The Civil War

At the end of the civil war the South was destroyed and much of it had to be rebuilt.

Harriet Tubman was a spy for the Union Army.

The Confederacy was a collection of northern states that did not secede from the United States.

Plantations are small farms where wheat and corn are grown.

Abolitionists wanted to abolish, or end, slavery.

The Yankees fought for the Confederacy.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed all the slaves in the Confederate states.

I commanded the Union army.

The issue of slavery was one of the main causes of the civil war.

A car is of great value when you need to get to work.

The Rebels were a nickname for the Confederate soldiers. 

The song, "Following the Drinking Gourd," helped slaves find their way to the South.

I founded The American Red Cross.

A civil war is a war between two countries.

I helped wounded soldiers get medical supplies and food.

I was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

I was the president of the U.S. during the Civil War.

I wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.

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

I was called "The Old Man" and I commanded the Confederate Army.

Slavery is when people work for wages and have the freedom to make their own decisions.