Who Is?
What slave was granted freedom by a judge in Minnesota?
Eliza Winston
What was the North called during the Civil War?
Union
What was the South called during the Civil War?
What is an abolitionist?
Someone who is against slavery
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
How old was Charlie Goddard when he enlisted for the war?
15
The economy in the North was based on what?
Manufacturing or factories
The economy in the south was based on what?
Agriculture
What is a plantation?
A large farm in warm climates that produce one or two crops for sale
What mode of transportation helped the Union win the war?
Railroads
What did Robert Hickman and his fellow runaway slaves call themselves?
The Pilgrams
What did factories in the North produce?
Textiles, or cloth
What were cities like in the South
All correct responses:
Most Southerners lived on farms
Very few large cities
Plantations became like their own small towns
What does crucial mean?
Extremely important
What cash crop became the most popular after an invention by Eli Whitney?
Cotton
Why were some Minnesotans mad when Eliza Winston was let free?
They would lose money from Southern tourists
Who worked in the factories in the North?
Immigrants
What were fashionable tours?
Southerners taking a riverboat up the Mississippi to Minnesota
What does secede mean?
To leave the United States
What battle is known as the bloodiest day in US history?
Antietam
What court ruling contributed to the beginning of the Civil War?
Dred and Harriet Scott
What battle did the 1st MN Regiment hold off the Confederate troops long enough to call in reinforcements?
Gettysburg
What were the 3 major crops produced in the North?
Cotton, Cane sugar, Tobacco
What does lucrative mean?
Bringing in money, profitable
What percent of farmers in the South owned slaves?
25% or 1/4