Transcript Jeopardy Civil War 2012

AMERICAN HISTORY
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AMERICAN HISTORY
The Civil War
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QUESTION:
Why did the South secede?
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QUESTION:
Why did the South secede?
ANSWER:
1) They are fighting to protect their way of
life including slavery.
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3)
To have states rights since they feel they have little
say in the National government.
To protect their homes and families once they realize
war will be on their land.
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QUESTION:
Why doesn’t the Union simply let the South
leave?
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QUESTION:
Why doesn’t the Union simply let the South leave?
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ANSWER:
- They have to fight to preserve the Union
because if you let one state leave, where will this
end? You can’t let states leave if you want to be
a stable country.
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QUESTION:
What are border states?
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QUESTION:
What are border states?
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ANSWER:
Slave states on the border of rebelling states
that Lincoln is attempting to keep in the
Union.
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QUESTION:
What was the significance (or importance)
of the first battle of Bull Run?
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QUESTION:
What was the significance (or importance) of the
first battle of Bull Run?
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ANSWER:
- Both sides realize the other is very serious
about fighting and it won’t be the short war they
expected.
- The war appears it will be long, hard, and ugly
based on the losses and effort of both sides.
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QUESTION:
How does Lincoln force the confederacy to
start the war at Ft. Sumter, but intensify it
as a result?
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QUESTION:
How does Lincoln force the confederacy to start
the war at Ft. Sumter, but intensify it as a result?
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Lincoln makes them start the fighting by only
sending in food supplies to Ft. Sumter (non –
threatening). Lincoln makes VA, NC, AK and TN
secede when he calls troops (75,000 for 90 days)
to fight against our own people (the rebelling
south).
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QUESTION:
The siege of this town, the CSA’s biggest
manufacturing city, helped the Union
strengthen their blockade of Southern
supply lines.
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QUESTION:
The siege of this town, the CSA’s biggest
manufacturing city, helped the Union
strengthen their blockade of Southern
supply lines.
ANSWER:
New Orleans
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QUESTION:
This attempt by George McClellan and the
Union to take Richmond failed even
though they had ten times the men at the
time.
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QUESTION:
This attempt by George McClellan and the
Union to take Richmond failed even
though they had ten times the men at the
time.
 ANSWER:
Peninsula Campaign
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QUESTION:
What battle saw the CSA lose Albert Sidney
Johnston, had more casualties than all
American Wars, and gave the Union
control of the Tennessee River?
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QUESTION:
What battle saw the CSA lose Albert Sidney
Johnston, had more casualties than all
American Wars, and gave the Union
control of the Tennessee River?
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ANSWER:
Shiloh
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Question:
What was the importance of the Monitor
versus the Merrimack?
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Question:
What was the importance of the Monitor
versus the Merrimack?
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ANSWER:
It started a new age of naval
warfare that scared Europe because their
ships were obsolete!
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QUESTION:
What are three reasons why the
Emancipation Proclamation changed the
war?
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QUESTION:
What are three reasons why the Emancipation
Proclamation changed the war?
ANSWER:
1) It stopped England from entering the war (against slavery).
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2) It gave soldiers another cause to fight (freedom along with
protecting democracy).
3) It encourages slaves in the CSA to run away or stop working
(confederate would have to stop fighting to deal with them).
4) African Americans could now fight for the Union giving the
Union thousands of new soldiers.
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Question:
What was the purpose of Lincoln’s
Gettysburg Address?
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Question:
What was the purpose of Lincoln’s
Gettysburg Address?
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ANSWER: To commemorate the
Gettysburg Cemetery, honor those who
died at the battle AND inspire the Union to
fight on to win or else those who had lost
their lives had done so for no reason.
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Question:
Where was Stonewall Jackson mortally
wounded?
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Question:
Where was Stonewall Jackson mortally
wounded?
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ANSWER:
Chancellorsville
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QUESTION:
Why did people riot or protest the draft in
places like New York?
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QUESTION:
Why did people riot or protest the draft in
places like New York?
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ANSWER:
Because many resented the fact that in the Union
army, they would be fighting to free people that
would take their jobs and that rich people could
get out of the war by owning 20 + slaves in the
south or paying $300 in the north.
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Question:
What are two details about the battle of
Vicksburg?
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Question:
What are two details about the battle of Vicksburg?
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ANSWER:
- the Union blocks Rebels into the city to starve
them out
- The Rebels give up on the 4th of July
- Ships endure bombing to pass the city
- Grant marches men through swamps to get
there winning battle after battle
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QUESTION:
Why was the siege of Vicksburg key to
winning the war for both sides?
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QUESTION:
Why was the siege of Vicksburg key to
winning the war for both sides?
Answer:
It allowed the Union to move troops, goods,
and information up and down the
Mississippi River (and not the South). The
South is now split into east and west
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QUESTION:
What was the significance of the Lincoln
Assassination?
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QUESTION:
What was the significance of the Lincoln
Assassination?
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ANSWER:
It threw Reconstruction Plans into
confusion and made the nation mourn the
loss of a great leader.
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QUESTION:
While many personal belongings of the
South were destroyed during the Union’s
march through the South, what was the
most important thing that was destroyed in
the process?
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QUESTION:
While many personal belongings of the
South were destroyed during the Union’s
march through the South, what was the
most important thing that was destroyed in
the process?
 ANSWER: Southern will to continue the
war
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QUESTION:
Who was Lincoln’s opponent in the 1864
election and what helped Lincoln win?
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QUESTION:
Who was Lincoln’s opponent in the 1864
election and what helped Lincoln win?
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- George McClellan;
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- Soldier votes because they want to finish
what they started; Atlanta Victory because this
makes people think the Union is close to winning
now that they control the largest remaining CSA
supply hub.
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QUESTION:
After battle at Chattanooga, this general
took over all of the Union Army because
“He fights”.
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After battle at Chattanooga, this general
took over all of the Union Army because
“He fights”.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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QUESTION:
The process of reeking havoc on all of
civilian life (destroying anything useful) is
called what?
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QUESTION:
The process of reeking havoc on all of
civilian life (destroying anything useful) is
called what?
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ANSWER:
Total War
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QUESTION:
Which event is shown in the
following?
a. The battle of Shiloh
b. The battle of Seven Pines
c.
The battle of Gettysburg
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ANSWER:
c) Gettysburg
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QUESTION:
Which event is shown in the following?
a. The battle of Shiloh
b. The attack at Fort Sumter
c.
The battle of Gettysburg
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QUESTION:
ANSWER:
The Attack at Fort Sumter
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QUESTION:
Which event is shown in the following?
a. The battle of Gettysburg
b. The attack at Fort Sumter
c.
The battle of Shiloh
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ANSWER:
Shiloh
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QUESTION:
Which event is shown in the
following?
a. The battle of Antietam
b. The attack at New Orleans
c. The siege of Atlanta
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QUESTION:
ANSWER:
Siege of Atlanta
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QUESTION:
Which event is shown in the following?
a. The siege of New Orleans
b. The siege of Vicksburg
c.
The siege of Atlanta
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ANSWER:
Siege of Vicksburg
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QUESTION:
What border states would Lincoln keep in
the Union and why were they important?
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QUESTION:
What border states would Lincoln keep in
the Union and why were they important?
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Delaware = manufacturing area for war supplies
Missouri and Kentucky= Mississippi and Ohio
River access for troop, supply and information
movement
Maryland = access to D.C. and railroads
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Question:
What was the Confederate plan for winning
the war? (give three parts)
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Question:
What was the Confederate plan for winning
the war? (give three parts)
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To defend as much as possible, dragging the war out making
the Union run up a huge debt.
Timely offensive strikes in the North! If they could threaten
D.C. or Union land, they could scare the Union into quitting.
Get Europe to help since the South has low numbers. The
U.S. would have more to worry about if they have to fight
them too!
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Question:
What are three strengths of the Union
going into war (explain!)
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Question:
What are three strengths of the Union going into
war (explain!)
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- More Money (pay soldiers, buy goods)
- More Manufacturing (make goods, weapons)
- Abraham Lincoln (won’t stop till re-unified )
- More People (can afford to lose more men in
battle)
- Better Technology (more trains, hot air
balloons)
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Question:
What are three strengths of the
confederacy going into war? (explain)
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Question:
What are three strengths of the confederacy going
into war? (explain)
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Answer:
- Passion (fighting to keep lifestyle)
- know land ( Fought in South; easier to travel
and fight)
- better generals (experience from Mexican War)
- Easier to win (if the USA leaves they win)
- supplies and help are close by since they are
fighting in the South!
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Question:
What were three pieces of the Anaconda
Plan?
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Question:
What were three pieces of the Anaconda
Plan?
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Answer:
1) Control the Mississippi River
2) Blockade Southern Ports
3) Capture Richmond
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Question:
What does the Confederate draft starting in
1862, a year ahead of the Union, tell you
about the war?
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Question:
What does the Confederate draft starting in
1862, a year ahead of the Union, tell you
about the war?
Answer:
They are in greater need of
soldiers because their population is much
lower than the Union.
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Question:
Why do Union troops chant Fredericksburg
for the remainder of the war?
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Question:
Why do Union troops chant Fredericksburg
for the remainder of the war?
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Answer:
To remember those who fought so hard,
but lost there. (the 69th Irish brigade and
others fought valiantly charging Marye’s
Heights.)
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Question:
Why did Lincoln suspend the writ of Habeas
Corpus resulting in the jailing of many
northerners without, bail or trial?
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Question:
Why did Lincoln suspend the writ of Habeas
Corpus resulting in the jailing of many
northerners without, bail or trial?
 Answer: Because the people he jailed
were going to influence the border states
to leave the Union. He was breaking the
Constitution to protect the Constitution.
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Question:
Why did the Confederates head to
Sharpsburg, Maryland to fight the battle of
Antietam?
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Question:
Why did the Confederates head to Sharpsburg,
Maryland to fight the battle of Antietam?
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- They were hoping to win a sizeable battle in the
north so that Europe would think that they had a
chance of winning and they would join them in
the war effort.
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Question:
Why was the battle of Antietam so important
to the Union winning the war?
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Question:
Why was the battle of Antietam so important
to the Union winning the war?
 Answer:
- The Union stops the rebels from winning
a northern battle that may have broken
Union spirit
- It gives Lincoln a chance to push for
Emancipation and not look desperate
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Question:
What does the fact that the Confederates
changed their draft ages from 18 – 35 year
olds to 17 – 50 tell you about the war?
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Question:
What does the fact that the Confederates
changed their draft ages from 18 – 35 year
olds to 17 – 50 tell you about the war?
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Answer:
The CSA became desperate for
soldiers and were running out of men.
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Question:
What cause inflation in the confederacy?
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Question:
What cause inflation in the confederacy?
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- Northern blockades made it so Southern people
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couldn’t get certain goods driving up prices.
- The CSA printed too much money making people lose
faith in their currency.
- The Union troops destroyed crops and supplies as they
marched through the south adding to the scarcity of
certain goods.
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Question:
Why is the battle of Gettysburg such a
devastating loss for the rebels?
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Question:
Why is the battle of Gettysburg such a
devastating loss for the rebels?
 Answer:
- Lee loses 40% of his army making it
virtually impossible to make a large
offensive attack again, because they
would loose too many more men with that
type of agression.
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Question:
What are two details of the Battle of
Gettysburg?
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Question:
What are two details of the Battle of Gettysburg?
Answer:
- The Rebels win Day 1 but the Union keeps high
ground.
- The Union wins day two thanks to a bayonet
charge at Little Round Top.
-The Union is the sizable victor after winning Day 3
when Pickett’s Charge fails the Rebels.
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Question:
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg so
important? (2 reasons)
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Question:
How people in the North respond to the
battle of Gettysburg?
Answer:
- They were relieved that the Union
was able to protect Northern soil. A loss
here may have scared them into quitting.
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Question:
When the Union captures _________,
Virginia the third stage of the __________
plan is completed.
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Question:
When the Union captures _________, the
third stage of the __________ plan is
completed.
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Answer:
Richmond; Anaconda
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Question:
Why would Lincoln be concerned that he
would not be re-elected in 1864?
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Question:
Why would Lincoln be concerned that he
would not be re-elected in 1864?
Answer:
People were tired of war because of high
casualties, high taxes, the draft. People
also blamed Lincoln for starting the war by
calling troops and disagreed with
emancipation and his king like ways.
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Question:
Sherman’s March devastates the South
making Civilians victims of war from
__________, Georgia to the Atlantic and
on into the first state to secede,
_____________.
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Question:
Sherman’s March devastates the South
making Civilians victims of war from
__________, Georgia to the Atlantic and
on into the first state to secede,
_____________.
 Answer: Atlanta ; South Carolina
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Question:
At _______________, Virginia, ______’s
rebel army surrenders to _______ the
head of the Union army ending the civil
war.
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Question:
At _______________, Virginia, ______’s
rebel army surrenders to _______ the
head of the Union army ending the civil
war.
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Answer:
Appomattox Courthouse; Lee; Grant
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Question:
What is the impact of the re-election of
Lincoln on the Confederacy?
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Question:
What is the impact of the re-election of
Lincoln on the Confederacy?
 Answer:
Lincoln will not give up until he has
preserved the Union and since the
North has many more troops, they fear
they will lose the war eventually.
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Question:
Which event is shown in the
following?
The battle of Shiloh
The attack at Antietam
The battle of Bull Run
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Question:
Which event is shown in
the following?
The battle of Shiloh
The battle of Antietam
The battle of Bull Run
ANSWER:
Bull Run
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Question:
 What order do the following events go in?
 The battle of Shiloh
 The siege of Richmond
 The battle of Bull Run I
 Attack at Fort Sumter
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Question:
Battle orders…
 ANSWER:
1) Fort Sumter
2) Bull Run 1
3) Shiloh
4) Siege of Richmond
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QUESTION:
Which event is shown in the
following?
The battle of Shiloh
The Shenandoah battles
The Battle of Gettysburg
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QUESTION:
Which battle…
ANSWER:
Shenandoah
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Question:
Place the following events in order.
-Siege of New Orleans
-Siege of Fort Sumter
-Siege of Atlanta
-Surrender of Appomattox
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Question:
Place the following events in order.
Siege of New Orleans
Siege of Fort Sumter
Siege of Atlanta
Surrender of Appomattox
ANSWER:
1) Fort Sumter 2) New Orleans 3)
Atlanta 4) Appomattox Courthouse
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QUESTION:
What order did the following
events happen in?
-Siege of Atlanta
-Antietam
-Shiloh
-Gettysburg
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QUESTION:
QUESTION: What order did the following
events happen in?
-Siege of Atlanta
-Antietam
-Shiloh
- Gettysburg
ANSWER: 1) Shiloh, 2) Antietam,
3)Gettysburg and then 4) Atlanta
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Final
Jeopardy!
Final Jeopardy Question
What are three major events that
that occurred during the war that
led the Union to victory?
Final Jeopardy Question
What are three major events that that
occurred during the war that led the Union
to victory?
Antietam
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Election of 1864
Sherman’s March