Spelling
Spell the vocabulary word that means to get away from a dangerous person or place
What is e - s - c - a - p - e
What is a synonym for 'Union'?
What is _________?
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Accepted answers:
Yanks (Yankees)
United States
North
The slave states in the south formed their own country and called themselves the _________________?
Confederacy
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also accepted is the Confederate States of America
The past tense of 'ruin' is ___________?
ruined
Spy
1
(spy)
Spell the vocabulary word that means the name given to the southern slave states that formed their own country
What is C - o - n - f - e - d - e - r - a - c - y
What is a synonym for 'escape'?
What is _________?
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Accepted answers:
flee
run away
evade
The free states in the north formed the opposing side to slavery and together formed the _____________?
Union
the past tense of 'spy' is _____________?
spied
Ruin
2
(ru - in)
Spell the vocabulary word that means the northern free states who remained under the government of the United States
What is U - n - i - o - n
What is a synonym for 'abolitionist'?
What is _________?
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Accepted answers:
emancipator
activist
reformer
anti-slavery
Many slaves in the south tried to _____________ to the free northern states using a secret network of routes called the Underground Railroad.
escape
The name given to the army of the 'Confederacy' is ______________?
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hint: another noun form of the word 'Confederacy' is _____?
Confederate (army)
Union
2
(Un - ion)
Spell the vocabulary word that means a person who fights against slavery
What is a - b - o - l - i - t - i - o - n - i - s - t
What is a synonym for 'spy'?
What is _________?
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Accepted answers:
surveil
covert
Intelligence Officer
Informant
ruin(ed)
the verb form of the word 'abolitionist'
abolish
Confederacy
5
(Con - fed - er - a - cy)
Spell the vocabulary word that means to destroy something
What is r - u - i - n
What is a synonym for 'ruin'?
What is _________?
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Accepted answers:
wreck
demolish
destroy
Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave who served as a ________ during the Civil War and helped many more slaves gain freedom on the Underground Railroad.
spy
The present continuous tense of the word 'escape' is _________?
Abolitionist
5
(Ab - o - li - tion - ist)