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Mathew Brady - Civil War Photographer

Authored by Kristen Golomb

History

6th - 8th Grade

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Mathew Brady - Civil War Photographer
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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Who is this famous Civil War photographer?

Ulysses S. Grant

Alexander Gardner

Mathew Brady

Frederick Douglass

2.

WORD CLOUD QUESTION

1 min • Ungraded

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How do you feel when you see an image like this?

3.

WORD CLOUD QUESTION

1 min • Ungraded

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Compare that to this image. How do you feel when you see a photograph like this?

4.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Photography had existed for only (a)   decades when the Civil War broke out. From the start the public was fascinated by these pictures that seemed, unlike drawings and paintings, to capture reality.

5.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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When the war began, hundreds of photographers, both at their studios and in the field, were ready to cover the conflict. They took countless (a)   of common soldiers and sold them in a popular card-size format.

6.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Mathew Brady is the name most often associated with photographs of the Civil War. He not only photographed but also employed other photographers and exhibited the works at his galleries in Washington and New York. The first exhibition was of the aftermath of the battle of ​ (a)   , fought in September 1862.​ ​ ​

Antietam
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Vicksburg

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which image is a Mathew Brady photograph taken of Lincoln BEFORE he was inaugurated as president?

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