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Life for a Soldier
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abolitionist
What is a person who works to end slavery.
100
Joshua Glover
What is the fugitive slave that escaped to WI in the 1850s. Abolitionists in Racine freed him from jail and helped him escape to freedom in Canada.
100
Camp Randall
What is the place in Madison Governor Randall created to train soldiers for war.
100
Camp Randall
What is where did the Civil War soldiers train in WI?
200
brigade
What is a large military unit, made up of several regiments.
200
Abraham Lincoln
What is the 16th President, the first Republican President. He worked to end slavery.
200
Schoolhouse in Ripon, WI
What is the Birthplace of the Republican Party?
200
Fugitive Slave Act
What upset Wisconsin citizens because it required them to return fugitive slaves to their owners?
200
Battle of Gettysburg
What is the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
300
Civil War
What is the war between the North and South of the U.S. from 1861-1865.
300
Colonel Hans Christian Heg
What is a brave military leader in the Civil War. He recruited Scandinavian men for war and fought against slavery. He died in battle.
300
The Milton House
What is an Underground Railroad "station" where fugitive slaves would be safe.
300
Republican Party
What party was formed to give a stronger voice to the people that opposed slavery?
300
Orphans
What are children who have no parents called?
400
secede
What is to leave or withdraw one organization, often to form another.
400
Company C (aka The Eau Claire Eagles)
What is a fighting group from Eau Claire. Carried Old Abe the eagle for good luck. No soldier in Company C who carried Old Abe was injured.
400
Cordelia Harvey
What is the wife of Governor Louis P. Harvey that helped soldiers. She opened hospitals for veterans/soldiers and homes for orphans.
400
Slaves were given freedom. The Union stayed together.
Why was the Civil War a turning point?
400
Recruiting
What is getting people to join the military?
500
Emancipation Proclamation
What is an official announcement made by President Lincoln declaring that all slaves were freed.
500
Lucius Fairchild
What is a man part of the Iron Brigade (tough fighters). He commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg. Was elected governor after the war.
500
Colonel Hans Christian Heg
What is the statue at the state capitol in Madison there because he was a brave military leader in the Civil War.
500
Colonel. Veteran
What is an officer in the military? What is someone called who has served in the armed forces?