Virginia Antebellum: Part C. Transportation Infrastructure1
Student Name: ______Date: ______
For each of the following slides/questions, fill-in-the-blanks: Question Statement(s) Part 1. Building Roads2 1. In the 1800s, the major transportation and migration roads through Virginia included all of the following EXCEPT:
A. King’s Highway C. Wilderness Road B. Great Wagon Road D. Queen’s Highway
2. The principal inland route of the Colonies was the ______.
A. King’s Highway C. Fall Line Road B. Great Wagon Road D. Queen’s Highway
3. The road from Fredericksburg to Richmond was called the ______.
A. King’s Highway C. Fall Line Road B. Great Wagon Road D. Queen’s Highway
4. The roads from Richmond and Central NC connected with the Great Valley road at ______.
A. Staunton B. Winchester C. Big Lick D. Ft Chiswell
5. “Big Lick” is now called “______”.
A. Winchester B. Staunton C. Lynchburg D. Chambersburg
6. The Great Wagon or “Valley” Road ran through the Shannandoah Valley from ______to the SW tip of Virginia. A. New York B. Philadelphia C. Pittsburgh D. Charleston
1 Slides 41-106 of “Virginia Antebellum (1800-1860)”, Virginia History Series, Unit 9
2 Slides 41- 48 of “Virginia Antebellum (1800-1860)”, Virginia History Series, Unit 9 7. The Wilderness Road went from the Great Wagon or Valley Road through the ______into Kentucky and up into the Ohio River Valley.
Part 2. Building Canals3
8. The James River and Kanawha Company was formed in 1785 to build a canal from Richmond to ______.
A. Lynchburg, VA B. Kentucky C. Ohio D. Illinois
9. In 1816, VA created the 1st Board of ______in America”. A. Roads B. Bridges C. Canals D. Public Works
10.In the 1800s, VA was in competition with Northern States to create inland canals, roads, and railways to the ______River Valley in order to funnel its goods to their eastern ports. A. Mississippi B. Missouri C. Ohio D. Tennessee
11. In the 1800s, the Kanawha river (in VA – now “WV”) flowed into the ______River. A. Mississippi B. Missouri C. Ohio D. Tennessee
12. The ______River in SW VA flowed into the Kanawha River. A. New B. Old C. James D. Shenandoah
13. As Principal Engineer, Crozet ran the VA Public Works office from 1822; and, by 1848 there were ______(many, several, few) improvements throughout the State.
14. By 1851, the James River and Kanawha Canal was complete between Richmond and ______in Botetourt Co., VA.
15. At Richmond, the James River and Kanawha Canal started at the canal ______near the tobacco & grain warehouses.
16. River-boats carried ______and passengers on the James River Canal.
17. River-boats on the James River Canal were also called “______boats”.
3 Slides 49-73 of “Virginia Antebellum (1800-1860)”, Virginia History Series, Unit 9 18. The James River Canal ran ______(into, along side, away from) the River.
19. Stage Coach roads usually ran ______(near, along side, away from) the James River Canal.
20. Small capacity, shallow bottom boats called “______” carried people and freight on the James River and its tributaries.
21. By 1860, Packet-boat travel on the James River Canal became ______.
A. Convenient B. Popular C. Routine D. All of the above
22. Packet-boats had a passenger terminal at the Richmond ______near the tobacco warehouses.
Part 3. Building Railroads4
23. The first railroad that started construction in 1827 was the _____.
A. Virginia Central B. Baltimore and Ohio C. VA & TN D. Norfolk
24. Virginia’s major railroad building period was from 1827-18______.
25. Railroad building in VA started in the ______and worked its way South.
26. Most of the early railroads in VA were built in the Tidewater and ______regions.
27. Together with Maryland, Virginia’s first railroad effort was in the building of the railroad from Baltimore to ______starting in 1827.
28. The Thomas Viaduct on the B&O RR is the world’s oldest multiple arched ______RR bridge.
29. The B&O RR was completed to Wheeling, WV in 1853. The Winchester & Potomac RR and the Winchester & Strasburg RR connected to the B&O RR at ______.
30. The B&O RR from Baltimore was extended up the Shenandoah River Valley to ______by 1892.
31. Often railroads were built along side or on the road bed of abandoned ______.
4 Slides 74-106 of “Virginia Antebellum (1800-1860)”, Virginia History Series, Unit 9 32. ______is a historic town in Jefferson Co., WV at the fork of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. 33. For passenger travel, rails were ______(lightly used, crowded) in the 1800s.
34. Manassas Gap RR was built from Manassas thru the ______to Strasburg in the Shenandoah Valley.
35. Virginia Central RR went from Richmond to ______where it connected to the Orange and Alexandria RR in the Valley.
36. Passengers traveling on the Virginia Central and Orange & Alexandria RR could get from Richmond to ______. A. Fredericksburg B. Staunton C. Suffolk D. Petersburg
37. The ______RR was a critical link from Virginia to the Southern states of TN and Georgia. A. VA & TN B. Virginia Central C. South Side D. Norfolk & Petersburg
38. ______was a critical Junction for the Orange & Alexandria RR and VA & TN RRs at the James River.
39. As the VA & TN RR went south into TN it passed over bridges and thru ______like the one near White Sulfur Springs.
40. The “end of the (VA & TN RR)line” in TN was at the ______Station in TN.
41. The Fredericksburg and ______RR passed through Orange Court House.
42. The Richmond & Potomac RR passed thru the Junction station at ______on its way North from Richmond.
43. The South Side Railroad actually went from ______on the James River to Lynchburg, VA.
44. The Petersburg & Lynchburg RR passed over a 21 span “______” across the Appomattox River Valley near Farmville.
45. The Richmond and ______RR connected Richmond with farmers on the border between VA and NC.
46. The ______& Petersburg RR connected Suffolk with the Petersburg & Roanoke RR south of Richmond, VA.
47. Southern railroads like the Portsmouth and Weldon RR carried goods (e.g., cotton) originating on the Roanoke River and its canal system to the ______area on the harbor of Hampton Roads, VA.
48. The Port of ______(i.e., City Point on the James River) became an important RR Junction with links in the West, South, and north of Richmond.
49. Inter-connectivity between competing private railroads was rare. With ______RRs in Richmond City, there was no interchange between them whereby railroad cars and/or their cargo/passengers could be easily transferred for further shipment/travel.
50. The economic impact of this period of RR building in VA was ______(minimal, big, huge). Inevitably, RR building had a ______(minimal, big, huge) impact on Virginia’s social institutions (e.g., slavery). Virginia Antebellum: Part C. Transportation Infrastructure
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