Vocabulary
Events leading up to the Civil War
Life before the Civil War
Cotton Gin/True or False
Other Vocabulary
100
a skilled worker such as a tailor, butcher, barber
What is an Artisan?
100
This is the person who was President during the time of the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
This class of people were planters and traders, owned large plantations, educated their children, and had lots of slaves
What is Elite/Upper Class?
100
This is the person that invented the Cotton Gin
Who is Eil Whitney?
100
This is the person that manages the workers on plantations
What is an Overseer?
200
The class of people who were planters and traders that owned large plantations, had educated children, a lot of slaves
What is Elite or Upper Class
200
This is the 2nd thing in order after the President was Abraham Linclon
What is SC seceded from the Union?
200
This class of people lived comfortably, but not rich, Owned a few slaves Kids were not educated people were doctors, lawyers, farmers, and merchants
What is Middle Class?
200
This is the result of the Cotton Gin
What is need for more slaves to harvest cotton/more money?
200
This is the historic place near McConnells
What is Brattonsville?
300
This class of people included the sharecroppers, doctors, lawyers, yeoman farmers
What is Middle class?
300
This is the 3rd thing that happened after SC seceded from the Union
What is Confederates fire on Fort Sumter?
300
This group of people lived the best they could, children worked alongside parents, kids were not educated
What is Lower Class?
300
This is what life was like before the Cotton Gin
What is long hours for slaves picking seeds out of cotton?
300
This was the place where there were many merchants
What is Charleston?
400
This is the person that worked independently and owned a small farm
What is Yeoman Farmer?
400
This is the 4th thing that happened after the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter
What is Sherman's March of Destruction?
400
This group lived in one room cabins, worked long hard hours, worked in the fields, or in the house as maids
What is Enslaved African American?
400
True/False-Cotton was the bigges cash crop at this time
What is True
400
This is the person who buys or sells goods
What is merchant?
500
This is the name for the people who were against slavery
What is Abolitionist?
500
This is the very last thing that happened after Sherman's March
What is Reconstruction?
500
This class of people lived in big cities and were skilled workers
What is Freedman/ Free African Americans?
500
True/False - The Grimke Sisters were all for Slavery
What is False?
500
This is the person that has been freed from slavery
What is Freedman?
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