WorksheetsPeople of the Civil War Era
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who argued that separation from the Union was a “necessity, not a choice" and was imprisoned for two years awaiting trial for treason (but never tried) after the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Who helped recruit African Americans into the Union army?
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Robert E. Lee
Philip Bazaar
Robert E. Lee was born in ________ in 1807. He was a planter from the state of ______________. During the last five years of his life, he served as President of Washington College in Lexington, ____________.
(a)
Who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1865 for bravery as result of his actions during the Civil War? As a seaman on the USS Santiago de Cuba, he participated in the assault on Fort Fisher, carrying dispatches during the battle.
William Carney
Jefferson Davis
Philip Bazaar
Ulysses S. Grant
Check all the apply:
Ulysses S. Grant...
Fought in the Mexican-American War
Was appointed General of the Union Army during the Civil War
Surrendered to General Robert E. Lee
Became the 18th President of the United States in 1868
Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army, surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the (a) Court House, ending the Civil War.
Who was perhaps the most well-known of all the Underground Railroad's "conductors"? During a ten-year span, this "conductor" made 19 trips into the South and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom.
Abraham Lincoln
Sojourner Truth
William Carney
Harriet Tubman
Once the Civil War began, this person helped recruit free black men for the Union army. This person met and spoke to President Lincoln about his/her experiences and beliefs. Even after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, this person continued to demand change.
Who does this describe?
Sojourner Truth
Jefferson Davis
Harriet Tubman
Ulysses S. Grant
As President of the United States during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln issued the _____________________ that declared freedom for slaves within the Confederacy.
Emancipation Proclamation
Declaration of Independence
Gettysburg Address
Bill of Rights
Who was assassinated at Ford’s Theater by an actor named John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865?
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Who said, “Previous to the formation of colored troops, I had a strong inclination to prepare myself for the ministry; but when the country called for all persons, I could best serve my God by serving my country and my oppressed brothers”?
Philip Bazaar
William Carney
Ulysses S. Grant
Frederick Douglass
Check all that apply:
During the Civil War Harriet Tubman worked for the Union as a...
cook
nurse
spy
train conductor
On June 1, 1843, she officially changed her name from Isabella Baumfree to Sojourner Truth; Sojourner means “_______________." Her chosen name represented her life: a _____________ who preaches her truth.
(a)
Born a slave in Maryland who eventually escaped to the North, this person founded an antislavery newspaper called the North Star and participated in the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls in 1848.
Who does this describe?
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
William Carney
Check the names of those associated with the Confederacy:
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Known for his famous “March to the Sea,” this Union commander destroyed everything that might prove of use to the enemy on his way to capture Savannah, Georgia.
Stonewall Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
George B. McClellan
At the First Battle of Bull Run, near Manassas, Virginia, in 1861,__________ Jackson’s troops held firm when others wavered. Confederate General Barnard E. Bee rallied his disorganized men by calling, “There is Jackson standing like a __________.”
(a)
Known as the “angel of the battlefield, this person was the founder of the American branch of the Red Cross and single-handedly organized supply depots during the Civil War.
Sojourner Truth
Clara Barton
Harriet Tubman
Florence Nightingale
