Civil War Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Who did the work on the plantations? | Slaves |
Where did many slaves who came to the south come from? | Africa and the West Indies |
What type of jobs did slaves have? | field hands, house servents, blacksmiths, brick masons |
What were slaves not allowed to do according to the slave codes? | learn to read or write |
What invention caused an increased need for slaves? | cotton gin |
Who invented the cotton gin? | Eli Whitney |
People who believed slavery was wrong were called _________. | abolitionists |
What state was the first to secede from the Union? | South Carolina |
What country did the southern states who seceded create? | The Confederate States of America |
The south believed in states' rights. What is that? | the right to make their own decisions and laws |
Where did the Civil WAr start? | Fort Sumter |
Who was elected predident of the Union in 1860? | Abraham Lincoln |
Who was elected president of the Confederacy? | Jefferson Davis |
Why did Lincoln order the blockade of Charleston? | to keep the south from getting supplies |
How did women help in the war? | working in hospitals, cooking, spies |
Which side did free black soldiers fight for? | Union |
Why did the Union take over Port Royal? | to get a base in the South where it could soldiers and supplies |
Before the Civil War people were divided over the issues of tariffs and _________? | slavery |
Why did the South not like Abraham Lincoln? | they thought he would end slavery |
What state was the first to secede? | South Carolina |
What does secede mean? | to separate from |
Why did Sherman plan his march through South Carolina? | to end the war by destroying the south's ability to fight |
Who won the Civil War? | the Union |
What famous submarine sank during the war after sinking an enemy ship to stop the blockade? | H. L. Hunley |
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