Important People
I took care of my mistress's baby when I was young and escaped from slavery on the Underground Railroad. I was a conductor and a spy for the Union Army because I knew the roads and secret paths around Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Who was Harriet Tubman/Minty?
A very large farm with a big house where large amounts of crops are grown. What am I called?
What is a plantation?
The secret way that enslaved Africans escaped to freedom in the North. What am I called?
What is The Underground Railroad?
The group of Southern states that seceded from the United States.
What is the Confederacy?
One of the main issues that caused the U.S. Civil War.
Slavery
I was elected president because people in the North believed I would not allow slavery to expand. I was also the president to the United States during the Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Name given to the Confederate (southern) soldiers.
Who are Rebels?
My job was to lead enslaved Africans to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Who am I?
Who is the conductor?
The group of Northern states who thought that it was wrong for the South to secede the United States.
What is the Union?
I was elected president because people in the North believed I would not allow slavery to expand.
Abraham Lincoln
I was the man that commanded the Confederate Army. I had to surrender at Appomattox. My soldiers called me "The Old Man."
Who was General Robert E. Lee?
Nickname people called Union soldiers.
Who are Yankees?
The practice of forcing people to do hard work without pay or freedom.
What is slavery?
A war between different groups of people or regions within one country.
Civil War
Describe the Southern economy during the Civil War
The Southern economy during the Civil War was mostly based on farming. Large farms called plantations grew crops like cotton, which depended on enslaved people to do the work.
I was the man who commanded the Union Army. I had the nickname "Unconditional Surrender."
Who was General Ulysses S. Grant?
People who wanted to end slavery everywhere in the United States. Who were we?
Who were abolitionists?
An order which declared that all enslaved people in Confederate states were free
The Emancipation Proclamation
Important crops that only grew well in the South, causing the Southerners to continue slavery. What are we? (Must name at least two.)
What are tobacco, cotton, sugar?
Describe the economy of the North during the Civil War
The Northern economy during the American Civil War was based more on factories and industry than farming. People worked in factories making things like clothes, weapons, and tools. The North also had many railroads, which helped move soldiers and supplies quickly. Because they made so many goods, the North was able to better support its army during the war.
I helped wounded soldiers get supplies and care they needed. Later, I founded the American Red Cross.
Who was Clara Barton?
An imaginary line between the states of Pennsylvania and Maryland that seperates where slavery was allowed and where it was not. What am I called?
What is Mason-Dixie Line?
Group of brave people who fought together to pressure political leaders to end slavery. Who are we?
Who are Abolitionists?
How did Abraham Lincoln feel about slavery?
He wanted to stop the expansion of slavery to new states, but did not want to end it where it already existed in the South. He believed this would help keep the country together.
Why was the Civil War longer and bloodier than the North originally anticipated?