virginia studies test Flashcards
What was the first major battle of the civil war ? Also known as the _____ __ ____ ___
Manassas
Also known as the Battle of Bull run
Describe tonewall jackson’s name. Why is his his name special ?
Confederate General “stonewall jackson” earned his nickname here by standing bravery without emotion during fighting
Who was the commander of the troops???
Hint: known as the army of northern virginia
Confederate or Union?
Confederate general Robert E.Lee
Who was the commander of the troops
Hint: known as the Army of the Potomac
Hint: Union general
Union General Ulysses S.Grant
What states wanted to be free and which ones wanted slaves?
North states: thought they should be free
South: thought they should have slaves
Who invented the cotton gin ?? What did the cotton gin cause? What did it lead to?
- Eli Whitney
- It led to the spread of slavery in the Deep south
What was the civil war?
Fight between 1861 and 1865
- cultural, economic, and ideological differences about states’ rights led to the conflict
- northern states vs. southern states
Who was the elected president of the confederacy ?
Jefferson Davis
Who is Nat Turner? What did he do?
How did Nat Turner die?
- Nat turner was an enslaved man who led a revolt against white slaveholders.
- 50 whites were killed which led to panic and harsher slavery laws being passed
- many blacks were killed because of the revolt
- Taylor was hanged for his crime
Who is Elizabeth Van lew?
an abolitionist who worked to assemble a group of 12 spies working for the union army
Who is mary bowser and where did she work ? What was she a part of ?
A freed African American working as a maid in the confederate white house
- Part of the spy network working for the union
What is the capital of the union ?
Washington, D.C.
Describe the actions of shepherd mallory, James Baker, and Frank Townsend?
Who were they? What did they work for? What did their actions lead to ?
They were three enslaved men who made the decision to escape working for the confederate army
They fled to union controlled Fort Monroe
This led to the contraband decision
What does union mean? Remained part of _______ ______
The northern states
- Remained part of the UNITED STATES
Define secession
When did it happen?
What did virginia do?
- SOME southern states seceded and formed their own country called THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
- This happened after Abraham Lincoln’s president election in 1860
Virginia eventually seceded as well
Who was John Brown?
What did he lead?
How did he die?
John Brown was abolitionist who LED a raid on the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry.
- He planned to capture guns that could be given to slaves to support a rebellion
- he was caught a HUNG for his crime
Define the northern economy.
Did they need slavery?
Industrialized cities with factories that manufactured products
They had no need for slavery
Who was Clara barton
What was her job?
What did she create?
She was a civil war nurse
She created the American Red Cross
Who was Robert Smalls?
What was he honored by?
What was he elected for?
- An african american sailor and later a union naval captain
- honored for his bravery and heroism
- elected to the United States House of Representatives after the war
What is Contraband Camps?
- Areas near union encampments where ensalved people fled to gain their freedom
- They became property of the union army and worked to support the efforts of the Northern troops
What is Fort Sumter?
Where is Fort Sumter?
What did the Confederate Forces do here?
- United States Army Fort located in Charleston, South Carolina
- Confederate forces fired first shots of the war here against United States Army soldiers
What is Battle of the Ironclads? What happened? Who won?
Where did the Battle of the Ironclads take place?
An important sea battle that took place IN the waters near NORFOLK and HAMPTON between the UNION ship monitor and the Confederate Merrimack
- Fought to a draw, so nobody won
WHERE did General Robert E.LEe’s confederate army DEFEATED union troops ?
The battle of fredricksburg.
General Robert E.Lee’s confederate army defeated union toops in the battle
What is the appotmattox court house?
What was it nearby??
- A small town in virginia that was the scene of the LAST major fighting of the war
- In a nearby farmhouse, confederate General Lee surrendered to Union General Grant to end the war
Who is Harriet Tubman?
How did she help slaves?
What did she become?
She escaped for her freedom via the Underground Railroad
- She helped so many slaves escape ad became an abolitionist
What is emancipation proclamation? What does it state?
Who was it issued by?
- Stated that ALL slaves in southern states were FREE
- issued by president lincoln
What is southern economy?
What did it heavily rely on?
- a agriculturally based system of growing cash crops
- relied heavily on slave labor
