Slavery in the U.S.
Slaves worked on large farms called __________________________.
Harriet Beecher Stowe was a ____________.
writer
What was the nickname for the Confederates?
"Rebels"
Who won the Civil War?
In the 1840s slavery was most commonly found in the ___________.
South
The people who wanted to END slavery were called _____________________.
abolitionists
What was the nickname for the Union soldiers?
"Yankees"
This person was called the "angel of the battlefield."
Clara Barton
Name one crop that was commonly found on a southern plantation.
tobacco
sugar
cotton
The Southern states left the Union and formed the ___________________, because they wanted to keep their slaves.
Confederacy or the Confederate States of America
The Union Army was commanded by ____________________.
Ulysses S. Grant
The document that said slaves in the Confederate states were now free was the _______________________________.
Emancipation Proclamation
The Civil War started because the U.S. was _______________ and people were arguing over whether slavery should spread or not.
expanding
What was the popular book that made people think about the evils of slavery?
The Confederate army was commanded by ________________.
Robert E. Lee
Which leading general surrendered?
Robert E. Lee
This person escaped slavery herself and then helped other slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
The president of the United States during the war was ______________.
Abraham Lincoln
This side of the Civil War had more factories, ships, and guns.
The North
The Yankees
The Union
How did Ulysses S. Grant treat the Confederate soldiers once they surrendered?
Kindly,