Miscellaneous
a war between different groups of people or regions within the SAME country
What is a Civil war?
large farms where crops are raised.
What is a plantation?
This economy depended on crops and slavery
What is the South?
President who wrote the Emancipation Proclomation
Who is President Abraham Lincoln?
Name two things that caused the U.S. Civil War
What is slavery in the southern states and the Presidential election of Lincoln because Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery to new states
I commanded the Confederate Army
Who was Robert E. Lee?
What is an abolitionist?
These states make up the northern states and did not secede from the United States
What is the Union?
I was an enslaved African who escaped to Pennsylvania to gain my freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
What was the Underground Railroad?
I was a passaged that enslaved slaves followed to reach freedom in the North. Conductors, like Harriet Tubman, led the enslaved people to safety.
This is the nickname given to the soldiers that fought for the Union
What are the Yankees?
system by which people produce and trade goods.
What is an economy
This economy depended on factories.
What is the North?
I commanded the Union Army
Who was General Grant?
I founded the American Red Cross.
Who was Clara Barton?
I surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
Who was General Lee?
Rebels was the name given to this group of soldiers
What are Confederate soldiers?
when people are NOT free to make choices for themselves or paid for their work.
What is slavery?
She helped wounded soldiers during and after battle by providing medical supplies and care.
Who is Clara Barton?
I was a spy for the Union Army because I knew the roads and the secret trails around Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
I was president during the Civil War
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
this paper said that slavery would be abolished in the Confederate States
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
These states seceded or 'broke away' from the US and made their own country and gave themselves a new name.
What is the south/Confederacy?
He was stubborn and unafraid in battle. He demanded 'Unconditional Surrender.
Who was General Ulysses S. Grant?
Why did southern states secede from the United States?
Southern states did not want the government to have the power to stop slavery in new states. They did not agree to the election of President Lincoln. They were afraid Lincoln would make slavery illegal in the southern states.