Transcript Civil War Jeopardy

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Dividing
Issues
Major
Roles of
Battles &
Leaders
Events
General
Effects
Reconstruction
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Dividing Issues
What were some of the issues and
events that led to Southern Secession?
$100 Answer from Dividing Issues
Following Lincoln’s election, the southern
states seceded from the union. Confederate
forces attacked Fort Sumter, S.C., marking the
beginning of the Civil War.
Lincoln and many Northerners believed that
the US was one nation that could not be
separated or divided. Most Southerners
believed that states had freely created and
joined the union and could freely leave it.
$200 Question from Dividing Issues
While there were several issues
between the North and the South,
what was the issue that
increasingly divided the nation
and led to the Civil War?
$200 Answer from Dividing Issues
The issues related to slavery
$300 Question from Dividing Issues
What were some of the
cultural issues that divided
the nation?
$300 Answer from Dividing Issues
 The North was mainly an urban society in
which people had jobs.
 The South was primarily an agricultural
society in which people lived in small villages
and on farms and plantations.
 Because of their cultural differences, people in
the North and South found it difficult to agree on
social and political issues.
$400 Question from Dividing Issues
The North was a manufacturing region, and its
people favored tariffs that protected factory owners
and workers from foreign competition.
Southerners opposed tariffs that would cause prices
of manufactured goods to increase. Planters were
also concerned that England might stop buying
cotton from the South if Tariffs were added.
What kind of dividing issue does this describe?
$400 Answer from Dividing Issues
An Economic Issue
$500 Question from Dividing Issues
Tell me each region and how each felt
about state’s rights and slavery
$500 Answer from Dividing Issues
North wanted a strong national government and
were opposed to slavery
South wanted state’s rights and supported slavery
$100 Question from Roles of
Leaders
What was the role of
Jefferson Davis during
the Civil War?
$100 Answer from Roles of
Leaders
Jefferson Davis was the
president of the Confederate
States of America.
$200 Question from Roles of
Leaders
Who was the general of the
Union army that defeated Lee?
$200 Answer from Roles of
Leaders
Ulysses S. Grant
$300 Question from Roles of
Leaders
Who was a former slave
who escaped to the North
and became an abolitionist?
$300 Answer from Roles of
Leaders
Frederick Douglas
$400 Question from Roles of
Leaders
Describe these two Confederate Generals:
Robert E. Lee
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
$400 Answer from Roles of
Leaders
Robert E. Lee: Was the leader of the Army of
Northern Virginia; was offered command of the
Union forces but chose not to fight against
Virginia; opposed secession but did not believe
the union should be held together by force; urged
southerners to accept defeat at the end of the war
when some wanted to fight on.
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson: was a skilled
Confederate general from Virginia
$500 Question from Roles of
Leaders
Describe some the roles and
views of Abraham Lincoln
during the Civil War.
$500 Answer from Roles of
Leaders
 Was President of the United States
 Opposed the spread of slavery
 Issued the Emancipation Proclamation
 Was determined to preserve the Union – by
force if necessary
 Believed the United States was one nation,
not a collection if independent states
 Wrote the Gettysburg Address that said the
Civil War was to preserve a government “of the
people, by the people, and for the people.”
$100 Question from Major
Battles & Events
What was the event that began the
Civil War, and what was the first
major battle?
$100 Answer from Major Battles
& Events
The firing on Fort Sumter, South
Carolina began the war.
The first Battle of Manassas (Bull
Run) was the first major battle.
$200 Question from Major
Battles & Events
What occurred as a result of the
signing of the Emancipation
Proclamation?
$200 Answer from Major Battles
& Events
The Emancipation
Proclamation made “freeing
the slaves” the new focus of
the war. Many freed slaves
joined the Union army.
$300 Question from Major
Battles & Events
What was a result of the Battle of
Vicksburg?
$300 Answer from Major Battles
& Events
The Battle of Vicksburg divided
the South. The North controlled
the Mississippi River.
$400 Question from Major
Battles & Events
What was the turning point of
the Civil War?
$400 Answer from Major Battles
& Events
The Battle of Gettysburg was the
turning point of the war; the
North repelled Lee’s invasion.
$500 Question from Major
Battles & Events
What occurred at the Appomattox
Court House in 1865?
$500 Answer from Major Battles
& Events
General Lee surrounded to Ulysses
S. Grant at Appomattox Court
House and ended the war.
$100 Question from General
Effects
How did the Civil War change the
lives of soldiers?
$100 Answer from General
Effects
 Families and friends were often pitted
against one another.
 Southern troops became younger, more
poorly equipped and clothed.
 Combat was brutal and often man-to-man.
$200 Question from General
Effects
How did the Civil War change
the lives of women?
$200 Answer from General
Effects
 Women were left to run businesses in
the North and farms and plantations in
the South.
 Clara Barton, a Civil War nurse,
created the American Red Cross.
$300 Question from General
Effects
What were some of the general effects
of the Civil War on the South?
$300 Answer from General
Effects
The collapse of the Confederacy made
Confederate money worthless.
Much of the south was devastated at
the end of the war (e.g. burning of
Atlanta and Richmond).
$400 Question from General
Effects
What was a major killed during the
Civil War?
$400 Answer from General
Effects
Disease
$500 Question from General
Effects
What were some of the effects of the
war on African Americans?
$500 Answer from General
Effects
 African Americans fought in both Confederate and Union
armies.
 The Confederacy often used slaves as naval crew members
and soldiers.
 The Union moved to enlist African American sailors early
in the war.
 African Americans soldiers were paid less that white
soldiers.
 African American soldiers were discriminated against and
served in segregated units under the command of white
officers.
 Robert Smalls, a sailor and later a Union army captain, was
highly honored for his feats of bravery and heroism. He later
became a Congressman after the Civil War.
$100 Question from
Reconstruction
What bans slavery in the United
States and any of its territories?
$100 Answer from
Reconstruction
The 13th Amendment
$200 Question from
Reconstruction
What are the provisions of
the 14th Amendment?
$200 Answer from
Reconstruction
The 14th Amendment grants
citizenship to all persons born in the
United States and guarantees them
equal protection under the law.
$300 Question from
Reconstruction
What ensures all citizens the
right to vote regardless of
race or color or previous
condition of servitude?
$300 Answer from
Reconstruction
The 15th Amendment
$400 Question from
Reconstruction
What allowed the government
to send in troops in the South to
be sure African Americans got
their rights?
$400 Answer from
Reconstruction
Civil Rights Act of 1866
$500 Question from
Reconstruction
What do we call the time
period after the Civil War
and why is it called this?
$500 Answer from
Reconstruction
Reconstruction because we needed to rebuild the
country physically, emotionally and politically
Final Jeopardy
What were the compromises that
attempted to resolve the differences
between the North and the South?
Final Jeopardy Answer
 Missouri Compromise (1820): Missouri
was a slave state; Maine a free state.
 Compromise of 1850: California was a
free state. Southwest territories would
decide about slavery
 Kansas-Nebraska Act: People decided
the slavery issue (“popular sovereignty”).