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Civil War Unit (Vocab)

Which word means to build up an area with factories, paying jobs, and roads for transportation?

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industrialized

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Which word means to leave or withdraw from an area?

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secede

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Civil War Unit (Vocab)

Which word means to go against someone or something?

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revolt

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Civil War Unit (Vocab)

Which word means a person who is against slavery and tries to end it?

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abolitionist

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Civil War Unit (Vocab)

What do we call a storage place for weapons for a war?

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armory (arsenal)

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Civil War Unit (Vocab)

What is the word for organized resistance (going against) authority or control?

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rebellion

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Civil War Unit (Vocab)

This term means a difference in the way an area makes money -

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economic differences

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Which word means life based on farming and growing crops?

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agricultural

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Civil War Unit (Vocab)

This term means disagreements between individuals or groups of people .

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conflict

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Civil War Unit (Vocab)

States that practiced slavery were called ______________.
States that did not practice slavery were called __________.

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slave states

free states

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Civil War Unit (Differences)

  1. What was the economy like in the northern part of the United States?
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industrialized

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Civil War Unit (Differences)

  1. What was the economy like in the southern part of the United States?
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agricultural and relied on slave labor

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Civil War Unit (Differences)

  1. What were the southern states known as?
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Confederate States of America (Confederacy)

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Civil War Unit (Differences)

  1. What were the northern states known as?
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The Union

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Civil War Unit (Differences)

  1. Northern states wanted the new states created out of the western territory to be _________ states.
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FREE

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Civil War Unit (Differences)

  1. Southern states wanted the new states created out of the western territory to be __________ states.
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SLAVE

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Civil War Unit (Differences)

  1. Who campaigned to end slavery?
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abolitionists

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Civil War Unit (Roles)

  1. Who led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?
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  1. Who supported a secret route that escaped enslaved Africans took?

What was this route called?

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Harriet Tubman

Underground Railroad

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Civil War Unit (Roles)

  1. Who led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at Harpers Ferry, Virginia? He was trying to start a slave rebellion. He was captured and hanged.
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Civil War Unit (Roles)

  1. Who was elected the president of the United States in 1860?
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Abraham Lincoln

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  1. What happened after Lincoln was elected president in 1860?
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Some southern states seceded from the Union and formed the “Confederate States of America”

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  1. Which side did Virginia join when the United States divided?
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Virginia seceded and joined the Confederacy.

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Civil War Unit (Battles)

What was the first major CLASH (battle) of the Civil War?

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Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas)

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Civil War Unit (Battles) Which battle did Confederate “Stonewall” Jackson play a major role in?
Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas)
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Civil War Unit (Battles) Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?
General Robert E. Lee
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Civil War Unit (Battles) Which commander helped defeat Union troops at Fredericksburg, Virginia?
General Robert E. Lee
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Civil War Unit (Battles) What did Lincoln use the Union navy to do?
Blockade southern ports
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Civil War Unit (Battles) What is the name of the famous sea battle that took place in Virginia waters near Norfolk and Hampton?
The Monitor vs. the Merrimack (Battle of the Ironclads)
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Civil War Unit (Battles) What were the names of the Confederate and Union ships?
Union - Monitor | Confederate - Merrimack
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Civil War Unit (Battles) How did the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack end?
It ended in a draw
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Civil War Unit (Battles) What was the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond
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Civil War Unit (Battles) What was the capital of the Union?
Washington, D.C.
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Civil War Unit (Battles) Who did Richmond fall to?
Ulysses S. Grant
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Civil War Unit (Battles) What happened to Richmond when the Union troops were taking over?
The Confederates burned it, so the Union couldn’t get their supplies.
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Civil War Unit (Battles) Tell the year and place the Civil War ended.
Appomattox Courthouse, VA | 1865
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Civil War Unit (Battles) What happened at the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant which ended the war
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Civil War Unit (Roles) Which side did American Indians support during the war?
Most American Indians did not take sides.
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Civil War Unit (Roles) Which side did most white Virginians support?
The Confederacy
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Civil War Unit (Roles) Why were African Americans important to the south?
The Confederacy relied on them to raise crops and provide labor for the army.
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Civil War Unit (Roles) Tell about most enslaved African Americans during the Civil War.
Many of them fled to the Union army and some fought for the Union.
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Civil War Unit (Roles) Tell how some free African Americans felt during the Civil War.
Some felt their limited rights could best be protected by supporting the Confederacy.
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How did West Virginia Become a state?
The eastern counties relied on slavery me wanted to secede. However the western counties didn't agree with slavery so they created West Virginia.

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