People of the Civil War Era

Who argued that separation from the Union was a “necessity, not a choice" and was imprisoned for two years awaiting trial for treason (but never tried) after the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

Who helped recruit African Americans into the Union army?

• Frederick Douglass

• Sojourner Truth

• Robert E. Lee

• Philip Bazaar

Robert E. Lee was born in ________ in 1807. He was a planter from the state of ______________. During the last five years of his life, he served as President of Washington College in Lexington, ____________.

(a)  

Who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1865 for bravery as result of his actions during the Civil War? As a seaman on the USS Santiago de Cuba, he participated in the assault on Fort Fisher, carrying dispatches during the battle.

• William Carney

• Jefferson Davis

• Philip Bazaar

• Ulysses S. Grant

Check all the apply:

Ulysses S. Grant...

• Fought in the Mexican-American War

• Was appointed General of the Union Army during the Civil War

• Surrendered to General Robert E. Lee

• Became the 18th President of the United States in 1868

Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army, surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the (a)   Court House, ending the Civil War.

Who was perhaps the most well-known of all the Underground Railroad's "conductors"? During a ten-year span, this "conductor" made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Sojourner Truth

• William Carney

• Harriet Tubman

Once the Civil War began, this person helped recruit free black men for the Union army. This person met and spoke to President Lincoln about his/her experiences and beliefs. Even after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, this person continued to demand change.

Who does this describe?

• Sojourner Truth

• Jefferson Davis

• Harriet Tubman

• Ulysses S. Grant

As President of the United States during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln issued the _____________________ that declared freedom for slaves within the Confederacy.

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Declaration of Independence

• Gettysburg Address

• Bill of Rights

Who was assassinated at Ford’s Theater by an actor named John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865?

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln