The Civil War
By Wendy Hubbard
Edited by Kate Green
SPS ITRT
Civil War Video – United Streaming
Video
Differences between northern and southern states:
__________
industrial
economy
“_____
free states”
agricultural
__________
economy
“_____
slave states”
Differences between northern and southern states:
Strong Central
Government
government
States
Rights
government
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
Underground
the “______________
Railroad
_____________.”
Who led a raid on the United
States Armory at Harpers Ferry?
He was trying to start a
slave rebellion.
______
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?
Where
was
this
Name the first major
battle
fought?
battle of the Civil War.
Battle of
Bull Run
Who played a major
role in this battle and
earned a nickname?
Thomas
“Stonewall”
Jackson
Manassas,
Virginia
Lincoln used the
Union navy to
blockade the
__________
southern ports.
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
Robert E. Lee
________________
surrendered to Union General
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
men and _________.
supplies
_____
Richmond
The Union had captured ___________.
Union soldiers surrounded Lee and
his army at
Appomattox
Court House
________________________.
Harper’s Ferry
Name these
Civil War
places.
Washington, D.C.
Manassas
Richmond
Appomattox Court House
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