North vs South: Scavenger Hunt

Match the following vocabulary words

• First battle of the Civil War

• Industry 

• System for sending messages

• Telegraph 

• Code for transmitting text

• Morse Code

• Sector of the economy

• Fort Sumter

• Farming and cultivation

• Agricultural 

Match the following

• Side that fought for the North

• Union

• Term for Northern soldiers

• Yankee

• Side that fought for the South

• Confederate

• First major battle of the American Civil War

• 1st Bull Run

Organize these advantages into either the North or the South

Groups:

(a) North

,

(b) South

• Large Farms

• Population

• Steel/ Iron

• Railroad

• Value of Exports

• Wealth

• Slaves

• Factories

How many people died a day during the Civil War?

• 500

• 250

• 1,000

• 800

What percent of Northerners lived in the city?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

What percent of Southerners owned slaves?

• 20%

• 40%

• 60%

• 80%