Pennsylvania and
The American CivilWar
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Key Questions
1. What andwhenwas the great
AmericanCivil War?
2. Whywas the AmericanCivil
War fought?
3. How did the natural resources
of Pennsylvania help the
Northwin thewar?
4. Why is the Battle of
Gettysburg so important?
American CivilWar
civil war
slavery
Underground Railroad
Battle of Gettysburg
GettysburgAddress
KeyWords & Events
Key People, Places
& Events
Abe Lincoln
LucretiaMott
Harriet Tubman
Thaddeus Stevens
James Buchanan
Chambersburg
Gettysburg
GeorgeMeade
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Pennsylvania’s Role
in Fighting Slavery
O
n the brink of the great
American
Civil War,
our state had all the
right conditions for the Industrial
Revolution. A
civil war
is a war fought
between people of the same country. From
1861-1865, this Civil War was fought to
keep theUnited States together. One of the
main issues of the war was
slavery
. Slaves
were bought and sold by masters or
households. Slaveshad towork for amaster
or household without pay. They had little
chance for freedom. Northern states were
against slavery. Southern states favored
Border states
sent troops to
fight for both
the Northern
and Southern
armies.
