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WorksheetsWomen in the Civil War
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What 2 words were used to describe women in the 19th Century?
Fragile & Dependent
Dependent & Needy
Strong & Dependent
Fragile & Independent
Why did women start to assume new roles?
When their husbands died
When they got bored
When the men of their house went to war
When they ran out of laundry to do
Which of the following was NOT a new role taken on by women?
Spy
President
Soldier
Nurse
What was the US Sanitary commission's job?
Stopping the alien invasion
Hire Nurses, Collect and Distribute supplies, and improve battlefield sanitation
Make Hand Sanitizer and put it on the soldiers
Clean Bathrooms and Dig new outhouses
What percent of inflation was there in he confederacy during the Civil War?
100%
700%
9000%
7464%
Who did the US government hire as the Superintendent of Women Nurses?
Dorothea Dix
Hillary Clinton
Harriet Tubman
Oprah
Which 2 things were required of all women nurses?
College Degree
30 years old
Medical Experience
Very Rich
Plain in Appearance
What was NOT something that female nurses did to comfort male soldiers?
Read to them
Write Letters for them
Act as a mother or sister
Sing to them
What was Rose O'Neal Greenhow's job and loyalty?
Nurse, Union
Spy, Union
Soldier, Confederacy
Spy, Confederacy
What was NOT a reason that women disguised themselves as men to be soldiers?
To be near to their significant other
A desire to serve their country
Being a nurse was too boring
They wanted to prove they could do it
