Leading to the War
This is a Latin word that means before the war.
What is Antebellum?
At the time of Kentucky statehood hood, this percentage of all white families owned at least one slave.
What is 25%?
They were people who worked to end slavery by giving speeches and writing in newspapers and books.
Who are Abolitionists?
Both the union and the confederacy wanted Kentucky due to these two things.
What is our geography and our agriculture?
This man loved to raid the countryside causing union troops to have their supplies delayed.
Who is John Hunt Morgan?
The people of Kentucky called for a new state constitution after this War.
What is the Mexican-American?
They were the African-Americans who were granted their freedom or those who purchased their freedom
Who are the Free blacks?
They raided an area of Louisville and killed at least 19 immigrants from Italy and Germany.
Who are the know-nothings?
The first Civil War battle was fought on April 12, 1861 at this site.
What is Fort Sumter, South Carolina?
Some this number battles and small fights took place in Kentucky during the Civil War.
What are 400?
This was still a part of the state constitution of Kentucky.
What is slavery?
By 1850, Kentucky ranked this in the nation for number of slaveholders and average slaves per family.
What is sixth?
The north was concerned about this while the south was concerned about these.
What are business and states rights, respectively?
The Civil War was called this because many families had members to fight for both sides.
What is the “The Brothers War”?
This 1862 battle caused the confederate army to retreat out of Kentucky for a little while.
What is the Battle of Mill Springs?
Kentuckians were concerned for this insitution because they weren’t getting paid for and people couldn’t attend.
What are schools?
When two slaves married, instead of the Preacher asking them to vow to stay together until death do them part, he’d make them vow until this....
What is until death or distance separated them?
This was the first state to secede from the United States.
What is South Carolina?
Approximately this number of Kentuckians fought for the Union.
What is 100,000?
This battle is known as a very bad battle with a lot of causalities. It began as both sides were searching for water in the dry autumn heat.
What is the Battle of Perryville?
Slavery existed in Kentucky for more than this number of years before Kentucky was settled.
What is more than 150 years?
This was a route conducted in secret where slaves made an escape to the north and it was ran by both whites and blacks
What is the Underground Railroad?
The Confederate States of America’s capital city in this city and state.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
Approximately this number of Kentuckians fought for the Confederacy.
What is 40,000?
Although African-Americans fought for this side, they were not treated equally.
What is the union?