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, ____________.

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 ______________ 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