Civil War Jeopardy

Famous People

Important Battles

Slavery Dividing Issues

North vs. South

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The President during the Civil War

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson DavisJefferson Davis

Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln

Barrack ObamaBarrack Obama

The President of the Confederacy was_______.

Dred ScottDred Scott

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson

Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln

Jefferson DavisJefferson Davis

These were two of the generals of the Confederate Army.

George Washington and Thomas GageGeorge Washington and Thomas Gage

Robert E. Lee and Stonewall JacksonRobert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson

Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh ShermanUlysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman

George Meade and George McClellanGeorge Meade and George McClellan

A famous nurse who followed the fighting from battle to battle across the U.S. caring for Union soldiers and who

founded the American Red Cross.

Molly PitcherMolly Pitcher

Betsy RossBetsy Ross

Betty CrockerBetty Crocker

Clara BartonClara Barton

An attack on this place caused the Civil War to begin.

Fort SumterFort Sumter

Fort McHenryFort McHenry

Camp DavidCamp David

The AlamoThe Alamo

This was the first battle of the War, and a big Confederate win.

Bunker HillBunker Hill

Bull RunBull Run

AntietamAntietam

GettysburgGettysburg

This was one of the deadliest battles of the Civil War in which more than

7,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were killed.

Bull RunBull Run

AppomattoxAppomattox

GettysburgGettysburg

VicksburgVicksburg

This is where the Civil War ended and Robert E. Lee surrendered to

Ulysses S. Grant

YorktownYorktown

RichmondRichmond

PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia

AppomattoxAppomattox

Those people who wanted to get rid of slavery were called _______.

abolitionists abolitionists

followersfollowers

compromiserscompromisers

conductorsconductors

This was a system of secret escape routes leading to free lands.

The Underground RailroadThe Underground Railroad

The Downtown InterstateThe Downtown Interstate

The Hidden ExpressThe Hidden Express

The Secret PassageThe Secret Passage

In the South, slavery was important because…

the slaves worked long hours in the factories.the slaves worked long hours in the factories.

the slaves enjoyed working to help their owners get wealthier.the slaves enjoyed working to help their owners get wealthier.

they needed slaves to travel to Africa to bring back more slaves.they needed slaves to travel to Africa to bring back more slaves.

owners had come to depend on the work of slaves to farm their land.owners had come to depend on the work of slaves to farm their land.

This law forced northerners to catch runaway slaves and to be punished with

fines or jail time if they did not.

The Emancipation ProclamationThe Emancipation Proclamation

The Kansas-Nebraska ActThe Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Compromise of 1850The Compromise of 1850

The Fugitive Slave ActThe Fugitive Slave Act

This Compromise allowed the number of free states and slave states to remain

equal.

The Compromise of 1850The Compromise of 1850

The Missouri CompromiseThe Missouri Compromise

The Dred Scott DecisionThe Dred Scott Decision

The Emancipation ProclamationThe Emancipation Proclamation

The North welcomed the high tariff on imported goods because…

most of the nation’s farms were located there.most of the nation’s farms were located there.

they bought a lot of imported goods from Europe.they bought a lot of imported goods from Europe.

they enjoyed paying higher tariffs.they enjoyed paying higher tariffs.

most of the nation’s factories were located there.most of the nation’s factories were located there.

This case, which came to the Supreme Court, was an important milestone in the debate of whether slavery should be allowed in certain

territories and decided that slaves were property.

The Dred Scott CaseThe Dred Scott Case

The Emancipation ProclamationThe Emancipation Proclamation

The Gettysburg Address The Gettysburg Address

The Compromise of 1850The Compromise of 1850

This man was known as the “Great Compromiser” because of his work to

settle the differences between the North and the South.

Andrew JacksonAndrew Jackson

Frederick DouglasFrederick Douglas

Henry ClayHenry Clay

William GarrisonWilliam Garrison

Weaknesses of this side included being a new nation, not

having a strong central government, and having a weak

economy.NorthNorth

SouthSouth

This side wanted the states to have more individual rights and the final

say in their own affairs.

NorthNorth

SouthSouth

This side’s strategy included fighting a defensive war.

NorthNorth

SouthSouth

The only regiment made up entirely of African-Americans were fighting for

this side.

NorthNorth

SouthSouth

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Final Jeopardy

Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act and how that led to “Bleeding Kansas.”

In Kansas and Nebraska, citizens were allowed to vote to decide if they were going to have

slavery or not. People from other states rushed in to cast their votes and fighting broke out

between the two sides. More than 200 people were killed making it known as Bleeding

Kansas.