People
Who was President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What were the Northern states called?
The Union
What was the biggest issue that caused a divide between the north and the south?
Slavery
What is the name for a very large farm in the south where many enslaved people worked?
Plantation
The North
Who was the escaped enslaved person who went back to save many others?
Harriet Tubman
What was the name for the Southern States?
The Confederacy
What was the system of helping enslaved people to escape through a series of "stations"?
The Underground Railroad
What is the name for a person who was against slavery and wanted to see it end?
Abolitionist
What is the name of the book Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote that showed the horrors of slavery?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who had the nickname "The Angel of the Battlefield" because of the help she gave the soldiers during the war?
Clara Barton
What is the name for large farms in the south?
Plantations
After President Lincoln was elected, what did 7 southern states decide to do?
Secede from the Union
What was the nickname for Confederate soldiers?
Rebels
What were the people who helped escaping slaves on the underground railroad called?
Conductors
Who was the General of the Confederate army?
Robert E. Lee
What is the name of the fort that the Confederates first attacked?
Fort Sumter
What happened at Appomatox Courthouse, Virginia on April 9, 1865?
General Lee surrendered to General Grant
What was the nickname for Union soldiers?
Yankees
What caused Abraham Lincoln to declare war?
The Confederate states attacked a US fort
Who was the General of the Union army?
Ulysses S. Grant
Where was the site of the long 3 day battle that the Union won?
Gettysburg
What was the document written by President Lincoln that stated all slaves are free?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What is it called when one side stops fighting and gives up?
Surrender
The Union