Minty
What was Minty’s name after she grew up?
Harriet Tubman
True or False: Did the northern economy depend more on factories, and the southern economy depend more on growing crops?
True
I was the group of northern states that thought it was wrong for the South to secede from the United States. What am I?
Union
What nicknames did the Union and Confederacy have ?
Yankees and Rebels
What important things did Lincoln do as an adult?
He was a lawyer; he spoke out against slavery; he debated Douglas for a Senate seat; he campaigned to become president of the United States
Minty was an enslaved person. What does that mean?
She did not have rights or freedom. She had to work for no money, and she would rarely be able to make decisions about her own life.
What did the North want ?
To free slaves and keep the country united
What name did the states that seceded give their new country?
The Confederate States of America
Which side did each general fight for ?
Robert E. Lee fought for ......
Ulysses S. Grant fought for .......
Robert E. Lee fought for ...... South/ Confederacy
Ulysses S. Grant fought for ....... North / Union
How did Lincoln feel about slavery?
He didn’t want it to expand to new states. He felt it was dividing the nation.
How was Harriet Tubman able to gain her freedom?
She ran away using the Underground Railroad and traveled to Pennsylvania in the North, where slavery was not allowed
What do we call the land that many people in the south had ?
Plantations
Which state was the first state to secede ?
South Carolina
Why did General Lee refuse at first to command the Confederate Army? Why did he change his mind?
He did not agree with the southern states seceding from the United States.When his own state of Virginia seceded, he decided he would rather fight with Virginia than against it.
What is the famous quote Abraham Lincoln said ?
"A house divided cannot stand"
What was the Underground Railroad?
A secret system of routes and hiding places to help enslaved Africans escape from slavery in the South to freedom in the North
What is the Mason-Dixon Line?
An imaginary line separating the North and the South
Where did the Confederates fire their first cannon ?
- Fort McHenry
- Fort Sumter
- Fort Monroe
Fort Sumter
Why was Grant given the nickname “Unconditional Surrender”?
He accepted nothing less than a complete surrender.
Why did President Lincoln and many people in the North think that the war would end quickly?
The North had more people and factories; they thought the South had a smaller army.
What things did Harriet Tubman do that show she was an abolitionist?
She was a conductor on the Underground Railroad; she talked to people in the North to tell them why slavery should be abolished and how they could help; and she worked with others who printed newspapers that were intended to convince political leaders that slavery was wrong.
Which side did the Abolitionist come from?
North
What caused the Civil War ?
- The separation of states
What did Ulysses S. Grant do after the war ?
He became president .
Who spoke in front of the Lincoln Memorial and gave his famous speech ?
Martin Luther King Jr