Harriet Tubman worked in the fields (plowing and digging; cutting hay and tobacco; and chopping wood)
100
What is slavery?
Slavery is when people were forced to work in tough conditions without any pay at all.
100
What are some ways our country honors Abraham Lincoln's heroic act as President?
There is a Lincoln Memorial, he is on the 5 dollar bill, he is on the penny, and there are many things named after him.
100
What is a CIVIL WAR?
A civil war is a war fought between the people of the same nation.
100
I was an abolitionist and lead people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
How did Harriet Tubman find freedom from slavery?
Harriet Tubman escaped on the Underground Railroad.
200
What was the major difference between the north and the south?
The north states made slavery illegal and the southern states allowed slavery.
200
What is the document President Lincoln wrote to help free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
200
What was another name they used to describe the Confederate soldiers in the war?
Rebels
200
I was the President of the United States during the Civil War and I did not want slavery to spread to new states. I am known for writing the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is President Abraham Lincoln?
300
What was a plantation? What was a big house?
A plantation was a big farm where they raised crops. The big house was the nice house on the plantation where the slave owners lived.
300
What is the imaginary line that separates the North and the South?
The Mason-Dixon Line
300
When Lincoln ran for president what did he not want to happen with the new states in the West?
Lincoln did not want slavery to spread to the new states in the west.
300
How was the Union Army "better" than the Confederate Army?
The Union army was BIGGER, had more factories, better weapons, and a powerful navy.
300
I helped care for many of the soldiers who were wounded in the Civil War as a nurse.
Who is Clara Barton?
400
What were "stations" on the Underground Railroad?
Stations were places slaves could stop along the way to rest before starting their journey again.
400
Who are abolitionists?
Abolitionists are people who wanted to end or get rid of slavery.
400
What did the southern states do when Lincoln became president? What did they call themselves?
The southern states seceded or "left" the country. They became the Confederate States of America.
400
Why did General Lee have a tough decision?
General Lee was asked to fight for both the Union and the Confederacy. He chose to lead the Confederacy.
400
I was the leader of the Confederate Army, even though I was offered to fight for both the Union and the Confederate.
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
500
What did the slaves use to help guide them when escaping to freedom? Why?
The slaves followed the Northern Star because it pointed them North, which is where they could be free.
500
What type of work were slaves expected to do in the south?
Slaves had to work on plantations harvesting crops and working in the fields.
500
Why did Lincoln trust Grant and put him in charge of the entire Union Army?
Grant promised Lincoln that he would not stop until the war was finished and the Union won.
500
What was another name they used to call people who fought for the Union army?
YANKEES
500
I was the general in chief of the Union Army. The only person higher than my authority was President Lincoln.