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VS.7a Division and West Virginia
How would you describe the economy in the
northern part of the United States?
VS.7a Division and West Virginia
How would you describe the economy in the
southern part of the United States?
VS.7a Division and West Virginia
Why did the northern and southern states
disagree about the new states in the western
territories?
VS.7a Division and West Virginia
What did Nat Turner do?
VS.7a Division and West Virginia
What were abolitionists?
VS.7a Division and West Virginia
What was the “Underground Railroad” that
Harriet Tubman supported?
VS.7a Division and West Virginia
What did John Brown do?
VS.7a Division and West Virginia
What happened after Abraham Lincoln was
elected president in 1860?
VS.7a Division and West Virginia
Why did conflict grow within Virginia?
It was more industrialized (factories).
It was agriculture (farming).
It relied on slave labor.
The northern states wanted them to be “free
states,” and the southern states wanted
them to be “slave states.”
He led a revolt against plantation owners in
Virginia.
People who were AGAINT slavery
A secret route that escaped African
Americans used to flee north.
-He led a raid on the US Amory (arsenal—
where they kept weapons).
-He was trying to start a slave rebellion.
-He was captured and hanged.
Some southern states seceded (broke away)
from the UNION and formed the
“CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.” Later,
Virginia also seceded and joined them.
-The eastern counties of Virginia relied on
slavery, and the western counties did not
favor slavery.
VS.7a Division and West Virginia
What happened because the eastern
counties of Virginia relied on slavery, and the
western counties did not favor slavery?
West Virginia was created.
VS.7b Virginia’s Role in the Civil War
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
-Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas)
VS.7b Virginia’s Role in the Civil War
Who played a major role in The Battle of Bull
Run?
General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
VS.7b Virginia’s Role in the Civil War
Who defeated Union troops at
Fredericksburg, VA?
General Robert E. Lee, Commander of the
Army of Northern Virginia
VS.7b Virginia’s Role in the Civil War
What was the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond
VS.7b Virginia’s Role in the Civil War
What happened to Richmond toward the
end of the war?
It fell to Union General Ullysses S. Grant and
was burned near the end of the war.
VS.7b Virginia’s Role in the Civil War
What important sea battle took place in the
water near Norfolk and Hampton, Virginia?
The battle of the Monitor (Union) and the
Merrimack (Confederacy). No one won, the
battle was fought to a draw.
VS.7b Virginia’s Role in the Civil War
What did President Lincoln use to blockade
southern ports?
The Union navy
VS.7b Virginia’s Role in the Civil War
Where did the Civil War end?
(who, what, when)
--General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army
to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
--Appomattox Court House, Virginia
--April 1865
VS.7c Roles Played by Whites, Enslaved & Free African
Americans, American Indians
Most white Virginians…
supported the Confederacy.
VS.7c Roles Played by Whites, Enslaved & Free African
Americans, American Indians
What role did enslaved African Americans
play?
--The Confederate army relied on enslaved
African Americans to raise crops and
provide labor for the army.
--Some fled to the Union army and some
fought for the Union.
VS.7c Roles Played by Whites, Enslaved & Free African
Americans, American Indians
What did some free African Americans feel?
They felt their limited rights could best be
protected by supporting the Confederacy.
VS.7c Roles Played by Whites, Enslaved & Free African
Americans, American Indians
Which side were the American Indians on?
Most American Indians did not take sides
during the Civil War.