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Virginia Antebellum: Part C. Transportation Infrastructure1 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 (Student Response Sheet) Student Name: _______________________________________ Date: ____________________ 1.___________________. 21.__________________ 41___________________ 2.____________________ 22.___________________ 42____________________ 3.____________________ 23.___________________ 43___________________ 4.____________________ 24.___________________ 44____________________ 5.____________________ 25._________________. 45___________________ 6.___________________ 26.___________________ 46____________________ 7.____________________ 27.___________________ 47____________________ 8.____________________ 28.__________________ 48___________________ 9.____________________ 29.__________________ 49. __________________ 10__________________ 30.___________________ 50.___________________ 11.____________ 31.___________________ 12.___________________ 32.__________________ 13___________________ 33.___________________ 14__________________ 34.___________________ 15___________________ 35.___________________ 16.__________________ 36.__________________ 17.__________________ 37___________________. 18._________________ 38.__________________ 19.___________________ 39___________________ 20.___________________ 40._________________ .
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