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An area that has developed factories for manufacturing
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Industrialized
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An area that depends on farming, crops, or raising livestock
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Agriculture
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The states that seceded from the union formed this government
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The Confederate States of America
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The route escaping slaves took comprised of a network of multiple houses used for shelter. It led them past the mason-dixon line
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Underground Railroad
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To formally withdraw from a group
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Secede
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A building used to keep multiple weapons
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Arsenal
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People who wanted to end slavery
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Abolitionists
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Free black men and poor white farmers rent land from a landowner. They pay for the rent by giving a share of the crop to the landowners
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Sharecroopping
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A free black man or poor white farmer who where required to give part of their crop to a landowner
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Sharecropper
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An unfair difference in the the treatment of people based on race or religion
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discrimination
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The separation of people based on race or religion
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Segregation
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She established a secret route that escaping slaves took known as the underground railroad
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Harriet Tubman
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The 6th President in 1860. his election made some states secede from the union
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Abraham Lincoln
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The commander of the Army of Norther Virginia. He surrendered to Grant at the court house
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Robert E. Lee
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The Union Army commander during the civil war. He accepted Lee's surrender.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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A general during the civil war Given his nickname stonewall for standing on his horse during battle without moving. Participated in the battle at bull run
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Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
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Jackson was a general for which side during the civil war
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Confederate
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Led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia
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Nat Turner
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Led a raid on the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry
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John Brown
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The Difference between the economy in the North and South
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The North was more industrialized and the south was more agricultural
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The difference between the north and south in terms of slavery
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The north wanted the new states to be free states. The south wanted the new states to be slave states. Also the south need more cheap labor to be profitable plantations and farms
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True or False The first battle of Bull Run was the second major clash of the civil war
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False
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The creation of west virginia
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Western VA and Eastern VA had very different economies. Western VA did not believe in slaves or seceding from the union. So western virginia decided to form their own state: West Virginia
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True or False
West Virginia was mostly Agricultural |
False
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The battle of the Monitor and Merrimack was fought near what town
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Hampton Roads
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The Monitor was under which army
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Union
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Who won the battle between the Monitor and Merrimack
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no one it was a draw
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What was the capital of the confederacy
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Richmond
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True or False
Ulysses S. Grant did capture Richmond near the end of the war |
True
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What is the name of the place that Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant
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Appomattox Court House
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List the challenges that Virginian's had to overcome during Reconstruction
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Millions of newly freed slaves needed housing, food, clothes and jobs
Money had no value Banks were closed, Railroads, bridges, plantations and crops were destroyed |
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What cartoon was offensive to African Americans and established segregation
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Jim Crow
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An agency that provided food, shelter, medical care, educated and jobs for newly freed slaves
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Freedom's Bureau
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What was the first state to secede from the union
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South Carolina
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A Virginian who was among the first people to fire shots at Fort Sumter
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Edward Ruffin
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When did the first state secede from the union
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February 1861
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What day did Virginia decide to secede from the union
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April 17, 1861
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The closing off an area such as a harbor to keep others from getting supplies
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Blockade
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Where did the fighting of the civil war began and why
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Fort Sumter because the South Caroliners believed that they should take over any federal owned land. April 12, 1861
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The Brave Virginian who was a cavalry leader
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J.E.B. Stuart
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When did the civil war end
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April 9, 1865
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What day was Lincoln Shot
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April 14, 1865
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Who became President after Lincoln was shot?
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Andrew Johnson
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An editor of a Richmond Newspaper. He used his paper to report on the poor treatment of African Americans
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John Mitchell, jr.
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A Richmond lawyer fought against the jim crow laws.
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Giles B. Jackson
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The first black senator
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Blanche K. Bruce
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