Spies in Petticoats

What was the main advantage women had as spies during the Civil War?

• They were not suspected due to gender norms.

• They had better communication skills.

• They were physically stronger than men.

• They had access to more resources.

How did Rose O’Neal Greenhow contribute to the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run?

• She provided information about Union troop strength.

• She led Confederate troops in battle.

• She sabotaged Union supplies.

• She negotiated a truce with Union leaders.

What was Elizabeth Van Lew's role in the Civil War?

• She was a pro-Union spy in Richmond, Virginia.

• She was a Confederate general.

• She was a nurse for the Union army.

• She was a journalist reporting on the war.

Why was Harriet Tubman's raid in 1863 significant?

• It freed 750 enslaved people and seized Confederate supplies.

• It resulted in the capture of a Confederate general.

• It led to the surrender of a Confederate fort.

• It was the first successful Union raid in Virginia.

What was the outcome of Antonia Ford's espionage activities?

• She was arrested and later married a Union major.

• She was executed for being a spy.

• She became a Confederate general.

• She was awarded a medal by the Confederacy.

How did Pauline Cushman avoid execution by the Confederates?

• She was freed by a Union army raid.

• She escaped from prison on her own.

• She convinced the Confederates of her innocence.

• She was exchanged for a Confederate spy.

What method did Elizabeth Van Lew use to protect her spy communications?

• She used invisible ink and a cipher.

• She used carrier pigeons.

• She encrypted messages with a computer.

• She used smoke signals.

One main idea of "Spies in Petticoats" is —

• women put aside their differences to help each other

• women on both sides faced danger to help their cause.

• women spies did not care about the war, but helped anyway.

• women spies helped their sides in ways men did not want to.

How did the women in "Spies in Petticoats" use their gender as an advantage?

• 1. They were able to avoid marrying men.

• 1. They were not searched as often as men.

• 1. They did work as spies that men did not want to do.

• 1. They persuaded men from the other armies to marry them.

Which sentence from "Spies in Petticoats" supports the idea that being a spy was dangerous work?

• 1. "She persuaded a Union officer to tell her the strength of the Union troops preparing for that battle." (Paragraph 2)

• 1. "Van Lew arranged for Bowser to work in the Confederate White House in Richmond." (Paragraph 4)

• 1. "Belle Boyd was 18 years old when Union troops invaded her hometown in western Virginia." (Paragraph 5)

• 1. "She was found with written plans on her and was sentenced to death for being a spy." (Paragraph 8)