Robert Smalls Quiz

What significant action did Robert Smalls take on the night of May 13, 1862?

• He joined the Confederate army

• He escaped with his family and others aboard the Planter

• He fought in a battle at Fort Sumter

• He surrendered to Confederate forces

What was Robert Smalls' role after he turned over the Planter to Union forces?

• He was imprisoned

• He was made captain of the ship

• He was sent back to the South

• He became a spy for the Union

What position did Robert Smalls hold after the Civil War?

• Governor of South Carolina

• Mayor of Charleston

• Member of the U.S. Congress

• School principal

What vocabulary word means a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country:

• civil war
• inconvenient spat
• civil strife
• meyham

What is a proclamation?

• the ending of slavery

• an official announcement

• an important document

• a new law

What year did the Civil War begin?

• 1920

• 1861

• 1776

• 1860

Which war was fought between 1861 and 1864?

• The French and Indian War

• The American Revolution

• The US-Mexico War

• The Civil War