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Jeopardy

Test your knowledge on the Civil War with questions on famous people, battles, generals, documents, and locations. Explore the Reconstruction Era and key figures. Challenge yourself with trivia on Lincoln, Lee, Grant, and more!

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Jeopardy

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  1. Jeopardy Famous People of the Civil War Famous Battles and Generals Documents And Speeches Civil War Locations Reconstruction Era $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 Final Jeopardy

  2. Who was the 16th President of the United States who presided over the Civil War from start to it’s finish? Abraham Lincoln 1 - $100

  3. 1 - $200 • Who was the head of the Confederate army? • Bonus 100: Who was the President of the Confederacy? • Robert E Lee • Jefferson Davis

  4. 1 - $300 • Who were the two Reconstruction Era Presidents to follow our famous 16th President? (No partial credit) • Andrew Johnson • Ulysses S Grant

  5. 1 - $400 • This man led a massive raid of a federal armory in Virginia with hopes of leading a large scale slave rebellion in the South • Bonus 100: What country had a slave rebellion that served to motivate this attempted rebellion. • John Brown • Haiti

  6. 1 - $500 • Who was the first Black Senator to serve in the federal government during Reconstruction? • Hiram Revels

  7. 2 - $100 • This was the bloodiest battle in American History and inspired the construction of a cemetery where a famous speech was given • The Battle of Gettysburg

  8. 2 - $200 • The bombing of this port (while the Union tried to bring food and supplies to it’s servicemen) officially started the Civil War • Fort Sumter

  9. 2 - $300 • This General marched through the South with a strategy of “Total War” burning and pillaging everything in his path • General Sherman

  10. 2 - $400 • The accidental murder of this Confederate General led to a change in momentum in favor of the Union army • General “Stonewall” Jackson

  11. 2 - $500 • This Mississippi Bluff town was the final port General Grant needed to give Union control to the Mississippi River (and cut the Confederacy into 2 parts) • Vicksburg Mississippi

  12. 3 - $100 • What was the name of the court case (decided in St Louis) where a slave sued his owner for freedom only to be determined that slaves were in fact property (not citizens) and had no right to sue? • Dred Scott v Sanford

  13. 3 - $200 • This document was written by President Lincoln in the middle of the Civil War and allowed for Union Soldiers to take Confederate slaves as “property” and free them. • The Emancipation Proclamation

  14. 3 - $300 • This famous speech started with the phrase “Four Scores and Seven Years Ago…” and was only 2 minutes long • The Gettysburg Address

  15. 3 - $400 • Define each Reconstruction Amendment in your own words: • 13th Amendment • 14th Amendment • 15th Amendment • 13th: Abolished slavery • 14th: Equal Protection/Native Born Citizenship • 15th: Suffrage for African American Males

  16. 3 - $500 • What was the name of the famous book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that many blame for increasing pre-war tensions between the North and South • Uncle Tom’s Cabin

  17. 4 - $100 • This city was the capital for the Union • Washington DC

  18. 4 - $200 • Abraham Lincoln ran for election to Senate (and lost) in which state? • Bonus 100: Who did he run against? • Illinois • Stephen Douglass

  19. 4 - $300 • This city was the capitol of the Confederate States • Richmond Virginia

  20. 4 - $400 • What is the name of the place where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated? • Bonus 100: Who shot Abraham Lincoln? • Ford’s Theater • John Wilkes Booth

  21. 4 - $500 • Where was the Peace Treaty that officially ended the Civil war signed? • Appotomax Court House

  22. 5 - $100 • This Reconstruction Era President was the first to be impeached and was known for his overuse of the Presidential veto • Bonus 150: What law did Andrew Johnson violate that led to his impeachment? • Andrew Johnson • Tenure of Office Acts

  23. 5 - $200 • This hate group was founded during the Reconstruction Era with goals to disband the Republican Party, elevate the power of poor farmers and deny equal rights and protections for African Americans • The KKK

  24. 5 - $300 • The name for the system in which former slave owners offered land and tools in return for several years of unpaid servitude • Sharecropping

  25. 5 - $400 • Explain the difference between a scalawag and a carpetbagger • Scalawag: Poor white farmer voting for the Republican Party • Carpetbagger: Poor white person moving South for cheap land, voting for Republican

  26. 5 - $500 • What two laws did Congress pass during Reconstruction to try and prevent the KKK from expanding in the South • Bonus 100: What specific event caused the North to “give in” and pull military occupation? • Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 • The Election of Rutherford B Hays

  27. Final Jeopardy • Provide the name of the Congressman who spoke out against slavery only to receive a beating on the Senate floor . • Bonus 200: Name the Congressman who beat him up. • Charles Sumner • Preston S Brooks

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