Knowledge 9 - Parts 1 & 2

Did the Yankees fight for the Union?

Was the issue of slavery one of the main causes of the US Civil War?

In slavery, is the enslaved person paid for his or her work?

I was president during the US Civil War.

Did the Emancipation Proclamation say that slavery would be abolished in the Confederate states?

Did abolitionists want to keep slavery?

Was the Union made up of the northern states that did not secede from the United States?

I wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.

I commanded the Confederate Army.

Was the Confederacy the collection of northern states that did not secede from the United States?

Are plantations large farms where crops are raised?

I was an enslaved African who escaped to Pennsylvania to gain my freedom.

I commanded the Union Army.

I was a spy for the Union Army because I knew the roads and secret trails around Maryland and Pennsylvania.

I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

When a team loses a game, can we say they experienced a defeat?

Does a broken pencil have great value when you are trying to take a test?

Did the northern economy depend more on factories, and the southern economy depend more on growing crops?

I founded the American Red Cross.

Were the Rebels the Union soldiers?

Will a balloon pop if it continues to expand too far?

I surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox.

Did President Lincoln use many advisors to help him make decisions during his presidency?

I helped wounded soldiers get the medical supplies and care they needed.

Is a civil war a war between different groups of people or regions within one country?