Take this quiz and write your answers on a sheet of paper:
Civil War Leaders Multiple Choice Quiz
1. Who was known as “Moses” and helped guide enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad?
a) John Brown
b) Harriet Tubman
c) Frederick Douglass
d) Abraham Lincoln
2. Which leader was the President of the Confederate States during the Civil War?
a) Robert E. Lee
b) Jefferson Davis
c) Ulysses S. Grant
d) Abraham Lincoln
3. Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
a) Jefferson Davis
b) Frederick Douglass
c) Abraham Lincoln
d) Ulysses S. Grant
4. Which person was a famous abolitionist who led a raid on Harper’s Ferry in 1859?
a) John Brown
b) Robert E. Lee
c) Ulysses S. Grant
d) Frederick Douglass
5. Who was the commanding general of the Confederate Army?
a) Ulysses S. Grant
b) Jefferson Davis
c) Robert E. Lee
d) John Brown
6. Which person was a former enslaved person who became a famous writer and abolitionist?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Frederick Douglass
c) Jefferson Davis
d) Abraham Lincoln
7. Who was the commanding general of the Union Army who later became President?
a) Robert E. Lee
b) Ulysses S. Grant
c) John Brown
d) Jefferson Davis
8. How many people did Harriet Tubman help escape through the Underground Railroad?
a) Around 70
b) Around 300
c) Around 500
d) Around 1,000
9. Which leader issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
a) Jefferson Davis
b) Frederick Douglass
c) Abraham Lincoln
d) Robert E. Lee
10 Who published a newspaper called “The North Star” to fight against slavery?
a) Frederick Douglass
b) John Brown
c) Ulysses S. Grant
d) Harriet Tubman