Civil War Important People

Who led the the rebellion known as "Nat Turner's Rebellion?"

• Nat Turner

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

Who published an anti-slavery newspaper called, The North Star?

• Nat Turner

• Elizabeth Jennings

• Dred Scott

• Frederick Douglass

Who entered a "whites only" street car in New York City in 1854?

• Elizabeth Jennings

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

• Dred Scott

Who became one of the best known volunteers for the Underground Railroad?

• Elizabeth Jennings

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

• Dred Scott

Who was an enslaved African American that tried to sue for his freedom but lost in Supreme Court?

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

• Dred Scott

• Harriet Tubman

Who was the 16th U.S. President, that led the U.S. through the Civil War?

• Thomas Stonewall Jackson

• Winfield Scott

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

Who was the President of the Confederate States of American during the Civil War?

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Nat Turner

Who was the Commander of Confederate Army and did not approve of slavery?

• William T. Sherman

• Winfield Scott

• Frederick Douglass

• Robert E. Lee

Who was the Commanding General of the U.S. Army during the Civil War and later became the 18th President?

• Thomas Stonewall Jackson

• Jefferson Davis

• John Brown

• Ulysses S. Grant

Who devised The Anaconda Plan and advised President Abraham Lincoln?

• Winfield Scott

• Dred Scott

• William T. Sherman

• Robert E. Lee