Vocabulary 1
A large farm where crops are grown.
What is a plantation?
A war between different groups of people or regions within one country.
What is a civil war?
This is when something has worth and can be used. People may pay for something if it has __________.
What is value?
I was president during the American Civil War. I was commander-in-chief of the Union Army. I wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Someone who is forced to work and does not get paid.
What is slavery?
This group was the name of Confederate soldiers.
What were the Rebels?
This is something that is a problem. It is an __________ when you talk over the teacher.
What is an issue?
I was a spy for the Union Army. I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. I was enslaved, but escaped to Pennsylvania for freedom.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
In the south, they depended on growing crops to support their ____________.
What is the economy?
In the North they depended on factories to support their _______________.
What is the economy?
This is when something gets bigger or covers more area. Your brain knowledge will _________ as you learn more.
What is expand?
I was the commander of the Union Army. I demanded "unconditional surrender" from the Confederates.
Who was General Ulysses S. Grant?
The group of northern states that did not want to secede.
What is the union?
The group of southern states that seceded from the United States and supported slavery.
What is the confederacy?
This is when someone or something loses. My team lost the game, we experienced a _________.
What is defeat?
I helped gather medical supplies for wounded soldiers. I was nicknamed "Angel of the Battlefield". I founded the American Red Cross.
Who was Clara Barton?
This document said that slavery would be abolished in the Confederate States.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This group was the soldiers who fought for the Union.
What were the Yankees?
People who support others in making decisions. Presidents may rely on ___________ to make choices.
What are advisors?
I commanded the Confederate Army. I surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox.
Who was Robert E. Lee?