The Civil War Core Knowledge

Terms and Definitions

100

The document signed by Abraham Lincoln that said the slaves in the Confederacy were now free was called the _____  _____.

Emancipation Proclamation

200

People who received a reward or were paid to find slaves who had run away and return them to their owners were called _____ _____.

slave catchers

300

All the people born around the same time.

generation

400

This is the practice of owning people and forcing them to work, often without pay.

Slavery

500

*Abolitionists were people who wanted?

End Slavery

Pre-Civil War

100

In order to harvest large amounts of crops, including tobacco, sugar, and cotton, the south used?

Slaves/slavery

200

A book written to speak against slavery.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

300

A route that was used to get slaves from the South to the North to give them their freedom.

Underground Railroad

400

*In 1840, slavery was most commonly found in the?

South

500

*The president of the United States during the Civil War was?

Abraham Lincoln

The Opposing Forces

100

The south called the Union soldiers this name?

Yankees

200

*The president asked who to lead the Union army?

Ulysses S. Grant

300

*The Confederate army was commanded by?

Robert E. Lee

400

*"Rebel" was another name for soldiers from the?

South

500

*During the Civil War, the Union were these states?

Northern States

Women of the Civil War

100

Before helping others through the Underground Railroad to freedom Harriet Tubman was what?

a slave

200

Clara Barton worked as what in the Civil War?

a nurse

300

*This woman was called "the angel of the battlefield."

Clara Barton

400

*This individual helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.

Harriet Tubman

500

*To fight against slavery Harriet Beecher Stowe was what?

a writer