Beginnings of War
This is the year that the Civil War began.
What is 1861?
This is the number of years the Civil War lasted.
What is four years?
LIGHTNING ROUND:
Lincoln called Vicksburg the ____ to winning the war.
What is the key?
This was the president who was over the beginning of Reconstruction.
Who is President Lincoln?
Democrats heavily contested the ____ amendment, which ended slavery in the U.S.
What is the 13th?
This was the site of the first attack of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
This battle right outside of our state is considered one of the bloodiest battles of the war despite only lasting two days.
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
This man was put in charge of the Vicksburg campaign.
Who is General Grant?
These are the two phases of Reconstruction
What is Presidential and Congressional?
By the end of Reconstruction, this group held dominance in Mississippi for over 100 years.
What is the Democratic Party?
LIGHTNING ROUND:
This man was put in charge of the Confederate armies for most of the war.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
One day before Vicksburg was surrendered, this was a key battle that was won by the Union in Pennsylvania.
What is Gettysburg?
General Pemberton was given one mission by the Confederacy. This mission was ______
What is to protect Vicksburg at all costs?
This man was named provisional governor of the state by the President when Reconstruction began.
Who is William Sharkey?
This was the year Mississippi was readmitted into the United States.
What is 1870?
These were the first seven states to secede from the U.S.
What are MS, AL, TX, LA, FL, GA, SC
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This was the length of time that the Siege of Vicksburg lasted.
What is 47 days?
This is considered the greatest achievement of Reconstruction in Mississippi.
What are creating public schools?
To ensure victory in the Revolution of 1875, Democrats came up with this plan or strategy to take control of Mississippi.
What is the Mississippi Plan?
This was the month and year that Mississippi seceded from the U.S.
What is January of 1861?
This man was charged with destroying railroads around Vicksburg after the city was taken.
Who is General Sherman?
This was the building that Grant used as a Union hospital after it was first a Confederate hospital.
What is the Lyceum?
This was the man who succeeded Lincoln as the president after his assassination.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
To limit Black voting power, Democrats instituted this district that put all black counties into one voting section.
What is the Shoestring District?