People
Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the name the Southern States called themselves?
Confederate States of America
What is the name of the book that allowed Northerners to read about the life of a slave?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The owning of another person who is forced to work
slavery
The people who helped move slaves on the path of the underground railroad
Conductors
Who was the runaway slave who helped rescue 300 other enslaved people?
Harriet Tubman
Where did the first battle of the war take place?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
What happened that made the Southern states "secede" from the Union?
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860
A person who wanted to see an end to slavery
Abolitionist
What organization did Clara Barton start in the United States?
The American Red Cross
Who wrote a book that showed what the life of a slave was like?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What military school did both generals attend?
West Point
What document did President Lincoln write that put an end to slavery.....if the Union won the war?
The Emancipation Proclamation
A secret pathway for slaves to escape to freedom
the Underground Railroad
What are the large farms in the south called?
Plantations
Who was the General of the Union Army?
Ulysses S. Grant
What is the sight of the longest and deadliest battle of the war, and where Lincoln gave his most famous speech?
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
How did the Civil War end?
General Lee surrendered to General Grant
The nickname for the Southern soldiers
Rebels
What is one way that slaves on the underground railroad could find what direction to go?
Answers could include:
moss on trees, stars, bear tracks, quilts
Who was the nurse that was nicknamed "Angel of the Battlefield" because she showed up to help the soldiers?
Clara Barton
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant? The treaty was written there.
Appomatix Courthouse
What tragic event happened a week after the war ended?
President Lincoln was assassinated
To leave a group or organization;
the southern states did this to form their own country
Secede
What were the years of the Civil War
1861 - 1865