Vocabulary
The name of the Southern states that seceded from the United States during the Civil War.
The Confederacy, The Confederate States of America
There was a draft in the Civil War. Some people could get out of the draft if they did what?
Paid ($300)
What did the Dredd-Scott case establish about slaves' rights?
They didn't have any, they weren't citizens
What part of the country made up the Union?
The North
Name 3 conditions or difficulties that slaves had to deal with
1. Working long hours of hard work
2. Being sold, separated from their families
3. Bring beaten, whipped, or killed
4. Not being given enough food or medicine
What does an abolitionist want to do?
Get rid of (or ban) slavery
How did Abraham Lincoln die?
He was assassinated in a theater (by John Wilkes Booth)
Why did Lincoln's election cause the south to secede?
The South thought Lincoln was going to abolish slavery
How long did the war last?
4 years (1861-1865)
Help slaves escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad
What does it mean to 'secede'
To leave something (the South seceded from the United States to create the Confederacy)
Who was Jefferson Davis?
The president of the Confederacy
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow those states to do?
To vote if they wanted to be slave or free states
What are some advantages the North has over the South?
- Higher population
-More factories
-More trains
-More money, stronger economy, more banks
There was a secret way slaves escaped from the South using secret paths and guided by brave 'conductors'. What was this called?
The Underground Railroad
What is a primary source?
Any source or object that was created in the time that it is talking about or showing. (book, picture, journal, diary,posters, flags, video)
-Escaped from slavery
-Wrote word-wide bestselling book about his life
-Taught himself to read and write
-Advised Abraham Lincoln
-Purchased his own freedom with the help of his friends
What did the Missouri Compromise do?
1. Added Missouri to the US as a slave state, and added Maine as a free state to keep the balance
2. Created a line that kept slavery from spreading to the North
At the beginning of the war, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?
To keep the Union together
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Banned slavery in the United States
What does the 'number of casualties' mean in a war or battle?
The number of soldiers that are killed and injured seriously so that they can no longer fight (also those that are MIA or POW)
Why is the Civil War the war where the most Americans have died in history?
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Why did some states become border states?
They wanted to keep slavery but they did not want to secede from the Union
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed slaves in states that were in rebellion against the United States (the South)