CIVIL WAR People Places Events Vocabulary 100 100
CIVIL WAR
People Places Events Vocabulary 100 100 200 200 300 300 400 400 500 500
Who is Abraham Lincoln? He was President during the Civil War. Row 1, Col 1
What was the Underground Railroad? The secret route that slaves used to escape to freedom in the North 1, 2
What was the Battle at Fort Sumter? The South won this battle and the Civil War officially began. 1, 3
What is the slave code? The laws the slaves had to live by. 1, 4
Who is Harriet Tubman? A slave who escaped and became a conductor on the Underground Railroad, returning to the South 19 times. 2, 1
What are the border states? These states were located between the Union states and Confederate states. Both the North and the South wanted them on their side. 2, 2
What is the Gettysburg Address? An inspiring speech given by Abraham Lincoln, which spoke of the ideals of liberty and equality on which the country had been founded. 2, 3
What is the cotton gin? This invention revolutionized the cotton process – making it easier to clean and market cotton. 2, 4
Who is Jefferson Davis? He was the president of the Confederate States. 3, 1
What is Antietam? The bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War 3, 2
What is Sherman’s March to the Sea? The destructive path (60 miles wide and 300 miles long), where Sherman led Union troops to burn and destroy everything held dear in the South. 3, 3
What is sectionalism? The idea that one section of The country is better than Other sections. 3, 4
Who is Robert E. Lee? Leader of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. 4, 1
What is Chickamauga? The first major battle of the Civil War in Georgia was fought here 4, 2
What is the assassination of Abraham Lincoln? The tragic murder of our country’s leader while he was watching a play in Ford’s Theater. 4, 3
What is state’s rights? The belief that state’s do not have to follow the US Constitution if they feel it does not help them 4, 4
Who is Ulysses S. Grant? The leader of the Union Army during the Civil War. 5, 1
What is Savannah, Georgia? Sherman’s March to the Sea ended here. 5, 2
What is the Civil War? The disagreement between northern and southern states regarding states’ rights and slavery led to this. 5, 3
What is the Emancipation Proclamation? The presidential order of 1863 that freed enslaved people in the Confederate states. 5, 4
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