C
What is slavery?
a system in which people are legally owned by another and forced to work, often without pay
What is freedom?
the power to make your own decisions and to do what you want
Another name for the United States during the civil war era was
the Union
What were people who received a reward or were paid to find slaves who had run away and return them to their owners called?
. Most enslaved Africans worked on large farms in the South called
a. zoo
b. farms
c. plantation
plantations
What were the people who were against slavery and wanted to abolish or get rid of slavery called?
a. Abolitionists b. Government c. Slave Owners
a. abolitionists
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
was a known writer of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”.
Who was the woman who helped slaves escape to the North or Canada using the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
The North and South debate whether slaves should be legal or illegal.
What does the word "debate" mean?
means talking about and expressing different opinions or points of view about something.
What is it called when there is a war between groups in the same country like the war between The United States and the Confederate States of America?
A. Civil War
B. State War
C. World War
Civil War
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What were the 7 Southern States called during the Civil War when they broke away from the United States when Abraham Lincoln became president?
The Confederate States of America
What fort was attacked in April 1861 that marked the beginning of the Civil War?
A. Fort Sumter
B. Fort McHenry
C. Fort Lock
The _______ ________ was a document signed by Abraham Lincoln that said the slaves in the Confederacy were now free.
Emancipation Proclamation
The leader of an army is called a
General
What is the act of entering a place by force, for example, by fighting and attacking?
a. retreating b. Invited c. Invasion
C. Invasion
What were the soldiers of the Union army called, they wore blue?
Yankees
What were the soldiers of the Confederate Army called, they wore gray?
Rebels
Who was the Confederate army commanded by?
Robert E Lee