Part I
The practice of forcing people to work without pay and denying them freedom to decide how to live their lives is called _________________.
What is slavery?
The northern states formed the _____________.
What is Union?
Large farms in the South were called _______________.
What are plantations?
The government formed by the states in the South after they seceded became known as the __________________.
What is Confederacy?
___________________ was elected president because people in the North believed he would now allow slavery to expand to new states.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
_____________________ helped lead 300 slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The ________________________ was a secret system of routes and hiding places to help slaves in the South escape to freedom in the North.
What is the Underground Railroad?
A war between different groups or regions in the same country is called a _______________.
What is Civil War?
A person who led or directed slaves to freedom during the Civil War using the Underground Railroad was called a _______________.
What is a conductor?
Union soldiers were nicknamed the ______________.
What are Yankees?
The imaginary line between the border of Pennsylvania and Maryland that separated where slavery was allowed and where it was not is called the ___________________.
What is the Mason-Dixon Line?
Confederate soldiers were nicknamed the ______________.
What are rebels?
________________________ is an official declaration written by Abraham Lincoln that ended slavery in the Confederate states.
What is Emancipation Proclamation?
People who worked to abolish or end slavery became known as _____________________.
What are abolitionists?
Clara Barton was nurse during the Civil War. Her nickname was "_________________."
Who is Angel of the Battlefield?
___________________________ is an organization founded by Clara Barton that helps people during times of war and natural disasters.
What is the Red Cross?
A total of ________ states seceded from the Union.
What is 13?
The word _______________ describes the system by which people produce or make goods/items to trade or sell with others who want them.
What is economy?
General __________________ led the Confederate army and was nicknamed the "old man."
Who is Robert E. Lee?
General ____________________ was commissioned by Abraham Lincoln to lead Union forces.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Factories were an important part of the northern economy, while the southern economy relied on ________________.
What is agriculture?
Most plantations in the South mostly grew _____________, _________________, and ________________.
What are tobacco, sugar, and cotton?
The US Civil War lasted _____________ years.
What is four?
General Lee surrendered to General Grant at ______________________.
What is Appomattox Court House?
The Battle of ________________ was the first official battle of the Civil War.
What is Manassas/Bull Run?