Important People
I took care of my mistress's baby when I was young and escaped from slavery on the Underground Railroad. Who am I?
A) Clara Barton
B) Harriet Tubman
C) Abe Lincoln
Harriet Tubman/Minty
I am a very large farm with a big house where large amounts of crops are grown. What am I called?
A) plantation
B) slave house
C) industries
A) plantation
I am the secret way that enslaved Africans escaped to freedom in the North. What am I called?
A) Transcontinental Railroad
B) Underground Railroad
C) planes
B) The Underground Railroad
I was the group of Southern states that seceded from the United States. What am I?
A) The Union
B) The Confederacy
C) Plantations
B) The Confederacy
I am the main issue that caused the Civil War. What am I?
A) slavery
B) industries
C) farm land
A) Slavery
alternative correct answer: The Southern States seceding from the Union because of issues regarding slavery.
I was elected president because people in he North believed I would not allow slavery to expand. Who am I?
A) Clara Barton
B) Harriet Tubman
C) Abe Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
I was the name given to the Confederate (southern) soldiers. What am I?
A) Yankees
B) Rebels
C) Federals
B) Rebels
My job was to lead enslaved Africans to freedom on the Underground Railroad. What am I called?
A) Passengers
B) slaves
C) conductor
C) Conductor
I was the group of Northern states who thought that it was wrong for the South to secede the United States. What am I?
A) The Union
B) The South
C) The Drinking Gourd
A) The Union
I am a group of stars that helped guide enslaved Africans to freedom. What am I?
A) The Transcontinental Railroad
B) The Drinking Gourd
C) Angel of the Battlefield
B) The Drinking Gourd, or the "dipper"
I am the man that commanded the Confederate Army. Who am I?
A) Robert E. Lee
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Clara Barton
General Robert E. Lee
We are the people who fought for the Union. What are we called?
A) Union rebels
B) slaves
C) The Yankees
C) The Yankees
We are what enslaved Africans who traveled to freedom on the Underground Railroad were called. Who are we?
A) passengers
B) conductor
C) leader
A) Passengers
I am an imaginary line between the states of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and I separate where slavery was allowed and where it was not. What am I called?
A) Equator
B) Prime Meridian
C) Mason-Dixon Line
C) The Mason-Dixon Line
We are the people who gave advice to Lincoln about slavery and the Civil War. What are we called?
A) Advisors
B) Soldiers
C) slaves
A) Advisors
I was the man who commanded the Union Army. Who am I?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Clara Barton
C) Ulysses S. Grant
General Ulysses S. Grant
We were people who wanted to end slavery everywhere in the United States. Who were we?
A) abolitionists
B) presidents
C) conductors
A) abolitionists
This proclamation said that slavery would be abolished in the Confederate states. What am I?
A) Declaration of Independence
B) Emancipation Proclamation
C) The Golden Rule
B) Emancipation Proclamation
We were important crops that only grew well in the South, causing the Southerners to continue slavery. What are we? (Must name at least two.)
tobacco, cotton, sugar, etc.
We are people who are members of society and are not part of the military or police force. Who are we?
A) Civilians
B) conductors
C) passengers
Civilians
I founded the American Red Cross. Who am I?
A) Minty
B) Clara Barton
C) Ulysses S. Grant
Clara Barton
I am material fired from weapons. What am I?
A) canon
B) drinking gourd
C) ammunition
C) ammunition
We are the group of brave people who fought together to pressure political leaders to end slavery. Who are we?
A) Abolitionists
B) slavery
C) army
Abolitionists
I am a song that gave a coded message to the enslaved Africans about the Underground Railroad. What am I called?
A) Going down to Alabama
B) The Star Spangled Banner
C) The Drinking Gourd
C) Follow The Drinking Gourd
I am a vocabulary word that means the state of being the same and fair. What word am I?
A) dangerous
B) passenger
C) equality
C) Equality