Civil War Key People

In the midst of the Civil War, this black male slave had commandeered a heavily armed Confederate ship and delivered its 17 black passengers (nine men, five women and three children) from slavery to freedom.

• Robert Smalls

• Frederick Douglas

• William Carney

• George Washington Carver

Which Union General used "total war" in his March to the Sea?

• Lincoln

• Burnsides

• Sherman

• Grant

54th Massachusetts regiment leader (formerly enslaved) who said, “Boys, I did but my duty; the dear old flag never touched the ground!”

• Horace Mann

• Robert Smalls

• William T. Sherman

• William H. Carney

"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom— and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Lincoln spoke these words in which speech?

• His first inaugural address

• The Gettysburg Address

• His second inaugural address

• The Emancipation Proclamation

Based on the picture and your knowledge of Social Studies, which of the following is happening?

• The Confederacy is officially declaring war against the Union by firing on Fort Sumter.

• General Grant is using his army to encircle Vicksburg and lay siege to the city.

• General Lee is surrendering to General Grant bringing an end to the Civil War.

• Abraham Lincoln is officially issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.

Confederates...

• Name for southerners who supported secession and fought against the Union.

• Nickname given to Union Soldiers.

• Group of people who moved to California to obtain wealth during the Gold Rush.

• Reform Movement that sought to bring an end to slavery in the United States.

Who led the "March to the Sea"?

• William Tecumseh Shermen

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysess S. Grant

Who was the President of the Confederate States during the Civil War?

• A) Jefferson Davis

• B) Robert E. Lee

• C) Stonewall Jackson

• D) Ulysses S. Grant

Which famous nurse founded the American Red Cross after her experiences in the Civil War?

• A) Florence Nightingale

• B) Clara Barton

• C) Dorothea Dix

• D) Mary Todd Lincoln

Who was the commanding general of the Union Army at the end of the Civil War?

• A) George McClellan

• B) William T. Sherman

• C) Ulysses S. Grant

• D) Robert E. Lee