Civil War
Civil War
Civil War and Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
100

Dates (years) of the Civil War

1861-1865

100

Famous Underground Railroad female conductor

Harriet Tubman

100

How was life in the South altered because of the Civil War?

Slaves were freed and plantation owners had to pay for farming laborers. 

100
Word that means you want to know more about something. 

Curious

100

Name something that is scarce in prison?

Freedom

Space

Choices

Men :)

etc

200

Confederate, rebels, plantation owners, slave states

South

200

Location of the start of the Civil War

Fort Sumter

200

Which side in the Civil War relented?

 South

200

Word that means the opposite of fiction or opinion. 

Fact

200

Among actors, Will Smith is more _____ than Jason Bateman

Notable

Prominent

300

Main crop grown on southern plantations that used slave labor. 

Cotton

300

Location of the end of the Civil War

Appomattox

300

Who was a prominent person from the Civil War?

Lincoln

Grant

Lee

300

Word that means to keep safe; most of you said you do this for your children. 

Protect

300

How does rejection affect most people?

It makes them sad or angry. 

400

Two of Pres Lincoln's goals for the Civil War.

Unity and end slavery

400
Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery

13th

400

Which vocabulary word could be used to describe the number of casualties during the Civil War?

Immense

Notable

400

Word that means the opposite of drop, decrease, or fall

Escalate

400

Draw a conclusion about your future on the outside with and without a GED.

With a GED I have more options; I could go to college. Most higher paying jobs with benefits require a GED. 

500

The system of farms in the North used to hide escaping slaves 

Underground Railroad

500

Document that paved the way for abolishing slavery before the amendment that ended slavery. 

Emancipation Proclamation

500

State a conclusion about Lincoln and his attitude toward slavery and the rebel states. 

Lincoln wanted the rebel states to return to the Union and give up slavery. He was morally opposed to slavery. 

500

Part of speech for the word 'prospect'; The prospect of being released early will increase with good behavior. 

Noun (a thing)

500

Part of speech for the word 'apparent': An apparent outcome of breaking the law is incarceration.

Adjective