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Westward Expansion, Civil War, and Reconstruction
Westward Expansion, Civil War, and Reconstruction
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1
What was the effect of the disagreement about slavery between the eastern and western parts of Virginia?
West Virginia seceded from the Union
Virginia joined the Union states
A war between eastern and western Virginia began
West Virginia became a new state
2
Jim Crow laws ...
established fair poll taxes
legally separated different races of people
made it easier for African Americans to run for office
illegally separated different races of people
3
Which group, in general, did not support the Union Army OR the Confederacy?
Freed African Americans
American Indians
White people
Enslaved African Americans
4
After secession, the southern states were called ...
The Confederate States of America
The United Colonies of the Confederacy
The Union
The United States of America
5
All of the following are reasons why the southern states seceded from the Union, EXCEPT ...
Harriet Tubman helped enslaved African Americans escape to the North
the South wanted the new states to allow slavery
the economy of the North did not support slavery
the North and the South were not able to resolve their differences
6
Lincoln said: "A house divided against itself cannot stand." This means ...
The American people were against slavery
Slavery should be allowed to continue
The South should be allowed to secede
The nation must unite and be willing to compromise
7
During the Reconstruction,
Congress passed laws to help rebuild the country
many factories were built in the South
the Confederate States of American were formed
President Lincoln ordered northern soldiers to rebuild southern cities
8
The North and South were mostly made up of industries and factories.
False
True
9
This photo shows ...
disagreement
discrimination
announcement
desegregation
10
Whose presidential election in 1860 resulted in the southern states seceding?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
George Washington
11
Sharecroppers paid to rent the land with a 'share' (or part) of the crops that they grew.
False
True
12
Increase in railroads meant ...
better transportation for out-of-state workers
more export of gold
expanding businesses
only wealthy citizens could use transport
13
Which direction did most enslaved African Americans travel to escape slavery?
South
West
East
North
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Why is this person important?
She led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia
She established a secret route for enslaved people to escape northward
She fought in the Civil War as a soldier for the Confederacy
She led a raid on the US Armory in Harper's Ferry
15
Which question would you most likely ask an abolitionist during an interview?
Why do you support the Confederate States of America?
Why do you support the plantation owners?
Why do you support the western territory?
Why do you support the leaders of the Union?
16
Describe the location of the capital of the Confederacy.
south of the Dismal Swamp
on the Eastern Shore
on the Fall Line
on the shore of Chesapeake Bay
17
Which general surrendered at Appomattox Court House?
General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
General Robert E. Lee
General George Washington
General Ulysses S. Grant
18
Where did the battle of two ironclads take place?
at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in Hampton, Virginia
near Washington, DC
near Richmond, Virginia
in the central Tidewater region
19
Before the war, the North and South could not agree about how the western territories should be established.
False
True
20
Before the war, the North and South had similar beliefs about labor and how people should be treated.
True
False
21
The economies of the pre-Civil War South included all of the following EXCEPT ...
many factories
plantations of cotton
slave labor
longer agricultural growing season
22
What group of people campaigned to end slavery?
plantation owners
loyalists
abolitionists
patriots
23
Nat Turner is to plantation owners as John Brown is to ...
Plantation
West Virginia
United States Armory in Harper's Ferry
The Underground Railroad
24
Which important industry developed in the southwest corner of Virginia?
steel production
coal mining
furniture production
tobacco farming
25
What did the Freedom Bureau provide for poor white Americans and newly freed African Americans?
meeting houses
a secret route to escape to the North
weapons
food, clothing, shelter, employment
26
The Underground Railroad was created to ...
secretly take slaves from the North to the South
sneak slaves into freedom in the North
transport new settlers to the West
sneak people in to visit President Lincoln
27
The sharecroppers planted the crops and worked the land themselves.
True
False
28
This famous Virginian is best known for ...
defeating General Grant at Fredricksburg
burning Richmond near the end of the war
blocking southern ports from Union ships
playing a major role in the first Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
29
Plantation owners could receive more than half of the crops harvested from a sharecropper.
False
True
30
Before the war, the area that used the most slaves was also in favor of making the western territories slave states.
True
False
31
Which caption best matches this picture?
Separate, but not equal.
Separation is equal.
Equal does not mean the same treatment.
Equality requires separation.
