Name ___________________________
Date of Test _______________
Study Guide for Chapter 10 – The Civil War
Word Bank
Monitor
Merrimack
abolitionist
slave labor
Richmond
Manassas
manual labor
John Brown
Robert E. Lee
Nat Turner
Union
industrialized
seceded
food
African
slave
“Stonewall”
Western Virginia Underground Railroad
free
Harriet Tubman
Appomattox Court House
Confederacy
Army of Northern Virginia
Confederate States of America
Indians
DIRECTIONS: Choose the word from the work bank above that best completes the statement.
1) The Northern states had an ______________________ economy.
2) The economy in the South was mainly agricultural and relied on ______________________.
3) The northern and southern states disagreed on whether or not the new states that were
forming in the western territory should be ___________________ states or _______________
states.
4) Conflict in Virginia between the eastern and western counties over slavery eventually led to
the formation of ___________________________.
5) After the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, some southern states _________________
from the Union because they believed Lincoln would end slavery.
6) Southern states that seceded from the Union formed the __________________________.
7) A person who works to end slavery is called an ________________________.
8) ____________________________ is known for helping enslaved African Americans escape
to freedom.
9) The ________________________________ was a series of safe houses heading north that
slaves could use until they were safe from recapture.
10) An enslaved man, ___________________________, led a slave revolt in Virginia in 1831.
11) _____________________________ was responsible for leading a raid on the United
States Armory at Harpers Ferry in hopes of starting a slave rebellion.
12) General Robert E. Lee was commander of the ___________________________________.
13) The first major battle of the Civil War was the First Battle of _______________________.
14) Confederate General Thomas __________________ Jackson played a major role in the
first battle of Bull Run.
15) General _________________________ defeated the Union troops at the Battle of
Fredericksburg.
16) The two iron-clad ships that fought an important battle in Virginia waters near Norfolk and
Hampton were known as the _______________________ and the ______________________.
17) Toward the end of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant marched into the burning Confederate
capital of ________________________.
18) In April 1865 the Civil War ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at
_______________________________.
19) The ____________________ won the Civil War.
20) The Confederacy relied on enslaved African Americans to provide ______________ and
_________________________.
21) Most American _______________ did not take sides during the Civil War.
22) Many free _________________ Americans felt their rights could best be protected by
supporting the Confederacy.
23) Most white Virginians supported the _____________________.
Directions: Review the Venn diagram in preparation for the test.
North
Many factories
Industrial Economy
Child Labor
Formed the Union
Abraham Lincoln was
their president.
South
Plantations
Agricultural Economy
Slave Labor
Fought
in the
Civil
Formed the Confederate States of America
War
Jefferson Davis was their president.
Essay Questions:
1) Name three different leaders of the Civil War and one fact about each of them.
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o __________________________________________________________
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o __________________________________________________________
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o __________________________________________________________
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2) What role did enslaved African Americans play in the war?
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3) What role did free African Americans play in the war?
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