Validating Vocabulary
Personable People
Precarious Places
Daring Decisions
Random Questions!
100
Introduced in the 1828 campaign, this political technique is used even today to smear the reputations of political enemies
What is mudslinging?
100
He sent the first telegraph message: "What hath God wrought?"
Who is Samuel Morse?
100
This was where the first shot of the Civil War was fired
What is Ft. Sumter, South Carolina?
100
This rebellion resulted in the deaths of 55 white people and the hanging of the leader of the rebellion.
What was the Nat Turner Rebellion?
100
This is the full name of the Confederacy
What is the Confederate States of America?
200
This is the belief that the U.S. was set apart to extend its boundaries to the Pacific
What is Manifest Destiny?
200
He found out he was picked to be the Know-Nothing Party candidate after getting out of a meeting with the pope
Who is Millard Fillmore?
200
Abraham Lincoln was shot in this theater; he was watching the play, "Our American Cousin"
What is Ford's Theater?
200
The death of this controversial abolitionist, led to him being considered a martyr for the abolitionist movement
Who was John Brown?
200
Yankees fought for this side during the Civil War
What is the Union/North?
300
This was Southern "king"
What is cotton?
300
Considered to be the George Clooney of his day, this actor assassinated Abraham Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!! - if you get this right, you earn DOUBLE the points. If you miss it though, you lose DOUBLE the points! (You may choose to not answer the question) Who said the following quote during the Civil War? "I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky"
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
Robert E. Lee made the difficult decision to surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at this location in Virginia
What is Appomattox Court House?
300
The Rebels fought for this side during the Civil War
What was the Confederacy/South?
400
This is another word for the right to vote; abolitionists and women's groups fought for this in the mid-1800s.
What is suffrage?
400
This president served the shortest term to date---he died one month after giving a two-hour inaugural address in the freezing rain
Who is William Henry Harrison?
400
This three-day battle was fought on a field in Pennsylvania
What the Battle at Gettysburg?
400
At the beginning of the Civil War, this was the Union's main goal
What was preserving the Union?
400
Mountain men would get their groove on once a year at this event
What was a rendezvous?
500
This is the practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters
What is the spoils system?
500
This tribe was forced on the Trail of Tears
Who are the Cherokee?
500
Once this Mississippi city fell, the Union gained control of the Mississippi River, thus cutting the Confederacy in two
What is Vicksburg?
500
Lincoln suspended this constitutional right several times during the Civil War in order to prevent people from interfering with the war effort.
What is habeas corpus?
500
The anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death is shared with this other historic tragedy
What is the sinking of the RMS Titanic?
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