Vocab
Before the War
Eliza Winston
Key People
Key Events
100

A large estate, meant for farming cash crops.

Plantation

100

True or False: The north had a larger population than the south.

True

100

Eliza Winston was a _________ from Mississippi.

Slave

100

U.S. President during the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

100

Bloodiest Day in U.S. History.

Battle of Antietam

200

To withdraw from the United States.

Secede

200

The south had small cities, few factories, but many large ______.

Plantations

200

A cruise-like trip up the Mississippi River that rich plantation owners took.

Fashionable Tour

200

President of the Confederate States.

Jefferson Davis

200

First major battle of Civil War. MN lost more men then any other state.

Battle of Bull Run

300

Someone who opposes slavery.

Abolitionist

300

By 1804, north had officially ______ slavery.

Abolished

300

Eliza Winston found help in Ralph and Emily ________.

Grey

300
Commander of the Union Army, would later become President of the U.S.

Ulysses S. Grant

300

Battle lasted 3 days. Most famous battle of Civil War.

Battle of Gettysburg

400

Producing a great deal of profit.

Lucrative

400

Many Northerners did not want slavery allowed in the expanding _______.

West

400

After she was ruled free, Eliza went to __________.

Canada

400

Top General of the Confederate Army.

Robert E. Lee

400

Minnesota had how many regiments serve in Civil War.

22

500

To severely damage or destruct something.

Ravage

500

A new invention called the _______ ______ turned cotton into a cash crop.

Cotton Gin

500

A similar case involved a slave named ______ ________.

Dred Scott

500

Union Army leader, responsible for Tecumseh's March - which destroyed cities in the south.

William Tecumseh Sherman

500

How many soldiers from MN served in Civil War.

25,000