CIVIL WAR JEOPARDY

BATTLES

100

This was the first major battle of the Civil War, it took place in Manassas, VA. The Confederates forced the Union to retreat. Carriages would get in the way of the retreaters. 

Battle of Bull Run

200

Before this battle, General Lee's War plans were discovered. Lee would split his army in two, allowing the Union to win the battle at this creek. 

Antietam

300

This battle was the turning point of the war. If the Union won, the Confederates would run out of steam. If the Confederates won, they had a path to taking Washington DC and winning the war. 

Battle of Gettysburg

400

This was a battle and siege. General Grant was in-charge of taking over the Mississippi River. The siege forced residents to eat dogs and horses. 

Vicksburg

500

At this battle, the Confederates surrendered. 

Appottamox Court House 

GENERALS

100

This Confederate General was the top military general in all of the United States. He defeated the Union army in several battles in the east but would later surrender. 

Robert E Lee

200

This Confederate General earned his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run for not allowing his regiment to fall.

Stonewall Jackson

300

This Union General was known for his aggression and given the name "the butcher."

Ulysses S. Grant 

400

This Union general was often slow to act and wouldn't attack, even if he had the advantage. 

George McClellan

500

This general fought in the war of Atlanta. He went scorched earth on the south and dug up railroads, ate the southerner's food, and destroyed communication lines.

Sherman

VOCAB

100

Soldiers who left their army were practicing this...

Desertion

200

This word means difficult. 

Rigorous/arduos 

300

A term for large guns used on land.

Artillery

400

A term for soldiers marching on foot. 

Infantry

500

This word means to release from an obligation. Many soldiers weren't given this often because they were needed for the war. 

Furlough

LIFE OF SOLDIER

100

Confederate soldiers often stole this item from Union camps because it was better than what they had. 

Blankets

200

Civil War soldiers often died from this disease. It gave you horrible diarrhea.  

Dysentery  

300

Union tents were referred to as.........

Dog tents

400

Soldiers often did this in their free time. (3)

Sports, read, play cards, write, train, etc.

500

This gun is what most soldiers would have used during the war. 

Muzzle-loading rifle-musket

Emancipation

100

This social group celebrated the abolition of slavery in the rebellious states. Some of them didn't know about it however. 

Blacks

200

This group argued that the Civil War was pointless if the slaves weren't freed. 

Abolitionists 

300

This social group believed that freed blacks could the Union in war. 

Secretary of War/Union military in general

400

Many of these people supported the south, believed that it was not necessary and should end. 

Copperheads

500

This social group (political party) did not want the slaves freed because they feared they would lose their jobs. 

Northern Democrats