776

Virginia Studies - The Civil War

VS - SOL 7a-b QuizSubmitted by Springfield Elementary SchoolSend comments to lshenk@pagecounty.k12.va.us

VS - SOL 7a-b Quiz
Submitted by Springfield Elementary School
Send comments to lshenk@pagecounty.k12.va.us