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Key People and Events of the Civil War

Authored by Jessica Noonan

History

6th Grade

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Key People and Events of the Civil War
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which man became a U.S. Navy Captain after stealing a Confederate ship, and later became an elected Congressman?

Abraham Lincoln

Frederick Douglass

Robert Smalls

Jefferson Davis

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This person established the American Red Cross after serving as a nurse in the Civil War:

Mary Bowser

Clara Barton

Elizabeth Van Lew

Harriet Tubman

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first shots fired that began the Civil War happened at:

Manassas

Antietam

Fort Sumter

Gettysburg

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War at this location:

Gettysburg

Washington, D.C.

Appomattox Court House, VA

Chancellorsville

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This man was the Commander-in-Chief and U.S. President of the Union during the Civil War:

Jefferson Davis

Abraham Lincoln

George McClellan

Robert E. Lee

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This man was a former Senator of Mississippi who became the President of the Confederacy:

Jefferson Davis

Abraham Lincoln

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Robert E. Lee

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This man was a famous abolitionist who fought to end slavery and promoted the involvement of African Americans to fight during the Civil War:

Robert E. Lee

Frederick Douglass

Abraham Lincoln

Robert Smalls

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