Civil War
What year did the civil war end?
1865
Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
Who is Harriet Tubman? What is she known for?
Harriet Tubman had once been enslaved. In 1849, she escaped from the South to the North. She was part of the group that organized The Underground Railroad. She made at least nineteen trips into the South and helped to free hundreds of enslaved people.
A war between people in the same country
Civil War
What holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the United States?
Juneteenth (June 19th)
What was the name for the Northern side and Southern side during the civil war?
The Northern side was called the Union and the Southern side was known as the Confederacy.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
It freed all enslaved people in Confederate states.
What are two things Abraham Lincoln did to end slavery?
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, he started the Civil War, and he made an amendment to the Constitution.
The total amount of a specific good or service that is available to consumers
supply
What is the relationship between cotton and enslaved labor in the South?
As the demand for cotton grew, so did the demand for enslaved workers. Enslaved labor became even more important to the South.
Why did President Lincoln send Union troops into war with the Confederacy?
President Lincoln knew slavery had to end, or be abolished. He thought that going to war was the best way to do it.
What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?
It banned slavery in the United States.
What are at least two things Frederick Douglass is known for?
Possible Answer: He was an author.
Possible Answer: He was an abolitionist.
Possible Answer: He was a newspaper publisher.
To end; to stop something completely
abolish
How did people work towards ending Slavery in the United States?
Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth built support for abolition by speaking and writing against slavery, Harriet Tubman and others organized the Underground Railroad to help people escape enslavement, and people started abolitionist organizations and campaign groups.
What general did Abraham Lincoln appoint to help defeat Robert E. Lee?
Ulysses S. Grant
What document did the Thirteenth Amendment change?
The Constitution
Who is Sojourner Truth?
She lived as a slave for a Dutch family in New York, was sold several times, and then escaped in 1826. She traveled across the country preaching and giving speeches about abolition. Truth also wrote a book about her time as a slave in the North.
The act of setting or being set free
emancipation
When Abraham Lincoln was elected what did he do that caused 11 states to leave the Union?
11 states left, or seceded from the Union because they thought Abraham Lincoln was going to abolish slavery.
Why did President Lincoln send Union troops into war following the Confederacy’s attack on Fort Sumter?
He thought it was the only way to reunite the country.
What year did Abraham Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation?
1863
Who published an abolitionist newspaper called The Liberator? What else did they do?
William Lloyd Garrison was a leading abolitionist and started an organization of abolitionist reformers.
To formally withdraw membership
secede
How many years did it take for the news of the emancipation proclamation to get to Texas?
2 years