Famous People
Who's nickname was Moses and led the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What year did the Civil War start and finish?
1861-1865
Who gave the Gettysburg Address?
Abraham Lincoln
Where did slaves sleep?
On rags on top of the dirt
The Southern states strongly believed that each state should make its own what?
decisions
Who was our 16th President?
Abraham Lincoln
What year did Abraham Lincoln become President?
1860
Where were most slaves taken from and brought to the United States?
Africa
What did most girl slaves do for their jobs?
Help in the masters house cleaning, cooking, and sewing
President Lincoln believed that all men and women should be treated...
equally
Who started the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
What year did Harriet Tubman start leading enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad?
1853
What happened to President Lincoln?
He was assassinated while watching a play.
What did most slave boys do?
Worked in fields picking cotton and tobacco/
The North believed that the country needed to stick together as one.....
nation
Who led the South's Confederate Army?
General Lee
What was a conducter?
A person who helped enslaved people travel north to Freedom.
What had Harriet Tubman's father taught her about moss on trees?
Moss grows on the North side of trees and to use that to help travel north.
Why did Slaves try to get to Canada?
Slavery was illegal in Canada and they would be free.
Who was afraid that President Lincoln would try to end slavery?
The South
Who led the North's army in the Civil War?
General Grant
What year was slavery abolished?
1865
What did slaves using the underground railroad use in the sky to help them to Freedom?
The North Star
What happened to slaves if their owners found them trying to run away?
They would get hurt.
The South depended on slaves to work on their....
plantations