Vocabulary 1
What is another word for hurt?
wounded
A person that doesn't follow the rules is called _____.
rebellious
This person was a lawyer before becoming our 16th president. He also was the author of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln
What was the name used to describe the person leading the Underground Railroad?
conductor
Who were the people that wanted to outlaw (end) slavery?
abolitionists
This is a group of people who help a president make important decisions.
Cabinet
She escaped her life of slavery and also helped others escape.
Harriet Tubman
This area wanted to keep slavery legal.
The southern states
What was the route used to help slaves escape North to freedom?
Underground Railroad
What is another name for the South during the Civil War?
Confederate States or Confederacy
He was the commander of the Confederate Army.
Robert E. Lee
True or False
The North's victory in the American Civil War reunited the states as one country and ended slavery.
True
What is another name for the North during the Civil War?
Union States
This document changed the focus of the war and eventually led to enslaved people being freed.
Emancipation Proclamation
He was the commander of the Confederate Army.
Ulysses S. Grant
Which group wanted to break away, or secede, from the United States so they could keep slavery? The North or the South.
South
This word means something that has use or meaning to someone or something.
value
A person who is NOT serving in a country's military is a ______________?
civilian
She cared for wounded soldiers and founded (started) the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton
What was the name of the song the enslaved people would sing that described the Big Dipper and the North Star?
"Follow the Drinking Gourd"