Civil War 1
Who was President during the civil war?
Abraham Lincoln
Did Union families go and watch the battle?
yes
What was a conductor?
someone who led the slaves to freedom on the underground railroad.
What was the invisible line that split the north from the southern states?
Mason Dixon Line
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
Confederacy General
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A conductor of the Underground Railroad who helped slaves escape to freedom.
Who treated wounded soldiers?
Women who supported the Civil War
Which side of the Civil War were called the Confederacy?
The Southern states that seceded from the United States
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Declared that slaves in the confederate states were free
I was a conductor on the underground railroad who am I?
Harriet Tubman
What was one major reason the Southern States seceded?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860
Name one difference between the North and the South
The North relied on factories for their economy and the South relied on faming (cotton, tobacco)
What side of the civil war called themselves the Union?
The Northern states that were still apart of the United States
How was the song Follow The Drinking Gourd Important?
It was important because it was a secret code that gave directions to slaves escaping slavery.
I founded the American Red Cross who am I
Clara Barton
Who won the civil war?
Union- Blue Yankees of the North
What happened to the President of the North at the end of the civil war?
He was assasinated
Why did the southern states secede or break away?
Because of their different views on slavery
Who won the battle at Gettysburg?
The Union
What does secede mean?
to break away from, to remove oneself
I was a spy for the Union Army because I knew the roads and secret trails in Pennsylvania and Maryland
Harriet Tubman
What is a Plantation?
a large farm in the south
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
A document made by president Lincoln stating slavery would be abolished in the southern states.
I helped Union soldiers get medical supplies
Clara Barton
Who won the battle of Bull Run?
The Confederates
What was the underground railroad?
A series of secret paths that led from the North to the South that enslaved African Americans took to escape slavery and be free
The General of the Union Army
Could African Americans fight in the Civil War?
yes
What is an abolitionist?
A person who wants slaves to be freed.
Name one difference between the North and the South
Slavery was not allowed in the North and slavery was allowed in the South