Important People
I took care of my mistress's baby when I was young and escaped from slavery on the Underground Railroad. I was a conductor and a spy for the Union Army because I knew the roads and secret paths around Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Harriet Tubman/Minty
A very large farm with a big house where large amounts of crops are grown. What am I called?
a plantation
The secret way that enslaved Africans escaped to freedom in the North. What am I called?
The Underground Railroad
The group of Southern states that seceded from the United States.
the Confederacy
Something useful or important is considered to have this. What am I?
value
I was elected president because people in the North believed I would not allow slavery to expand. I was also the president to the United States during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
Nickname given to the Confederate (southern) soldiers.
Rebels
My job was to lead enslaved Africans to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Who am I?
*More specific than Harriet Tubman
the conductor
The group of Northern states who thought that it was wrong for the South to secede the United States.
the Union
When something becomes greater in size or spreads out. What am I?
expand
I was the man that commanded the Confederate Army. I had to surrender at Appomattox. My soldiers called me "The Old Man."
General Robert E. Lee
Nickname people called Union soldiers.
Yankees
The practice of forcing people to do hard work without pay or freedom.
slavery
An imaginary line between the states of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and I separate where slavery was allowed and where it was not. What am I called?
the Mason-Dixon Line
We gave ADVICE to help Lincoln make decisions about slavery and the Civil War. What are we called?
advisors or cabinet
I was the man who commanded the Union Army. I had the nickname "Unconditional Surrender."
General Ulysses S. Grant
People who wanted to end slavery everywhere in the United States. Who were we?
abolitionists
This document said that slavery would be abolished in the Confederate states. What am I?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Important crops that only grew well in the South, causing the Southerners to continue slavery. What are we? (Must name at least two.)
tobacco, cotton, sugar
I am a war between different groups of people or regions within one country. What am I?
Civil War
I helped wounded soldiers get supplies and care they needed. Later, I founded the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton
I am good when people buy, trade, and sell goods. What am I called?
the economy
Group of brave people who fought together to pressure political leaders to end slavery. Who are we?
Abolitionists
A song that gave a coded message to the enslaved Africans about the Underground Railroad. What am I called?
"Follow The Drinking Gourd"
I am the announcement that said slavery would be abolished in the Confederate states. What am I?
The Emancipation Proclamation