Vocabulary A
Something that shows usefulness or importance.
Value
What line divided the states regarding the issue of slavery.
The Mason Dixon Line
Who was the leader of the United States during the Civil War?
President Abraham Lincoln
Who was a spy for the Union Army because she knew the roads and the secret trails around Maryland and Pennsylvania?
Harriet Tubman
Citizens who are not in the military or police force.
Civilians
You want to do things your own way.
Rebellious
What did the South believe about slavery?
The states should have the freedom to decide if they wanted slavery.
Who was the leader of the confederate army?
General Robert E. Lee
Who helped soldiers get the medical supplies and care they needed?
Clara Barton
People who give advice.
Advisors
The system by which people buy and trade goods.
Economy
What did the North believe about slavery?
Who was the leader of the Union army?
General Ulysses S. Grant
What issue regarding how people were treated also played a factor in fighting during the Civil War?
People who have been injured or hurt.
Wounded
Southern states that broke away from the U.S.
Confederacy
The Rebels
What was Robert E. Lee's nickname?
"Old Man"
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation that ultimately brought an end to slavery?
President Abraham Lincoln
Ended or stopped
Abolished
States of the North that did not secede.
Union
What was the nickname for the Union soldiers?
The Yankees.
What was Ulysses S. Grant's nickname?
Unconditional Surrender
What issue actually began the Civil War?
The Southern states broke away from the United States.
A failure to win.
Defeat