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100
Who was the President of the Union
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
who was the President of the Confederacy?
Who is Jefferson Davis
100
was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864.
What was the Atlanta Campaign?
100
an American lawyer, planter, and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives also help create the compromise of 1850
who is Henry Clay?
100
Who was the major Union General?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
200
What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
What is battle of Gettysburg
200
What was the first battle that began the Civil War? (mrs.black showed you a piece of this today)
What was battle of Fort Sumter
200
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
What is abolitionists
200
American orator and politician who practiced prominently as a lawyer before the U.S. Supreme Court and served as a U.S. congressman,and helped create the compromise of 1850
who is Daniel Webster
200
(daily double) how did Jesse James die?
Charlie and Robert Ford killed him When Jesse turned his back to adjust a picture on the wall, shot him several times in the back to collect a $5,000 bounty on his head
300
What was the title of the executive order Lincoln gave to free slaves? but didn't have the power to enforce
what is The Emancipation Proclamation
300
Where did R. E. Lee surrender to Grant on April 9, 1865?
what is Appomattox Court House, (Appomattox County), Virginia
300
what was The capital of the Confederacy during the civil war?
What is Richmond, Virginia
300
argued that a state could veto any federal law that went beyond the enumerated powers and encroached upon the residual powers of the State. President Jackson, meanwhile, generally supported states' rights, but opposed nullification and secession and helped with the compromise of 1850
who is John, C ,Calhoun
300
“The war began in my front yard and ended in my front parlor.” who is the quote referencing to
who is Wilmer McLean
400
Daily Double (double Points for the correct answer) Who killed president lincoln? What did he say when he jumped off the stage and sprang his ankle
Who was John wilks Booth ''Sic semper tyrannis'' (Latin for "Thus always to tyrants")
400
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
What is The cotton gin?
400
Who led the slave revolt against plantation owners in 1831?
who is Nat Turner
400
a runaway slave risked many trips to the south,even after slaveholders offered a large reward for her capture and one of the main conductors of the under ground railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman
400
name all the confederate states.
What is Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
500
Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
What is The issue of states' rights
500
Who were two major Confederate Generals?
Who are Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Nathan Bedford Forrest
500
name all the border states during the civil war
What is Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. ( Four others did not declare secession until after the Battle of Fort Sumter and were briefly considered to be border states: Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia)
500
beat senator Charles sumner for criticizing his cousin and the south voiced there approval bye sending him many canes
Who is Preston Brooks
500
name all the union states during the civil war
What is Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, and Oregon