Jeopardy Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 5 Q 6Q 16Q 11Q 21 Q 7Q 12Q 17Q 22 Q 8Q 13Q 18 Q 23 Q 9 Q 14Q 19Q 24 Q 10Q 15Q 20Q 25 Final Jeopardy Civil War/Reconstruction

Question 1 This man was the general of the Union army that defeated Lee.

Answer 1 Who was --Ulysses S. Grant?

Question 2 Identify Robert E. Lee.

Answer 2 Who was 1. the leader of the Army of Northern Virginia 2. offered command of the Union forces at the beginning of the war but chose not to fight against Virginia 3. opposed secession, but did not believe the union should be held together by force 4. urged Southerners to accept defeat at the end of the war and reunite as Americans ?

Question 3 Identify Thomas Stonewall Jackson.

Answer 3 Who was --a skilled Confederate general from Virginia ?

Question 4 This man was a former slave who escaped to the North and became an abolitionist.

Answer 4 Who was --Frederick Douglas ?

Question 5 The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.

Answer 5 Where was --Fort Sumter ?

Question 6 This was the first major battle of the Civil War.

Answer 6 What was --the first Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) ?

Question 7 This made freeing the slaves the focus of the war.

Answer 7 What was --the Emancipation Proclamation ?

Question 8 This was the result of the Battle of Vicksburg.

Answer 8 What was --divided the South; the North controlled the Mississippi River ?

Question 9 This was the turning point of the war.

Answer 9 What was --the Battle of Gettysburg; the North repelled Lees invasion ?

Question 10 This event ended the Civil War.

Answer 10 What was --Lees surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House in 1865 ?

Question 11 Name four major deciding factors in winning the Civil War.

Answer 11 What were 1. the Union blockade of southern ports 2. control of the Mississippi River 3. battle locations influenced by the struggle to capture capital cities 4. control of the high ground ?

Question 12 Identify seven effects of the Civil War.

Answer 12 What are 1. families & friends were often pitted against one another 2. Southern troops became increasingly younger & more poorly equipped & clothed 3. much of the South devastated at end of war 4. disease a major killer 5. combat brutal & often man-to-man 6. women left to run businesses in North & farms/plantations in South 7. collapse of Confederacy made Confederate money worthless ?

Question 13 The woman who created the American Red Cross.

Answer 13 Who was --Clara Barton ?

Question 14 Identify the five effects the Civil War had on African Americans.

Answer 14 What are 1. fought in both Union & Confederate armies 2. Confederacy used slaves as naval crew members & soldiers 3. Union enlisted them as sailors early in the war 4. paid less than white soldiers 5. discriminated against and served in segregated units under the command of white officers ?

Question 15 Identify Robert Smalls.

Answer 15 Who was --an African American sailor and later a Union naval captain who was highly honored for his feats of bravery and heroism and became a Congressman after the Civil War ?

Question 16 This 13 th Amendment does this.

Answer 16 What is --bans slavery in the United States and any of its territories ?

Question 17 The 14 th Amendment does this.

Answer 17 What is --grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law ?

Question 18 The 15 th Amendment does this.

Answer 18 What is --ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color or previous condition or servitude ?

Question 19 Identify the Reconstruction policies for the South.

Answer 19 What were 1. Southern military leaders could not hold office 2. African Americans held public office 3. African Americans gained equal rights as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which authorized use of federal troops to enforce it 4. Northern soldiers supervised the South ?

Question 20 This was the major problem after the Civil War.

Answer 20 What was --Southerners resented northern carpetbaggers who took advantage of the South during Reconstruction ?

Question 21 Explain the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

Answer 21 What was --African Americans gained equal rights and federal troops were authorized to enforce the law ?

Question 22 This man was a skilled Confederate general from Virginia.

Answer 22 Who was --Thomas Stonewall Jackson ?

Question 23 At this battle, the North repelled Lees invasion, marking the turning point of the war.

Answer 23 What was --the Battle of Gettysburg?

Question 24 This Civil War nurse created the American Red Cross.

Answer 24 Who was --Clara Barton ?

Question 25 These Amendments guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens.

Answer 25 What are --the 13 th, 14 th, & 15 th Amendments ?

Final Jeopardy Identify six important ideas/events about Abraham Lincoln.

Final Jeopardy Answer What are 1. was President of the U.S. 2. opposed the spread of slavery 3. issued Emancipation Proclamation 4. determined to preserve the Union 5. believed the U. S. was one nation, not a collection of independent states 6. wrote the Gettysburg address ?