Miscellaneous
Vocabulary
North vs. South
Important People
Causes
100

a war between different groups of people or regions within the SAME country

What is a Civil war?

100

large farms where crops are raised.

What is a plantation?

100

This economy depended on crops and slavery

What is the South?

100

President who wrote the Emancipation Proclomation

Who is President Abraham Lincoln?

100

Name two things that caused the U.S. Civil War

What is slavery in the southern states and the Presidential election of Lincoln because Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery to new states

200

I commanded the Confederate Army

Who was Robert E. Lee?

200
People who worked to abolish or end slavery

What is an abolitionist?

200

These states make up the northern states and did not secede from the United States

What is the Union?

200

I was an enslaved African who escaped to Pennsylvania to gain my freedom.

Who is Harriet Tubman?

200

What was the Underground Railroad?

I was a passaged that enslaved slaves followed to reach freedom in the North. Conductors, like Harriet Tubman, led the enslaved people to safety. 

300

This is the nickname given to the soldiers that fought for the Union

What are the Yankees?

300

system by which people produce and trade goods. 

What is an economy

300

This economy depended on factories.

What is the North?

300

I commanded the Union Army

Who was General Grant?

300

I founded the American Red Cross.

Who was Clara Barton?

400

I surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

Who was General Lee?

400

Rebels was the name given to this group of soldiers

What are Confederate soldiers?

400

when people are NOT free to make choices for themselves or paid for their work.

What is slavery?

400

She helped wounded soldiers during and after battle by providing medical supplies and care.

Who is Clara Barton?

400

I was a spy for the Union Army because I knew the roads and the secret trails around Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Who was Harriet Tubman?

500

I was president during the Civil War

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

500

this paper said that slavery would be abolished in the Confederate States

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

500

These states seceded or 'broke away' from the US and made their own country and gave themselves a new name.

What is the south/Confederacy?

500

He was stubborn and unafraid in battle. He demanded 'Unconditional Surrender.

Who was General Ulysses S. Grant?

500

Why did southern states secede from the United States?

Southern states did not want the government to have the power to stop slavery in new states. They did not agree to the election of President Lincoln. They were afraid Lincoln would make slavery illegal in the southern states.