Important People
I took care of my mistress's baby when I was young and escaped from slavery on the Underground Railroad. I was a conductor and a spy for the Union Army because I knew the roads and secret paths around Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Who was Harriet Tubman/Minty?
A very large farm with a big house where large amounts of crops are grown. What am I called?
What is a plantation?
The secret way that enslaved Africans escaped to freedom in the North. What am I called?
What is The Underground Railroad?
This group of states won the Civil War.
North
A group of people who help lead a country.
Government
I was elected president because people in the North believed I would not allow slavery to expand. I was also the president to the United States during the Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The state of continuing to live or exist especially in spite of difficult conditions
survival
My job was to lead enslaved Africans to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Who am I?
Who is the conductor?
Two things that were accomplished by the Union winning the war was that it united the country again and it ended slavery. True or false?
True
People who are chosen to run or compete against others for an office or honor
Candidates
I was the man that commanded the Confederate Army. I was loved by the soldiers I led. My soldiers called me "The Old Man."
Who was General Robert E. Lee?
Withdraw membership from an established group
Secede
The practice of forcing people to do hard work without pay or freedom.
What is slavery?
An imaginary line between the states of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and I separate where slavery was allowed and where it was not. What am I called?
What is the Mason-Dixon Line?
People involved in the actitvities of a government.
Politicians
I was the man who commanded the Union Army. I won the important battle of Vicksburg which gave the Union control of the Mississippi River. I had the nickname "Unconditional Surrender."
Who was General Ulysses S. Grant?
People who wanted to end slavery everywhere in the United States. Who were we?
Who were abolitionists?
Enslaves Africans who traveled to freedom on the Underground Railroad
Passengers
Important crops that only grew well in the South, causing the Southerners to continue slavery. What are we? (Must name at least two.)
What are tobacco, cotton, sugar?
I am a war between different groups of people or regions within one country. What am I?
What is Civil War?
I helped wounded Union soldiers get supplies and care they needed. I helped save soldiers in the First Battle of Manassas. I wrote letters to leaders encouraging them to invest money for medical supplies. I was a teacher from Massachusetts. Later, I founded the American Red Cross.
Who was Clara Barton?
the way people buy, trade, and sell goods. What am I called?
What is economy?
Group of brave people who fought together to pressure political leaders to end slavery. Who are we?
Who are Abolitionists?
What were the Northern and Southern armies called?
Northern army was called the Union. Southern Army was called the Confederates.
I am the announcement that said slavery would be abolished in the Confederate states. What am I?
What is Emancipation Proclamtion?