Terms and Definitions
The document signed by Abraham Lincoln that said the slaves in the Confederacy were now free was called the _____ _____.
Emancipation Proclamation
In order to harvest large amounts of crops, including tobacco, sugar, and cotton, the south used?
Slaves/slavery
The south called the Union soldiers this name?
Yankees
Before helping others through the Underground Railroad to freedom Harriet Tubman was what?
a slave
People who received a reward or were paid to find slaves who had run away and return them to their owners were called _____ _____.
slave catchers
A book written to speak against slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
*The president asked who to lead the Union army?
Ulysses S. Grant
Clara Barton worked as what in the Civil War?
a nurse
All the people born around the same time.
generation
Underground Railroad
*The Confederate army was commanded by?
Robert E. Lee
*This woman was called "the angel of the battlefield."
Clara Barton
This is the practice of owning people and forcing them to work, often without pay.
Slavery
*In 1840, slavery was most commonly found in the?
South
*"Rebel" was another name for soldiers from the?
South
*This individual helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
*Abolitionists were people who wanted?
End Slavery
Abraham Lincoln
*During the Civil War, the Union were these states?
Northern States
*To fight against slavery Harriet Beecher Stowe was what?
a writer