People of the Civil War

Which of the following correctly describes Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson?

• Skilled Confederate General from Virginia
• An African American Naval Commander
• President of the Union
• Leader of the Union Army

Why did Robert E. Lee refuse President Lincoln’s offer to command the Union Army?

• Lee believed the Southern states had a right to leave the Union
• Lee did not want to fight for an army that would take away his slaves
• Lee had already served in the U.S. Army for more than 30 years
• Lee held loyalty to his home state of Virginia above loyalty to the Union

Who gave the Gettysburg Address speech that said the purpose of the Civil War was to save a government,
"of the people, by the people, and for the people."

• Frederick Douglass
• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Abraham Lincoln

Who opposed the spread of slavery and was willing to use force to preserve the Union?

• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• Frederick Douglass

I was the president of the Confederacy?

• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• Ulysses S. Grant

I was the main General of the Union Army who defeated Lee?

• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Thomas Stonewall Jackson

At the end of the war I urged southerners to accept defeat and reunite as Americans?

• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• Thomas Stonewall Jackson

I was the President of the United States of America?

• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• Frederick Douglass

I was a slave who escaped to the North to become an Abolitionist?

• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• Frederick Douglass

What did Frederick Douglass convince President Lincoln to do during the Civil War?

• Declare war on the Confederacy
• Allow African American men into the Union Army
• Block all confederate ports with the Union Navy
• Free the slaves in the border states