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The Civil War

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What does it mean to secede? to leave or break away from something
Why did the South secede from the North? disagreements over slavery and states' rights
What crop was known as white gold and made plantation owners wealthy? cotton
Why did the North not have as many slaves as the South? The North did not have as many farms.
What are large farms that are like little towns known as? plantations
What was the South called during the Civil War? the Confederacy
What was the North called during the Civil War? the Union
Who was the president of the Union during the Civil War? Abraham Lincoln
Who was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War? Jefferson Davis
Where was the first capital of the Confederacy? Montgomery
What was the document that freed slaves called? the Emancipation Proclamation
What happened to Abraham Lincoln after the Civil War had ended? He was assassinated.
What was the system of sneaking slaves to free states from the South called? the Underground Railroad
Who won the Civil War? the Union
Where was the first battle of the Civil War fought? South Carolina
Who was Harriet Tubman? a famous conductor of the Underground Railroad
What state sent more men to fight during the Civil War than any other state? Alabama
What was the name of the submarine built in Alabama that sank a warship and then sank, too? the Hunley
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