WorksheetsWomen in the Civil War
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
This woman, a nurse, encouraged other women to join and help during the Civil War. She was the founder of the American Red Cross.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Clara Barton
Harriet Tubman
Clarice Greenburg
What means did H. Tubman and others use to help slaves reach freedom in the North?
religion
Underground Railroad
violent rebellions
education
Which former slave wrote the famous speech “Ain’t I a Woman”?
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
I am the woman that wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" - a book that highlighted the difficulties and abuses of slavery in the South.
Clara Barton
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Juliet Hopkins
Harriet Tubman
Juliet Hopkins was best known for ...
being a former slave who became a spy
disguising herself as a man to fight as a soldier
heading up the Underground Railroad
becoming a nurse for the Union army
Prior to the Civil War, most nurses had been
men
women
farmers
ranchers
This person was known as "the Angel in the battlefield"
Dorothea Dix
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Clara Barton
How did women help during the Civil War?
They knitted socks.
They made uniforms.
They ran stores and planted crops.
All of these are correct.
True or false - some families traveled with their husband/father from battle to battle during the Civil War.
True
False
Maybe
Never -it was too dangerous
What was one way women protected their possessions from the enemy soldiers?
They hid the possessions under their large skirts.
They buried them out in the yard.
They would give them to neighbors to take care of them.
They would throw them down into the bottom of the well.
