1. This is
JEOPARDY

2. JEOPARDY! 200 400 600 800 1000 FINAL JEOPARDY Fighting Begins Battles
Who’s Who
Who’s Who 2
Reconstruction
Events
200
400
600
800
1000
FINAL JEOPARDY

3. Fighting Begins 200
This event started the war because the Confederate army attacked a government controlled fort.
Fort Sumter

4. This was the Union’s plan to crush the southern forces.
Fighting Begins 400
This was the Union’s plan to crush the southern forces.
The Anaconda Plan

5. Fighting Begins 600
President Lincoln knew the Union army had to take this major Tennessee city in order to penetrate the deep south.
Nashville

6. Fighting Begins 800
Governor Harris and other state leaders fled to this city in Tennessee for safety.
Memphis

7. Fighting Begins 1000
During the evening, soldiers would do this on both sides of the battlefield. This symbolizes that both groups were actually more alike than they thought.
Sing around a campfire

8. Battles 200
This battle was the bloodiest battle and led to General Lee dropping his plan to invade the North.
Battle of Gettysburg

9. This battle occurred in July 1861 and helped boost Confederate morale.
Battles 400
This battle occurred in July 1861 and helped boost Confederate morale.
Battle at Bull Run

10. Battles 600
In these battles, which took place in early 1862, the Union Navy and Army forces destroy both forts.
Battles at Fort Henry & Donelson

11. Battles 800
The Union gains complete control of the Mississippi River in this battle.
The siege of Vicksburg

12. Battles 1000
In this battle, the Union forces push back the Confederate troops in Hardin County, giving them a clear path to the deep south.
Battle of Shiloh

13. Who’s Who 200
This was the president for the North. He was later shot after the war ended.
Abraham Lincoln

14. Who’s Who 400
This man was a former slave who became well known for his speeches and encouraged blacks to enlist in the Union Army.
Frederick Douglas

15. Who’s Who 600
This brave woman had no formal nursing experience but went on to create the Red Cross.
Clara Barton

16. This was the General of the Confederate troops.
Who’s Who 800
This was the General of the Confederate troops.
Robert E. Lee

17. Who’s Who 1000
This man was the governor of Tennessee during the war. He left Nashville and moved to Memphis to escape the Union forces invading.
Governor Harris

18. This was title given to former slaves after the war.
Who’s Who
This was title given to former slaves after the war.
freedpeople

19. Who’s Who
This man was appointed by Lincoln as military governor of TN and later became president.
Andrew Johnson

20. Who’s Who
Six former Confederate soldiers formed this group after the Civil War to restore southern honor.
Ku Klux Klan

21. Who’s Who
This Lieutenant General of the Army of Tennessee tried once again to take Nashville.
General John Bell Hood

22. Who’s Who
This man had fought in all of Tennessee’s major battles and went on to write a book about the memories of the war.
Sam Watkins

23. This was the amendment that was ratified which outlawed slavery.
Reconstruction 200
This was the amendment that was ratified which outlawed slavery.
13th amendment

24. Reconstruction 400
Congress set up an agency to help former slaves. The name of this agency was
Freedmen’s Bureau

25. Reconstruction 600
Many former slaves had to partake in this because they had little or no money to purchase their own land.
Sharecropping

26. Reconstruction 800
This reconstruction amendment made freedpeople full citizens of the United States.
14th Amendment

27. Reconstruction 1000
Congress passed this amendment allowing African American men the right to vote.
15th Amendment

28. Events 200
The Emancipation Proclamation was written to give the war a true purpose. One of the reasons it was written included hurting the Confederate…
Economy

29. Events 400
This speech given by Lincoln, is considered one of the most important texts in American history.
The Gettysburg Address

30. Events 600
This is the location where Lee surrendered to Grant making it the official ending of the Civil War.
Appomattox Court House

31. This man shot President Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in Washington DC.
Events 800
This man shot President Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in Washington DC.
John Wilkes Booth

32. Events 1000
In the 1866 elections, Republicans won enough seats to control both houses of Congress. They tried to do this to President Johnson.
impeach

33. FINAL JEOPARDY
Category: Civil War

34. Final Jeopardy Question
Many historians refer to the Reconstruction period as…

35. Answer
The Second Civil War