Civil War History Quiz

Who was an African American sailor, Union naval captain, and was honored for his bravery and heroism?

• Frederick Douglass

• Robert Smalls

• Sojourner Truth

• Booker T. Washington

Name the place of the first major clash of the Civil War.

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Battle of Bull Run

• Fort Sumter

What did abolitionists want?

• To start a new country

• To end slavery

• To build more factories

• To create new laws

Who was a conductor of the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

Who was the nurse who created the Red Cross?

• Mary Bowser

• Elizabeth Van Lew

• Clara Barton

• Richmond

Who was an African American Union Spy?

• Clara Barton

• Mary Bowser

• Elizabeth Van Lew

• Richmond

Who was an abolitionist and a Union spy?

• Richmond

• Clara Barton

• Elizabeth Van Lew

• Mary Bowser

What was the capital of the Confederacy, burned by confederates to keep war supplies from Union Forces, and eventually fell to Ulysses S. Grant?

• Washington D.C.

• Richmond

• Atlanta

• Charleston

Many enslaved African Americans found work being _______ and _______ after finding freedom following the Union Army.

• teachers and doctors

• farmers and merchants

• laborers and Union soldiers

• sailors and fishermen

Who led a revolt against slavery and believed he would lead people to freedom?

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• Nat Turner

• Sojourner Truth