vocab
What is the name of the secret system of escape used by enslaved people?
The Underground Railroad.
Which part of the country had more factories and larger cities?
The North.
Who was the president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln.
Why was the North Star important to Harriet Tubman?
It stayed in the same place in the sky and showed the way to the North (freedom).
Most soldiers traveled on these animals.
Horses
When people work together as one, they are ______.
United.
What were the big farms in the South called where crops like cotton grew?
Plantations.
Who was the "conductor" who helped over 300 people escape?
Harriet Tubman.
What does it mean when a state "secedes"?
To leave or break away from the United States.
Abraham Lincoln was famous for wearing a very tall, black hat. What is that hat called?
A Stovepipe Hat
What was the name of the new "country" formed by the Southern states?
The Confederacy (or the Confederate States of America).
In Lesson 3, what was the main thing the North and South disagreed about?
Slavery.
What was Harriet Tubman's nickname?
Minty
Why did the South want to form their own country?
They wanted to keep slavery and did not want the North telling them how to live.
Harriet Tubman used the "Drinking Gourd" to find her way. What is the "Drinking Gourd" actually a pattern of in the sky?
Stars (The Big Dipper)
What word describes a war fought between people of the same country?
Civil War
What is the name of the Northern states that stayed together?
The Union.
What did Abraham Lincoln believe about slavery?
He thought it was wrong and should not spread to new states.
How did the song "Follow the Drinking Gourd" help people?
It was a coded map in a song that gave directions to follow the river to freedom.
True or False: During the Civil War, there were no lightbulbs, so people had to use candles or oil lamps to see at night.
True
What are contributions?
Money, materials, information, or labor given by someone to help others.
In what state was Harriet Tubman enslaved as a child?
Maryland
What was the name of the man who competed against Abraham Lincoln for the job of senator and had famous debates with him?
Stephen Douglas
Why did the North have a better chance of winning the war quickly?
The North had more people, more factories to make things, and a larger army.
If you were traveling on the Underground Railroad and saw a quilt hanging on a fence with a specific pattern, what was it used for?
A secret signal or map (to show it was a safe house).