Slavery
A large area of privately owned land where crops were grown which used workers or slaves was:
What is a plantation.
Who was the President of the Union?
Who is Abraham Lincoln
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
What is Fort Sumter
A sale in which slaves were sold to the highest bidder..
What is a slave auction.
Who was the major Union General?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
Who raided Harper Ferry?
Who is John Brown
Why did the South think they would win the war at first?
What is they had experienced soldiers
What was the name of the secret network that helped slaves escape to the north?
What is the UnderGround Railroad.
Who were the two major Confederate Generals?
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Cotton Gin
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in this town in Virginia
What is the Appomattox Court House
During her time working on the UnderGround Railroad, Harriet Tubman helped ______ slaves escape.
What is 300.
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
She was an escaped slave that created the UnderGround Railroad
One of the advantages the North had over the South at the beginning of the Civil War?
What are railroads
Someone who was put in charge of the work of slaves on a plantation was a(n) ______
What is an overseer.
How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play
Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and the Confederacy?
The issue of State's Rights
What 3 day battle resulted in a Union victory and turned the tide in the favor of the North?
What is the Battle of Gettysburg