Civil War Leaders Who Am I

I was elected in 1860. My election led the South to secede from the Union. Who am I?

• Dred Scott

• Jefferson Davis

• Frederick Douglass

• Abraham Lincoln

I wrote the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin". In this book I described the horrors of slavery. Thousands of copies were sold and it led many people to support abolition.

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• William Lloyd Garrison

I earned my nickname because I stood strong at the Battle of Manassas and refused to retreat. Who am I?

• Robert E. Lee

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert Smalls

Prior to the Civil War I was a senator from Mississippi. I resigned to be the president of the Confederate States of America. Who am I?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Frederick Douglass

I was Abraham Lincoln's first choice to command the Union Army. I refused to fight against my home state of Virginia and instead led the Army of Northern Virginia. Who am I?

• Robert E. Lee

• John Brown

• Robert Smalls

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

I was an abolitionist. I led hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. I was a scout, spy, and cook during the Civil War. Who am I?

• Clara Barton

• Sojouner Truth

• Mary Bowser

• Harriet Tubman

I was an abolitionist. I met served as a consultant to President Lincoln and convinced him to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Who am I?

• Robert Smalls

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

• Nat Turner

I served as a nurse on the battlefield during the Civil War. I created the Red Cross. Who am I?

• Harriet Tubman

• Elizabeth Van Lew

• Clara Barton

• Mary Bowser

I dedicated the cemetery at Gettysburg, and gave the famous Gettysburg Address saying that the focus of the Civil War was to resolve the issue of slavery in the United States. Who am I?

• Jefferson Davis

• Frederick Douglass

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

I served as a Union spy by disguising myself as a slave in Jefferson Davis' white house. I was able to pass documents and maps belonging to Jefferson Davis to the Union Army. Who am I?

• Elizabeth Van Lew

• Mary Bowser

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth