Important People
She was a nurse during the Civil War and founded the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton
What do you call the people running for the same position or election? Hint: An example is Donald Trump and Joe Biden, who were _________ for President.
candidates
What document called for all slaves in the Confederacy to be freed during the war? Hint: It was created by Abraham Lincoln.
Emancipation Proclamation
What is it called when the citizens of a country fight amongst each other?
Civil War
Someone who drives a train. Also used to refer to someone who led people along the Underground Railroad.
conductor
He was the General of the Union Army.
Ulysses S. Grant
To bring people together.
Unite
When Southern states said they did not want to be part of the United States anymore we say they _____________.
Seceded
The leader of an army who gives commands to everyone else.
General
Large farms where they grow lots of crops.
plantation
He was the General of the Confederate Army.
Robert E. Lee
When you lose to someone else.
Defeat
The thing you put in a gun or cannon to be able to fire it.
Ammunition
An system people use to create and sell goods amongst each other.
economy
He was the 16th President of the United States, and although he was opposed to slavery, he mainly proposed that the government send slaves back to Africa. He was the President during the Civil War, on the side of the Union.
Abraham Lincoln
What Northerners were called by Southerners. It's what we still call a baseball team.
Yankees
The side of the war fighting to keep slavery.
Confederacy
To get rid of something, like a practice or institution.
abolish
She was many things during her life, including a conductor on the Underground Railroad, a spy for the Union Army, and a Civil War nurse.
Harriet Tubman
A promise you make in front of someone else.
Oath
This is the day that word of the end of the Civil War, and the surrender of the Confederacy, reached Galveston, Texas. It was on June 19th, 1865. It is still celebrated as the oldest holiday recognizing the end of slavery in the United States.
Juneteenth
The side of the war fighting to end slavery and preserve the United States.
Union
Forcing people to work without pay and denying them the freedom of how to live their lives.
slavery