SS 8th Grade Historical Figures Practice Quiz

This person was from England

• John Lewis

• James Oglethorpe

• William T. Sherman

• Jimmy Carter

A civil rights activist

• William T. Sherman

• Jimmy Carter

• John Lewis

• Abraham Lincoln

Born in the state of Georgia

• John Lewis

• Jimmy Carter

• Both

Senator from Illinois who was elected President in 1860.

• Jefferson Davis

• Jimmy Carter

• William T. Sherman

• Abraham Lincoln

Founded the colony of Georgia

• Jimmy Carter

• James Oglethorpe

• John Lewis

• Jefferson Davis

1. President of the Confederacy during the American Civil War

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• Jimmy Carter

• Jefferson Davis

After he destroyed Atlanta, he led the “March to the Sea.”

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• William T. Sherman

• George B. McClellan

First African-American Mayor of Atlanta

• Maynard Jackson

• Andrew Young

• John Lewis

• Martin Luther King, III

A Union General

• Stonewall Jackson

• William T. Sherman

• Andrew Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

President during the American Civil War

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Both

• None