Things to know
Vocabulary
Civil War
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Facts.
100
True or False. An abolitionist wanted to keep slavery. 

False

100

Does a broken pencil have a great value when you are trying to take a test?

No. 

100

A war between different groups of people or regions within one country is called what?

a civil war

100

What type of sentence makes a statement?

Declarative

100

Was Fort Sumter located in the North or the South?

The South

200

True or False

A collection of northern states that did not secede from the United States was called the Confederacy.

False.

200

If something expands what is it doing?

Getting bigger. 

200
Who was president during the American Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln

200

What type of sentence asks a question?

Interrogative 

200

A growing number of abolitionist were found in this area.

The North or the Union

300

What was the collection of northern states who did not secede from the United States called?

The Union.

300

What was the main issue that caused the Civil War?

slavery

300

Who was a conductor on the Underground Railroad?

Harriett Tubman

300

What type of sentence shows emotion? Excitement. Sadness. Fear.

Exclamatory

300

When the South seceded from the North they formed their own government called what?

The Confederacy

400

________________ are large farms where crops such as tobacco, sugarcane, and cotton were raised. 

plantations

400

Enslaved people were not paid a ___________ which means they worked for free. 

wage
400

Why was the song, "Follow the Drinking Gourd", important during the time of the American Civil War?

It was a coded song used by enslaved people to escape from the south to the north. 

400

What type of sentence makes a command?

Imperative

400

Why did the Confederates fire cannons on Fort Sumter?

They wanted the fort for themselves. 

500

What is an economy?

How people make money. The jobs. 

500

The South's economy depended on agriculture. What is agriculture?

farming

500

List two ways the North and South were different. 

The north had a manufacturing economy.

The south had an agriculture economy.

Slavery was illegal in the North.

Slavery was legal in the South. 


500

The part of a map that explains the symbols, colors, and lines used is called what?

a key

500

Why was the state of Missouri unique during the American Civil War?

It was a border state meaning slavery was legal but it did not secede from the Union. 
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