Unit 2: 1850-1900 American Music

3. one who fought to end slavery
7. a type of religious folk song sung by enslaved African Americans
8. string instrument with a round body and twangy sound used in American folk music
9. a violin's name when played with a folk or bluegrass style
10. a song that matched the rhythm and pace of work
14. secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom
15. a brass band ensemble that marches in a formation

1. traditional songs passed down through generations, often by ear rather than sheet music
2. 19th-century songwriter known as the "Father of American Music"
4. the state where Stephen Foster was born
5. one of the common themes of a soldier's song
6. the drinking gourd but in astronomy
9. love songs that tell stories of historical events, personal struggles, or moral lessons
11. Stephen Foster's first popular song
12. a brass instrument similar to a trumpet used in Civil War military brass bands
13. the area where the majority of Americans lived in the mid 1800s