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Women and the Civil War
What role did women play in the Civil War? Try your hand at these questions.
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Quiz ID: #24057
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Submitted By:
deltabelle
Question #1
Which female delivered aid to wounded soldiers on both sides of the conflict and eventually established the American Red Cross?
Florence Nightingale
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Clara Barton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Question #2
Why did women go undercover as men to fight in the war?
Patriotism
To be with loved ones
Promise of money and a regular paycheck
All of the above
Question #3
How were the majority of women who were undercover as men discovered to be women?
They disclosed the information
While sick or wounded
Too close of quarters during the war
Because they would only bathe privately
Question #4
Pauline Cushman was given an honorary title by the Union army. What was it?
Sympathiser
Lieutenant
Officer
Major
Question #5
Where were many of the Confederate female spies held when captured?
Old Capitol Prison
Presbyterian Hall
Exchange of Prisoners
Christian Commission
Question #6
People who supplied the South with supplies from the North and England were called what?
Carpetbaggers
Treason Gold Workers
Blockade Runners
Stonewallers
Question #7
What was the name of the ship Madame La Force helped seize for the Confederacy?
St. Nicholas
Pawnee
USS Brooklyn
Blue Devil
Question #8
What male name did Madame La Force assume?
Captain Billy
Franklin Thompson
Alfred J. Luther
Richard Thomas
Question #9
Which of the following women fought in the Civil War, kept her male name after the war and was the first woman to vote by being disguised as a man?
Susie Baker
Jennie Hodgers
Elizabeth Van Lew
Kate Warne
Question #10
Which of the following women was a spy for the Confederacy and did such a wonderful job at spying that she was credited for winning the battle of Manassas?
Lucretia Mott
Rose O'Neal Greenhow
Mary Todd Lincoln
Pauline Cushman
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