Vocabulary
What is slavery?
The practice of forcing someone to work without being paid.
How did the Northern and Southern states make money? (two answers)
The North depended on factories. The South depended on farming.
Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
In a one-room log cabin in Kentucky.
What battle, which resulted in zero casualties on both sides, started the Civil War? (Clue: This battle took place around a Union fort in Virginia).
In 1861, Confederate soldiers attacked Fort Sumter, eventually forcing the Union soldiers inside to surrender.
What was the Underground Railroad?
A secret network of abolitionists who helped slaves escape to freedom in the North.
What does abolish mean?
To end something, like the practice of slavery.
Name three major crops grown in the Southern states.
Cotton, tobacco, and sugar.
How did Abraham Lincoln become such a smart person?
Lincoln only went to school for a couple of years as a child, so he taught himself by reading as many books as possible.
The Confederates won the battle and forced the Union soldiers to retreat back to Washington D.C.
What brave abolitionist traveled south 19 times, risking their life, to guide dozens of slaves to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
What does emancipation mean?
To be set free.
What were the nicknames for people from the Northern and Southern states? (two answers)
Northerners were called Yankees. Southerners were called Rebels.
Finish this famous Lincoln quote: "A house divided against itself..."
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Why did Robert E. Lee choose to join the Confederates and lead their armies against the Union, even though he served in the U.S. military for many years and wanted peace between the North and South?
He chose to fight for the Confederates after his home state of Virginia seceded from the Union. He did not want to fight against his own friends and family.
Explain the following terms: Passenger, Conductor, and Station. (three answers)
Passenger was the name for a slave traveling the Underground Railroad. A Conductor was someone who led the passengers to freedom. A Station was a safe house where the passengers could rest or hide.
What were plantations and what was life like for African-Americans there?
Plantations were large farms that depended on slave labor to grow crops. The enslaved African-Americans often had to work long hours in the fields or Big House with little rest. Families lived in fear of being split apart and sold to other plantations.
What is the Mason-Dixie Line?
An imaginary line dividing the North and South.
In 1963, Lincoln changed the course of the war by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the Southern states. Many former slaves chose to fight for the Union, helping the Union win the war.
What Union general earned the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" thanks to his determination and aggression in battle?
Ulysses S. Grant
What former school teacher founded the American Red Cross and earned the nickname "Angel of the Battlefield"?
Clara Barton
What did the Southern states do after Lincoln won the presidential election in 1860?
The Southern states seceded from the Union, which means break apart, and tried to form their own country: The Confederate States of America.
Why was it easy for factories in the North to distribute their goods?
Factories in the North had access to railroads and shipping ports.
Why did many Southern states secede after Lincoln won the presidency in the 1860 election?
The Southern states seceded because they believed Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery, and many Southerners depended on slaves to work their farms.
Who surrendered at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia, effectively ending the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
What did Lincoln announce in 1863 that made many abolitionists support his cause?
He announced the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves in the Southern states.