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“The Civil War”
Chapter Vocabulary
Safe House
Fugitives
Homes of abolitionists along the Underground
Railroad, where enslaved people seeking freedom
could hide during the day.
An enslaved person who is trying to escape.
Abolitionists
A person who worked to end slavery.
Secede
To break away from.
Emancipate
To set free.
Enlist
To volunteer to serve.
Underground Railroad
Raid
A network of secret routes out of the South, used
by escaping slaves.
The name given to the states that seceded from the
United States of America. The capital was
Richmond, Virginia. (States below the Mason-Dixon
Line)
The name given to the states that remained in the
United States during the Civil War. (States above
the Mason-Dixon Line- PA)
Sudden attack
Hub
Transportation center
Mason-Dixon Line
A line established in 1867 between Pennsylvania
and Maryland. This line divided the Union from the
Confederacy.
Confederacy
Union
Chapter Essential Questions
1. Why was Gettysburg, Pennsylvania an important place during the Civil
War?
Gettysburg was an important place during the Civil War because one of the
largest battles of the war was fought there. This battle lasted for 3 days.
This was also the where the Union started to gain the upper hand in the
war.
2. Why was Chambersburg, Pennsylvania an important place during the
Civil War?
Chambersburg was an important railroad hub of transportation. Trains
traveling all through the North to Washington D.C. passed through
Chambersburg. The Confederates took Chambersburg and tried to ransom
it for $100,000.
3. What was the cause of the Civil War, and how did it end?
The Civil War began because many Northerners did not believe that
Southerners should be allowed to own slaves. This led to conflict and the
South tried to break away from the United States of America. The war
ended when the General Robert E. Lee surrendered in Appomattox Court,
Virginia .
*More Americans died in the Civil War than in any other war that the U.S.
has been in. Many died because of disease and infections.
*Abraham Lincoln was president during this period. He was assassinated
just after the war ended.