People to Know

Question 1

Edward Pollard

Answer 1

• American writer who strongly supported the Confederacy during the Civil War
• Believed in states’ rights
• Criticised the Union government
• Portrayed the South positively in his writings

Question 2

Alexander H. Stephens

Answer 2

• Leader in the Confederate government during the Civil War.
• Supported states’ rights and slavery - Briefly worked for bringing the North and South together

Question 3

Nat Turner

Answer 3

• Enslaved African American
• Led a rebellion against slaveholders in Virginia in 1831
• Captured and executed after the revolt

Question 4

Harriet Tubman

Answer 4

• African American woman who escaped slavery
• Became a leader in the Underground Railroad
• Helped more than 70 slaves escape - Union spy during the Civil War
• Advocate for women’s suffrage

Question 5

Jefferson Davis

Answer 5

• President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War
• Supported states’ rights and slavery

Question 5

Fredrick Douglass

Answer 5

• Former slave
• Became a leader in the fight to end slavery
• Powerful speaker and writer
• Fought for women’s rights

Question 6

William Lloyd Garrison

Answer 6

• American abolitionist who strongly opposed slavery
• Founded a newspaper called “The Liberator”
• Made to raise awareness to slavery and advocate for its immediate end

Question 7

Robert E. Lee

Answer 7

• Confederate general
• Led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War

Question 8

Ulysses S. Grant

Answer 8

• Union general
• Led the North to victory in the Civil War
• Later became the 18th President of the United States
• Focused on bringing the country back together after the war

Question 8

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

Answer 8

• Confederate general
• Known for his bravery and military skill during the Civil War
• Leadership and determination in battle earned him the nickname Stonewall

Question 9

Robert Gould Shaw

Answer 9

• Union officer
• Led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, during the Civil War

Question 10

Clara Barton

Answer 10

• American nurse
• Founded the American Red Cross
• Provided aid to soldiers during the Civil War

Question 11

Dorothea Dix

Answer 11

• American reformer
• Worked to improve the treatment of the mentally ill
• Advocated for better conditions in prisons during the 19th century

Question 12

Jennie Hodgers (Albert Cashier)

Answer 12

• Irish immigrant
• Lived as a man, assigned female at birth
• Served as a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War

Question 13

Governor John Andrew

Answer 13

• Leader of Massachusetts during the Civil War
• Recruited African American soldiers for the Union Army
• Supported the fight against slavery

Question 14

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 14

• 16th President of the United States
• Led the country during the Civil War
• Ended slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation