Battles
Prelude to War
Abraham Lincoln
The Early War
Ending the War
100
The length of the Battle of Gettysburg.
What is 3 days?
100
A system of houses and "conductors" to help slaves escape.
What is the Underground Railroad?
100
Established Lincoln in the public eye and set him up for the presidency two years later.
What are the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?
100
The first state to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
100
The city that gave the Union control of the lower Mississippi.
What is New Orleans?
200
The general in command of the main Confederate army.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
200
The author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Bonus: Who is the other woman of the same name who helped slaves to escape?
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe? Bonus: Harriet Tubman
200
The Gettysburg Address was given for this reason
What is to dedicate a national cemetery?
200
The fort where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
What is Fort Sumner?
200
Commander of the Union army at the end of the war. Bonus: What was his nickname?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant? Bonus: Grant the Butcher
300
The first bloodshed of the war took place in this battle. Bonus: Who won?
What is the First Battle of Bull Run? Bonus: The Confederacy
300
Backwards Jeopardy: Name one of the events that took place during Bleeding Kansas.
John Brown axes five men. Missourians vote illegally. A fraudulent constitution is written to protect slavery regardless of the people's vote.
300
The assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
300
Abraham Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the war.
What is to restore the Union?
300
Ulysses S. Grant gained fame by conquering this city. Bonus: What day did the city surrender?
What is Vicksburg? Bonus: July 4
400
The general in command of Pickett's Charge. (not Pickett) Bonus: How did he feel about the charge?
Who is James Longstreet? Bonus: He believed it would fail and was later angry that Lee had ordered it.
400
Senator Brooks committed this scandal in the Senate.
What is beat another congressman with a cane?
400
Abraham Lincoln's goal at the end of the war
What is to restore the United States?
400
The side the implemented the draft one year earlier than the other.
What is the Confederacy?
400
William Sherman led a famous march through Georgia called:
What is the March to the Sea?
500
The two reasons why the Battle of Antietam is famous (must name both)
What is the Emancipation Proclamation and the bloodiest single day battle in American history?
500
The Dred Scott decision was this.
What is slavery is protected under the Constitution?
500
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves in the South. What did it actually accomplish on the day that it was issued?
It allowed African Americans to join the Union Army. Could African Americans join the Confederate Army?
500
Name two of the six Union strategies.
What is Blockade Free the slaves Capture Richmond Cut the Confederacy in half (Mississippi) Cut Confederacy to pieces (through Georgia) Grind Confederacy into submission
500
The town where General Lee surrendered to General Grant. Bonus: What year did the Civil War end?
What is Appomattox? Bonus: 1865
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