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JEOPARDY CIVIL WAR ©P.Olivieri (Mrs. O’s Rockin Resources), 2012

Final Jeopardy Winner?

Events that led to war Battles Important People Roles Events

Events that led to war 100 The south needed these to work on their plantations. Who were slaves?

Events that led to war 200 This person was elected because he wanted to end slavery. Who was Abraham Lincoln?

Events that led to war 300 This was the event that elected Abraham Lincoln as president. What was the Election of 1860?

Events that led to war 400 This was placed on imports and the south refused to pay. What was tariff?

Events that led to war 500 The word for the north wanting a strong federal government and south wanting each state to make their own decision and were breaking away from the Union. What is secession?

Battles: 100 This person led the Union soldiers in the Civil War. Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

Battles: 200 This person led the southern armies into battle. Who was was Robert E. Lee?

Battles: 300 The battle that marked the beginning of the Civil War. What was The Battle of Fort Sumter?

Battles: 400 Lee faced the Union and each side lost at least 23,000 men at this place. What was Gettysburg?

Battles: 500 The battle where Grant took over Mississippi and the supplies to the south. What was The Battle of Vicksburg?

Important People : 100 The most famous conductor of the underground railroad. Who was Harriet Tubman?

Important People : 200 She wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin about cruelty of slaves. Who was Harriet Stowe?

Important People : 300 He was a white abolitionist who attacked an army post to start a slave rebellion. Who was John Brown?

Important People : 400 He shared his own experiences of a slave and his journey to freedom. Who was Frederick Douglass?

Important People : 500 He founded a newspaper called the Liberator which called to end slavery at once. Who was William Garrison?

Roles: 100 Term used for people who spoke out against slavery. Who are abolitionists?

Roles: 200 This group of people helped take care of injured soldiers, feed the armies, and sometime fought in the war. Who were women?

Roles: 300 This group of people led raids, served as spies, and fought in almost every battle for the Union. Who were African Americans?

Roles: 400 This person stood up and was the first black woman to speak out about slavery. Who was Soujourner Truth?

Roles: 500 This person took on the role of being the first and only Confederate president. Who was Jefferson Davis?

Events: 100 Lee surrenders to Grant here. What was Appomottox Courthouse in Virginia?

Events: 200 Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state. What was Missouri Compromise?

Events: 300 Scott would not be freed when his owner died because he had no rights since African Americans were not citizens of the United States. What was the Dred Scott decision?

Events: 400 California became a free state and the fugitive slave law was passed. What was the Compromise of 1850?

Events: 500 This let the people of those territories decide whether to be a free or slave state. What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

NorthSouthSlaveryEffectsMisc

North: 200 This was how many more men the north had over the south. What was 4?

North : 400 This was the type of resources the north had at the Civil War. What were industries?

North: 600 The kind of transportation that was an advantage for the north. What was twice as many railroads?

North: 800 This was the kind of government the north wanted at that time. What was strong federal government?

North: 1000 The reason the north wasn’t concerned about the tariff. What was they didn’t need as many imports?

South 200 The reason the south needed slaves. What was to work on their plantations?

South 400 The name of the Confederate troops. Who are Rebels?

South 600 This is what the south preferred to raise instead of having industries. What was cash crops?

South 800 At this battle, President Davis attacked the fort before the Union supplies got there and they had to surrender. What was the Battle of Fort Sumter?

South 1000 This was the cause for South Carolina to succeed from the Union. What was Election of 1860?

Slavery 200 The series of safe routes for runaway slaves. What was the underground railroad?

Slavery : 400 The leaders of the underground railroad who led them to safety. Who are conductors?

Slavery : 600 The paper that said all slaves in the Confederate states are freed. What was The Emancipation Proclamation?

Slavery : 800 He shared his own experiences of a slave and his journey to freedom. Who was Frederick Douglass?

Slavery 1000 This was the reason why taking sides was hard for the people in border states. What was the states allowed slavery, yet they had remained in the union.

Effects: 200 This was the effect the war had on the nation. What was reconstructing the south?

Effects: 400 This was what President Lincoln wanted to happen from giving the Gettysburg Address. What were Americans trying harder to win the struggle all the soldiers died for?

Effects: 600 This was the effect of having large plantations and little help in the South? What was slavery?

Effects: 800 This was the effect of placing tariffs on imports and the south refusing to pay. What was the Civil War? Or succession?

Effects: 1000 This was the effect the Civil War had on African Americans. What was they were freed and became citizens although segregation was an issue?

Misc 200 The Union troops were called…. Who were Yankees?

Misc 400 He was a brash, hard-fighting general for the Yankees. Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

Misc 600 The area that had to be reconstructed. What was the south?

Misc 800 The book Harriet Stowe wrote about the cruelty to slaves. What was Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Misc 1000 The name of the newspaper William Garrison founded. What was the Liberator?

Final Questions… The Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act all intensified sectionalism over this issue. What is slavery? The month and year the war ended. What is April 1865?

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