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Standard IV B
The student will understand concepts
related to the U.S. Civil War era.
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Standard IV B:
The student will understand concepts
related to the U.S. Civil War era.
JEOPARDY!
Immigrants
and Slaves
Rights and
Battles
Important
Events
End of
the War
Rebuilding
After
Lincoln
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Answer 1-100
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Why were there draft riots in the North
during the Civil War?
Poor white workers (mainly immigrants)
protested against fighting to free the
slaves because the newly freed slaves
might ultimately take away their jobs.
Answer 1-200
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In 1862, Congress allowed which group of
people to enlist in the Union Army, even
though they experienced much
discrimination?
African
Americans
Answer 1-300
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What famous decree did Lincoln issue in
1863 that freed the slaves that lived in the
Confederacy?
The
Emancipation
Proclamation
Answer
1-400
Daily Double!!!
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What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation
have on the slaves in the South?
 None,
because the
Confederate States of America
did not recognize President
Lincoln’s authority.
Answer 1-500
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What were the results of the Emancipation
Proclamation?
It discouraged the British from helping the
South. It also eliminated the possibility of
compromise between the North and
South. The South realized that if they
lost, slavery would also be lost.
Answer 2-100
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What essential civil right did Lincoln
suspend at various times during the Civil
War in order to deal with dissent?
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Writ of Habeas Corpus
Answer 2-200
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What is habeus corpus?
 The
right to go before the
court to determine whether
a prisoner is being held
legally
Answer 2-300
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What is the name of the first battle of the
Civil War where major bloodshed
occurred? Who won this battle?
 The
Battle of Bull Run….
Won by the South
Answer 2-400
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What is the name of the most decisive
battle of the Civil War? The Confederate
States of America would never recover
from this battle…
Gettysburg
Answer 2-500
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What battle was the bloodiest single-day
battle in U.S. history? (This battle
occurred during the Civil War.)
Antietam
Answer 3-100
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What famous speech by President Lincoln
began “Four score and seven years
ago…”?
The
Gettysburg
Address
Answer 3-200
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Which Northern victory allowed Northern
forces to gain total control of the
Mississippi River, which resulted in splitting
the South in two?
Vicksburg
Answer 3-300
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During what Civil War battle did Union
admiral David Farragut say, “Damn the
torpedos, full speed ahead”?
Battle
of Mobile Bay
Answer 3-400
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Who was the Union general who burned
Atlanta and “marched to the sea”?
William
Tecumseh
Sherman
Answer 3-500
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Who was the Confederate general that
officially surrendered for the South?
Robert
E. Lee
Answer 4-100
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Where did Robert E. Lee surrender at the end of
the Civil War?
Appomattox
Courhouse,
Virginia
Answer 4-200
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Which Union general did Robert E. Lee
surrender to?
Ulysses
S. Grant
Answer 4-300
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Which American war was the costliest in
terms of American lives?
The
Civil War
Answer 4-400
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What effect did the Civil War have on the
South’s standard of living and its’
economy?
The
standard of living
and the economy were
devastated.
Answer 4-500
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What year did the Civil War end?
1865
Answer 5-100
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What time period consisted of rebuilding
the South and readmitting the South back
into the Union?
Reconstruction
Answer
5-200
Daily Double!!!
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What was the name of Lincoln’s plan for
Reconstruction?
 The
10% Plan (officially…
the Proclamation for
Amnesty and
Reconstruction)
Answer 5-300
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What was Lincoln’s goal concerning the
10% Plan?
To allow the Southern states to re-enter
the Union with ease so that the restoration
of the United States would happen quickly.
Answer 5-400
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What was the objective of the
Congressional plan for Reconstruction?
To
punish the
South
Answer 5-500
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Why didn’t Lincoln’s 10% Plan take affect?
He
was
assassinated.
Answer 6-100
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Who assassinated President Lincoln in the
Ford Theatre?
John
Wilkes Booth
Answer 6-200
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Who became President after Lincoln’s
assassination?
Andrew
Johnson
Answer 6-300
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What group led the Congressional plan for
Reconstruction?
The
Radical
Republicans
Answer 6-400
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What plan included the following? (a) The South being
divided into 5 military districts, (b) the 14th Amendment
being ratified, (c) African-Americans given the right to
vote, and (d) former Confederate officers not being able
to hold an elected office.
The Congressional Plan for
Reconstruction, led by the Radical
Republicans
Answer 6-500
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What was the name of the discriminatory
laws that severely restricted the lives of
former slaves in the South?
Black
Codes