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Two Miserable Presidents
by Steve Sheinkin illustrated by Tim Robinson
What’s the word?
After reading the book, match the statements and content from the book to the correct answers.
Write the letter in the space before each correct answer.
_____Fort Sumter
_____Robert E. Lee
_____Battle of Bull Run
A. Picnickers from Washington, D.C., came out to watch, but left in a panic.
B. Battlefield nurse during the Civil War. Founded the American Red Cross after the War.
C. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote _____________ about slavery. The book
angered Northerners and helped launch the Civil War.
_____Harriet Tubman
D. Confederate soldiers were looking for ________ when they met Union soldiers,
leading to the Battle of Gettsyburg.
_____Dred Scott
E. First shots of Civil War fired here, 1861.
_____Emancipation Proclamation
F. General Lee’s Battle Plans were found wrapped around _______, which helped
lead to the Union victory at the Battle of Antietem.
_____cigars
G. This general of the Union (Northern) Army was nicknamed “Unconditional Surrender.”
_____shoes
H. This slave sued for his freedom. The case made it to the US Supreme Court.
_____cane
I. Nicknamed, “Wild Rose,” this spy ran an espionage ring for the Southern
cause close to the White House.
_____Ulysses S. Grant
J. This document freed the slaves in areas of rebellion against the United States.
_____Appomattox Court House
K. This African-American regiment made national headlines when they attacked Fort
Wagner in 1863.
_____Uncle Tom’s Cabin
L. Expert boat pilot and slave, he tricked the Confederate navy and
commandeered a southern steam ship, which he sailed to freedom.
_____John Brown
M. General of the Confederate States of America (Southern) Army.
_____Robert Smalls
N. Congressman Preston Brooks attacked Senator Sumner with his ______.
_____Rose O’Neil Greenhow
O. Led an attack on pro-slavery settlers in Kansas and against the US Armory
in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia.
_____Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts
P. Led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
_____Clara Barton
Q. Where General Lee surrendered to General Grant.
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Two Miserable Presidents
by Steve Sheinkin illustrated by Tim Robinson
Imagine that you are either President Abraham Lincoln of the United States of America or
President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America. Create a Facebook page.
Who would be your friends? What goups would you join? Use the book as a resource for authentic information.
Write updates that you would post from every year of the war from 1861 to 1865.
Include illustrations or maps that accompany the updates.
facebook
Search
Name:
Wall
Info
Photos
+
What’s on your mind?
Profile picture
Friends
Updates:
1865
1864
1863
1862
1861
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Answer Key sequence from reverse side: E, M, A, P, H, J, F, D, N, G, Q, C, O, L, I, K, B