Civil War and Reconstruction Jeopardy

Important People

100

Head General of The Confederate Army

Robert E Lee

200

Head General of the Union Army

Ulysses S Grant

300

President of the Confederate States of America

Jefferson Davis

400

Lincoln's Vice President, became the President after Lincolns assassination

Andrew Johnson

500

Led the Peninsular Campaign which ended up being a huge failure for the Union Army

George McClellan

Important Battles

100

First Battle of The Civil War

Fort Sumter

200

Deadliest single day in the war, prompted Lincoln to declare the Emancipation Proclamation

Battle of Antietam

300

Deadliest Battle of the war, Lincoln gave one of his most famous speeches after this battle was over

Battle of Gettysburg

400

This battle resulted in the Union army taking control of the Mississippi river

Vicksburg

500

Location where General Lee surrendered to General Grant

Appomattox Court House

Reconstruction Plans

100

Lincoln's _______ % plan

10

200

Andrew Johnson fell into which reconstruction group?

Moderate Republicans

300

Name atleast one of the Radical Republicans main points

• Do not let confederate leaders return to power

• Bring the republican party to the South

- Federal government needed to protect voting rights of African Americans

400

What was the primary reason the radical republicans opposed Lincoln and Johnsons plans for reconstruction?

They believed it was too lenient on the southerners who seceded

500

The moderate republican plan was also known as...

Wade-Davis Bill

Amendments and Legislation

100

This amendment ended slavery and increased the rights of freed african americans

13th amendment

200

Gave citizenship for African Americans, equality of law, due process

14th amendment

300

gave African American MEN the right to vote and participate in government

15th amendment

400

This act broke up the southern states (minus tennessee) into  five military districts

Military Reconstruction Act of 1867

500

In order to avoid President Johnson not enforcing the laws the radical republicans passed, they created the

Command of the Army Act and Tenure of Office Act

Misc.

100

two examples of what the Freedmens Bureau did

education, food, jobs, resettling of slaves on abandoned plantations, establishing colleges

200

By the end of the Civil War - how casualties had been recorded?

620,000

300

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

John Wilkes Booth

400

Why did Tennessee not have to be placed in one of the five military districts?

They already ratified the 13th and 14th amendments

500

After firing WHOM, Andrew Johnson was ___________

Edwin Stanton, Impeached