Jeopardy Important People Vocabulary Dates Events Before the War Slavery

Important People The President of the United States during the Civil War. A-1 Who is Abraham Lincoln ?

Important People A famous abolitionist who escaped from slavery and then went on to own a newspaper, become a famous speaker, and serve as an ambassador for the United States. A-2 Who is Frederick Douglass ?

Important People The General in charge of the Confederate Army. A-3 Who is Robert E. Lee ?

Important People The general in charge of the Union Army. A-4 Who Ulysses Grant ?

Important People An escaped slave who returned to the south to help other slaves escape. She was known as the Moses of her people. A-5 Who is Harriet Tubman?

Vocabulary The group of soldiers known as rebels, or Johnny Rebs. B-1 Who are the Southern soldiers or Confederates?

Vocabulary The group of soldiers known as Bluebellies, or Yankees. B-2 Who are the Union or Northern soldiers?

Vocabulary A word that means to withdraw or separate from. The southern states did this. B-3 What is secede?

Vocabulary A type of farming where farmers rent the land and pay the rent with crops they raise. B-4 What is sharecropping?

Vocabulary A tax placed on imported goods from another country. B-5 What is a tariff?

Dates you don’t have to know, but might. The year the Compromise of 1850 was made. C-1 What is 1850?

Dates you don’t have to know, but might The year Lincoln was elected president and the first southern states seceded from the Union.. C-2 What is 1861?

Dates you don’t have to know, but might The year the Civil War ended and Lincoln was assassinated. C-3 What is 1865?

Dates you don’t have to know, but might The date the Emancipation Proclamation took effect. (day, month, and year) C-4 What is January 1, 1863?

Dates you don’t have to know, but might The dates the Battle of Gettysburg took place. (dates, month, year) C-5 What is July 1-3, 1863?

Events Before the War This region developed factories and manufacturing. D-1 What is the North?

Events Before the War Two parts of the compromise of D-2 What is … 1.California to enter the Union as a free state 2.New Mexico and Utah are allowed to decide the issue of slavery for themselves. 3.Slaves could be owned, but not bought or sold in Washington DC 4. Fugitive Slave law enacted.

Events Before the War This became the south’s most important crop. D-3 What is cotton?

Events Before the War –Two parts of the Missouri Compromise. D-4 What is…. 1.Maine entered the Union as a free state. 2.Missouri entered the Union as a slave state 3.All states north of Missouri’s southern border would become free states.

Events Before the War The place where the first battle of the war took place. D-5 Where is Fort Sumter? OK, I know this isn’t an event BEFORE the war!

Slavery The system in which a group of people organized to help slaves escape to northern states or to Canada. E-1 What is the Underground Railroad?

Slavery The name for someone who was against slavery and worked to end it. E-2 What is an abolitionist?

Slavery The law that made it legal for slave owners to follow escaping slaves into northern states, capture them, and return them to slavery. E-3 What is the fugitive slave law?

Slavery The declaration that freed all slaves. E-4 What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

Slavery The amendment that gave all men the right to vote regardless of race. E-5 What is the 15 th amendment?