The New World
This was the first colony settled by the British in the New World
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
This was the President in charge of the United States of America during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This man was an important general in the American Revolution, and went on to become the 1st President of the United States of America
Who is George Washington?
This is the nation that opposed us in the Revolutionary War
What is Great Britain?
Large farms where most slaves resided and worked, mainly produced cash crops
What are plantations?
This country was the first to colonize in the New World
What is Spain?
This group of states was fighting for the right to keep slavery during the Civil War
What are the Confederate States of America?
Created the Cotton Gin, and subsequently aided the booming rise in slavery
Who is Eli Whitney?
Document that officially announced the United States' independence, signed in 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
People who fought against slavery, and wanted the act gone altogether
Who are Abolitionists?
These were the three main countries interested in the New World
What is Spain, England, and France?
Black battalion made famous for their actions in the Civil War
What is the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
He was the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Treaty that ended the American Revolution, signed in 1783
What is the Treaty of Paris?
System of houses and people that helped slaves escape to the North, commonly associated with Harriet Tubman due to her acts for the cause
What is the Underground Railroad?
This man landed in the New World after a long voyage, but mistakenly thought he was in India, and henceforth named the natives to this land Indians
Who is Christopher Columbus?
One of the first major battle in the Civil War, in which the Union Army (ordered by Lincoln) marched into Richmond, Virginia, to capture the Confederate capital
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
Radical abolitionist who led the raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859, and was then hung for his crimes
Who is John Brown?
First major battle of the American Revolution, fought in 1775
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This man led a slave rebellion, which was eventually named after himself, in hopes of freedom and to take action against their oppressors
Who is Nat Turner?
Famous group of Puritans who were the second British colony to settle in the New World, left Britain due to religious prosecution
Who are the Pilgrims?
This is the place where Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant
What is the Appomattox Courthouse?
11th President of the United States, led the nation during the American-Mexican War, and was committed to Manifest Destiny
Who is James K. Polk?
This man played an early role as militia in the American Revolution, then moved up to Senior Aide of George Washington, and finally, after the end of the war, became the first Secretary of Treasury
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This proclamation called for the end of slavery in all Confederate states, and was declared in 1863
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?