The Civil War
The Revolutionary War
Vocabulary
NC Geography
Are You Sure?
100
What was the main reason the civil war was fought?
Fought over Slavery
100
Colonists that supported independence from the King/British rule.
Patriots
100
To withdraw from a group or a political union.
Secede
100
How many counties are in NC?
100
100
A change or addition to a constitution.
Amendment
200
The group of Northern states during the Civil War that wanted to preserve the USA as a constitutional union.
The Union
200
A war fought between the United States and the British because the United States wanted independence from England.
Revolutionary War
200
Non-violent protests that began on February 1, 1960, in which four Black men sat at a whites only lunch counter to protest segregation and racism.
Greensboro sit-ins
200
The ______________ region sits between the Coastal Plain and Mountain regions of North Carolina.
Piedmont
200
The process of ending racial segregation and moving to integrate people of different racial groups.
Desegregation
300
The 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 186l.
The Confederacy
300
Were established by British colonists for a range of reasons, from the pursuit of fortunes, to escape from religious persecution to the desire to create new forms of government.
The 13th Colonies
300
a person who is chosen to speak or act for others.
delegate
300
Greensboro is located in what county?
Guilford
300
The 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 186l.
Confederacy
400
Who was the leader of the Union during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
400
A colonist that supported the King/British rule.
Loyalist
400
When a large group of people come together to show others that they are strongly against an idea or event.
Protest
400
Raleigh
400
A set of rules that guides how a country, state, or other political organization works.
Constitution
500
Which state decided to secede from the Union first?
South Carolina
500
What was a main industry of the New England Colonies?
Shipbuilding or Fishing
500
A resolution written in Halifax, NC, that encouraged delegates to the Continental Congress to push for independence from the British.
Halifax Resolves
500
The Trail of tears.
500
The document signed that declared the colonies were free from British rule.
Declaration of Independence