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ANSWER The name of the fort where the Civil War began
QUESTION What is: Fort Sumter
ANSWER The Underground Railroad existed because people wanted to help these people escape
QUESTION Who are: slaves
ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE: New York sent the fewest number of soldiers to the Civil War
QUESTION What is: FALSE, FALSE, FALSE! New York State sent the largest number of soldiers to the front line!
ANSWER The number of years the Civil War lasted
QUESTION What is: 4 years
ANSWER The name of the people who started the Underground Railroad. Frederick Douglass was one of these people
QUESTION What is: an Abolitionist
ANSWER Fort Sumter is located here; also the name of the first state to secede from the U.S.
QUESTION What is: off the coast of South Carolina
ANSWER This person was elected President of the United States in 1860
QUESTION Who is: Abraham Lincoln
ANSWER The name and number added to the U.S. Constitution after the Civil War. It stated the abolishment of slavery everywhere in the United States
QUESTION What is: the 13 th Amendment
ANSWER These people sounded military calls for troops to follow
QUESTION Who are: Drummer Boys
ANSWER This person commanded and lead the entire Union Army
QUESTION Who is: Ulysses S. Grant
ANSWER This person disguised herself as a Union soldier and spent two years fighting against the Confederacy
QUESTION Who is: Sarah Rosetta Wakeman
ANSWER This person became the United States’ first female doctor
QUESTION Who is: Elizabeth Blackwell
ANSWER This word means: to break away from
QUESTION What is: secede
ANSWER This word means: to change something in hopes of making it better
QUESTION What is: reform
ANSWER This is the name of the official document written by Abraham Lincoln that promised freedom to enslaved people in the Confederacy
QUESTION What is: The Emancipation Proclamation
ANSWER The name of the war fought between the Northern and Southern states
QUESTION What is: the Civil War
ANSWER The name given to the Southern states who broke away from the United States
QUESTION What is: the Confederacy
ANSWER The name given to the Northern states that remained in the United States
QUESTION What is: the Union
ANSWER This is the name of the network of secret routes used by escaping slaves
QUESTION What is: the Underground Railroad
ANSWER Name of one of the world’s first iron warships that was built in Brooklyn, New York, for the Union soldiers
QUESTION What is: the Monitor
ANSWER This woman decided to spend her life working for women’s rights
QUESTION Who is: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
ANSWER This woman was arrested because she voted in an election
QUESTION Who is: Susan B. Anthony
ANSWER The name of the abolitionist who started a newspaper called the North Star. They spoke out against slavery and supported women’s rights.
QUESTION Who is: Frederick Douglass
ANSWER This was the first state to secede from the United States
QUESTION What is: South Carolina
ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE: The important thing about the Civil War is that the United States DID NOT break apart forever
QUESTION What is: THANK GOODNESS, TRUE! We fought but stuck together!