Civil War Vocabulary

I believed that the south had the right to secede. I was president of the Confederate states.

I was a slave until I was 30 years old. I fought for the rights of slaves and women.

I was an abolitionist who gave slaves weapons to start a rebellion.

I was the commander of the Confederate army.

I was a slave who learned how to read and write.

I was the commander of the Union army.

I wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.

I was an abolitionist who created the newspaper, The Liberator.

My nickname was "Moses" because I led the slaves to freedom on the underground railroad.

The South seceded after I became president.

I was a slave who led a serious revolt that killed many people from slave-owning families.

I was a slave who wanted freedom because I lived in a free state.

I believed that NO states had the right to secede. I was president from 1857-1861.