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Women in the Civil War

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This woman, a nurse, encouraged other women to join and help during the Civil War. She was the founder of the American Red Cross.

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Clara Barton

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Clarice Greenburg

2.

What means did H. Tubman and others use to help slaves reach freedom in the North?

a)

religion

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

violent rebellions

d)

education

3.

Which former slave wrote the famous speech “Ain’t I a Woman”?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Susan B. Anthony

4.

I am the woman that wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" - a book that highlighted the difficulties and abuses of slavery in the South.

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Juliet Hopkins

d)

Harriet Tubman

5.

Juliet Hopkins was best known for ...

a)

being a former slave who became a spy

b)

disguising herself as a man to fight as a soldier

c)

heading up the Underground Railroad

d)

becoming a nurse for the Union army

6.

Prior to the Civil War, most nurses had been

a)

men

b)

women

c)

farmers

d)

ranchers

7.

This person was known as "the Angel in the battlefield"

a)

Dorothea Dix

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Clara Barton

8.

How did women help during the Civil War?

a)

They knitted socks.

b)

They made uniforms.

c)

They ran stores and planted crops.

d)

All of these are correct.

9.

True or false - some families traveled with their husband/father from battle to battle during the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

d)

Never -it was too dangerous

10.

What was one way women protected their possessions from the enemy soldiers?

a)

They hid the possessions under their large skirts.

b)

They buried them out in the yard.

c)

They would give them to neighbors to take care of them.

d)

They would throw them down into the bottom of the well.