Who led a slave revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?
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A. Harriet Tubman
B. Nat Turner
C. John Brown
D. Robert E. Lee
Who participated in a secret route that escaped slaves took known as
the “Underground Railroad”?
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A. Harriet Tubman
B. Nat Turner
C. John Brown
D. Robert E. Lee
Who led a raid on the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia trying to start a slave rebellion?
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A. Harriet Tubman
B. Nat Turner
C. John Brown
D. Robert E. Lee
During the 1820s, what did northern states want new states
created out of the western territory to be?
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A. new states
B. slave states
C. free states
D. old states
Who became President of the United States in 1860, after some southern states including Virginia,
seceded from the Union?
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A. Jefferson Davis
B. Robert E. Lee
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Which state was formed when conflict grew between the eastern counties that relied on slave labor
and the western counties that favored the abolition of slavery?
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A. North Carolina
B. Tennessee
C. Maryland
D. West Virginia
Where did Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson play a
major role?
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A. Fredericksburg
B. Bull Run (or Manassas)
C. Norfolk
D. Hampton
What was the capital of the Confederacy?
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A. Washington D.C.
B. Petersburg
C. Richmond
D. Manassas
Where did the battle of two ironclad ships take place in Virginia’s
waters?
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A. Hampton Roads
B. Potomac River
C. New River
D. Rappahannock River
Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and
defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg, Virginia?
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A. Ulysses S. Grant
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
D. Robert E. Lee
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in April of
1865?
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A. Washington D.C.
B. Manassas, Virginia
C. Appomattox Court House, Virginia
D. Richmond, Virginia
What city was burned at the end of the Civil War?
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A. Washington D.C.
B. Norfolk
C. Richmond
D. Alexandria
What was the period called following the Civil War when Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country
and bring the southern states back into the Union?
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A. Revolution
B. Reconstruction
C. Freedmen’s Bureau
D. Sharecropping
What problem did Virginians face during Reconstruction?
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A. Railroad lines were added.
B. Money had value.
C. Banks were closed.
D. Crops were planted.
What government agency provided food, schools, and medical care for freed slaves and others in Virginia
and the rest of the South?
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A. Federal Bureau of Investigation
B. Welfare System
C. Freedmen’s Bureau
D. Sharecropping System
What system after the Civil War allowed freedmen and poor white
farmers to rent land by promising to pay with a share of the crop?
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A. Freedmen’s Bureau
B. Sharecropping
C. Welfare System
D. Federal Bureau of Investigation
What is the separation of people, usually based on race or religion?
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A. Segregation
B. Discrimination
C. Integration
D. Prejudice
What is the unfair difference in treatment of people?
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A. Segregation
B. Discrimination
C. Integration
D. Prejudice
Who gained power in Virginia’s government and could finally vote
during Reconstruction?
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A. Spanish Americans
B. American Indians (First Americans)
C. Women
D. African American Males
After Reconstruction, what established segregation or separation of the races and
reinforced prejudices held by whites?
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A. Freedmen’s Bureau
B. Sharecropping
C. “Jim Crow” Laws
D. Industrialization
What could African Americans do if they paid a poll tax and passed a
literacy test?
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A. Buy a house.
B. Vote in an election.
C. Get an education.
D. Get a job.
What was a key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry
after Reconstruction?
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A. Streetcars
B. Automobiles
C. Railroads
D. Airplanes
Which Virginia city became a railroad center?
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A. Richmond
B. Roanoke
C. Petersburg
D. Lynchburg
What industry developed in southwest Virginia that became a source of income for residents?
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A. Furniture
B. Coal
C. Textiles
D. Tobacco