The Civil WarBy Wendy Hubbard

Edited by Kate GreenSPS ITRT

Civil War Video – United Streaming

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Differences between northern and southern states:

__________ economyindustrial

free

__________ economyagricultural

“_____ states”“_____ states”slave

Differences between northern and southern states:

government government

Strong Central Government

States Rights

What were the people who wanted to end slavery called?

Who led a revolt

against plantation owners in Virginia?

Who established a secret route to the North used by escaped slaves?

This route was known as the “______________ _____________.”

Underground Railroad

Who led a raid on the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry?

He was trying to start a ______ rebellion.slave

After Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States in 1860, some southern states ____________.seceded

What country did these southern states, including Virginia, form?

The eastern counties of Virginia relied on slavery but the western counties favored abolition of slavery. What state did the western counties of Virginia form?

What Virginia city was named the capital of the Confederacy?

Name the first major battle of the Civil War.

Where was this battle fought?

Manassas, Virginia

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

Battle of Bull Run

Who played a major role in this battle and earned a nickname?

Lincoln used the Union navy to __________ the southern ports.blockade

Name the two ships that fought a battle in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia.

Monitor and Merrimack

What was special about this sea battle?

It was the 1st battle ever fought between two ironclad ships.

Name the city that fell to General Grant and was burned near the end of the war.

Where did the Civil War end?Appomattox Court House, Virginia

Confederate General ________________ surrendered to Union General ___________________.

Robert E. Lee

Ulysses S. Grant

What factors led General Lee to realize the southern cause was hopeless and he would have to surrender?The Confederates were running

out of _____ and _________.

The Union had captured ___________.

Union soldiers surrounded Lee and his army at ________________________.

men supplies

Richmond

Appomattox Court House

Name these Civil War places.

Harper’s Ferry

Washington, D.C.

Manassas

Richmond

Appomattox Court House

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