Civil War

Mrs. Hammersley's 4th Grade

Civil War

How much do you know about Virginia during the Civil War?

Firing cannon Answers are at the end of each question. Highlight the area just after the word Answer.

1. What was one of the main problems for the Confederate Army?
Answer:a shortage of supplies

2. Who commanded the Confederate Army?
Answer:Robert E. Lee

3. What was the capital of the Confederacy?
Answer:Richmond, Virginia

4. Which two Virginians brought national attention to the abolitionist movement?
Answer:Nat Turner and John Brown

5. Over what issue was the conflict between the eastern counties and the western counties of Virginia?
Answer:slavery - eastern counties wanted slavery, western counties did not

6. What was the economy of the northern part of the United States?
Answer:industry

7. What was the economy of the southern part of the United States?
Answer:agriculture

8. Why did many Civil War battles take place in Virginia?
Answer:Virginia lay between two capitals - Richmond, VA and Washington, D.C.

9. What was the nickname Robert E. Lee gave to J.E. B. Stuart?
Answer:"Eyes of the Army"

10. Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
Answer:Appomattox Court House

11. What was the issue of states' rights?
Answer:whether or not each state should decide important issues for itself

12. What was the Underground Railroad?
Answer:a series of escape routes for runaway slaves

13. What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Answer:the first Battle of Bull Run

14. What were the dates of the Civil War?
Answer:April 12, 1861 - April 9, 1865

15. Why did Virginia enter the Civil War?
Answer:it did not want to fight other southern states

16. Who was President of the Union?
Answer:Abraham Lincoln

17. Who was President of the Confederacy?
Answer:Jefferson Davis

18. Who commanded the Union Army?
Answer:Ulysses S. Grant