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Civil War Jeopardy Pre Civil War BattlesPeopleNorth South $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Final Jeopardy
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$100 Question Thirty years before the Civil War began, this man, a slave himself, lead a slave rebellion.
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$100 Answer Nat Turner
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$200 Question This author was credited for having sparked the separation of north and south?
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$200 Answer Harriet Beecher Stowe
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$300 Question Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book about the mistreatment of slaves. What was the title of this book?
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$300 Answer Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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$400 Question This legal case resulted in the ruling that citizens had the right to own property and that slaves were considered property.
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$400 Answer The Dred Scott Case
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$500 Question John Brown wanted to acquire what during his raid on what military base?
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$500 Answer Weapons for slaves, Harper’s Ferry
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$100 Question Although, this was not an actual battle (only 1 casualty), some believe it to be the starting point of the Civil War.
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$100 Answer Battle of Fort Sumter
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$200 Question After this battle, President Lincoln gave a speech honoring the fallen soldiers and renewing the spirit of the Union.
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$200 Answer Battle of Gettysburg
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$300 Question This was said to be the deadliest day of the war.
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$300 Answer Battle of Antietam
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$400 Question General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson is most known for his win of this battle.
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$400 Answer Battle of Bull Run
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$500 Question What was the significance of the Battle of Vicksburg?
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$500 Answer The Union gained control of the Mississippi River.
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$100 Question This man was the President of the Confederacy.
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$100 Answer Jefferson Davis
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$200 Question Abraham Lincoln asked this General to head the Union army; however he declined, saying he must remain faithful to his birthplace of Virginia.
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$200 Answer Robert E. Lee
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$300 Question What general led the Union in the Atlanta Campaign?
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$300 Answer General Sherman
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$400 Question This man led the Confederacy in the Battle of Bull Run.
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$400 Answer “Stonewall” Jackson
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$500 Question This man was a union general who would later become the 18th President of the United States.
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$500 Answer Ulysses S. Grant
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$100 Question This is the name given to someone who worked to put an end to slavery.
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$100 Answer abolitionist
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$200 Question The North’s strengths included what two major things?
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$200 Answer A. Industry--supplies, factories, $ B. More people
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$300 Question Some freed slaves joined the Union’s army after President Lincoln signed what?
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$300 Answer Emancipation Proclamation
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$400 Question What was the North’s battle strategy?
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$400 Answer Blockade the South
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$500 Question Congress passed a ________, which led to people having to pay higher prices for imported goods.
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$500 Answer tariff
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$100 Question What crop made southern plantation owners wealthy?
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$100 Answer Cotton
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$200 Question The south decided to break away from the union. What term is used to describe this?
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$200 Answer secede
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$300 Question What advantages did the South have in fighting the Civil War?
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$300 Answer A. Strong military leaders B. Most of the fighting took place there
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$400 Question Why did the South demand the Union remove its military from Fort Sumter?
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$400 Answer Due to the fact that the South had seceded, they believed that the Union should abandon all of their military bases on southern land.
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$500 Question What were the first two major victories for the Confederacy?
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$500 Answer Fort Sumter and Battle of Bull Run
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Final Jeopardy This general said, “Once you get them running, you stay right on top of them, and that way a small force can defeat a large one every time... Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger; it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength.”
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Final Jeopardy Answer Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
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