Jeopardy Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Final Jeopardy

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin? $100 Question from Causes Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

$100 Answer from Causes Harriet Beacher Stowe

Who raided Harper’s Ferry? $200 Question from Causes Who raided Harper’s Ferry?

$200 Answer from Causes John Brown

Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger northern abolitionists? $300 Question from Causes Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger northern abolitionists?

Because it depicted the evils of slavery $300 Answer from Causes Because it depicted the evils of slavery

Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry $400 Question from Causes Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry

He wanted to steal weapons to start an anti-slavery rebellion $400 Answer from Causes He wanted to steal weapons to start an anti-slavery rebellion

$500 Question from Causes Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?

The issue of states’ rights $500 Answer from Causes The issue of states’ rights

$100 Question from Slavery People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?

$100 Answer from Slavery Abolitionist

$200 Question from Slavery What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?

Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin $200 Answer from Slavery Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin

$300 Question from Slavery What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?

The north was more industrial and didn’t have large plantations $300 Answer from Slavery The north was more industrial and didn’t have large plantations

$400 Question from Slavery What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?

$400 Answer from Slavery They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops.

$500 Question from Slavery Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?

$500 Answer from Slavery She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad

$100 Question from Leaders Who was the President of the Union?

$100 Answer from Leaders Abraham Lincoln

$200 Question from Leaders Who was the major Union General?

$200 Answer from Leaders Ulysses S. Grant

$300 Question from Leaders Who were the two major Confederate Generals?

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson $300 Answer from Leaders Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

$400 Question from Leaders What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave about slavery?

The Emancipation Proclamation $400 Answer from Leaders The Emancipation Proclamation

$500 Question from Leaders    How did Lincoln die?

$500 Answer from New Technologies Assassinated while watching a play with his wife

$100 Question from Battles What was the first battle that began the Civil War?

$100 Answer from Battles Fort Sumter

$200 Question from Battles What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?

$200 Answer from Battles Gettysburg, PA

$300 Question from Battles What was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?

$300 Answer from Battles Antietam

$400 Question from Battles What was the name of the union strategy to surround the South and strangle it?

$400 Answer from Battles Anaconda Plan

$500 Question from Battles Where did the Confederacy surrender?

Appomattox Courthouse $500 Answer from Battles Appomattox Courthouse

$100 Question from War Geography In what part of the U.S. were more battles fought: the North or the South?

$100 Answer from War Geography South

$200 Question from War Geography The Union represented the part of the U.S. ______________ and the Confederacy represented the _____________ part.

$200 Answer from War Geography Northern Southern

$300 Question from War Geography Who won the Civil War?

$300 Answer from War Geography The Union (North)

$400 Question from War Geography What was created in the United States that ended slavery in the North and South? Hint: 3 answers

$400 Answer from War Geography 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

$500 Question from War Geography Along what river was the South split in two?

$500 Answer from War Geography The Mississippi River

Why was the Battle of Vicksburg significant? Final Jeopardy Why was the Battle of Vicksburg significant?

The Union gained control of the Mississippi River Final Jeopardy Answer The Union gained control of the Mississippi River