Download Fact or Fib - Net Start Class

Directions: Using a scratch piece of paper,
make two cards. Label one card fact and the
other fib.
When I put the statement on the screen
decide whether it is a fact or fib. When I say
go, lay down your card. Whoever plays the
write card, gets a point!
Fact or Fib: Statement 1
At the time of
the Civil War, the
North was more
industrialized
that the South.
Fact or Fib: Statement 2
At the time of
the Civil War,
the South grew
cash crops while
the farms of the
north grew food.
Fact or Fib: Statement 3
Both the North
and South had
laws concerning
slaves called
Slave Codes.
FIB
These laws were only in
the South. They restricted
the education and other
freedoms of slaves.
Fact or Fib: Statement 4
Even with slavery, the
population of the
South was smaller
than that of the
North.
Fact or Fib: Statement 5
Before the Civil
War, new states
being added to
the Union caused
little to no
problems.
FIB
Lots of problems/tension
occurred because both
the north and south
wanted the balance
between free and slave
states maintained.
Fact or Fib: Statement 6
The Compromise
of 1850 was
created by
Lincoln to prevent
the south from
seceding.
FIB
The Compromise of 1850
was a 5 part plan created
by Henry Clay. This plan
was created to settle
conflict between the
North and South.
Fact or Fib: Statement 7
The Fugitive Slave
Act (1850)
required all
citizens to help
catch and return
runaway slaves.
Fact or Fib: Statement 8
Bleeding Kansas
was a revolt led by
the abolitionists
after the passing of
the Fugitive Slave
Act.
FIB
Abolitionists were upset
over the new fugitive
slave law, but Bleeding
Kansas occurred after
the Kansas-Nebraska
Act allowed these states
to decide for
themselves to be slave
Fact or Fib: Statement 9
South Carolina
seceded after
Lincoln was
elected president
in 1860.
Fact or Fib: Statement 10
The first shots of the
Civil War were fired
at Ft. Sumter when
Jefferson Davis
ordered the attack
and capture of the
fort.
Fact or Fib: Statement 11
Dred Scott won
his freedom in
the case called
Dred Scott v.
Stanford.
FIB
Scott lost his case
because the court stated
that slaves were property
and cannot be taken
away. Decision allowed
slavery to spread to the
west.
Fact or Fib: Statement 11
The bloodiest day for
the Civil War was at
Fort Sumter where the
south lost 23,000
casualties and stopped
Confederate invasion
of North
FIB
This describes the battle
of Antietam.
Fact or Fib: Statement 12
The Emancipation
Proclamation
(1863) freed the
slaves in the
Confederacy, but
not the Union.
Fact or Fib: Statement 13
13th Amendment
allowed slavery to
continue in the states
that remained loyal
to the United States.
FIB
No it banned slavery in
the entire United States
forever.
Fact or Fib: Statement 14
Robert E. Lee was
to Union as
Ulysses Grant was
to the
Confederacy.
FIB
Lee was Confederate
commander while Grant
was the Union
commander after 1863.
Fact or Fib: Statement 15
After losing at
Vicksburg, the CSA
lost control of the
Mississippi River and
the south was divided
in half.
Fact or Fib: Statement 16
The battle of
Gettysburg was a
huge victory for
the CSA.
FIB
It was a huge loss of life
for both sides, but it is
considered a turning
point in the war
because it led to the
South's defeat.
Fact or Fib: Statement 17
Grant refused to
meet with Lee when
the CSA
surrendered at
Appomattox Court
House.
FIB
Grant and Lee met
together to discuss the
terms of the surrender.
Grant offered the CSA
very generous terms that
included food for their
soldiers.
Fact or Fib: Statement 18
14th Amendment
gave citizenship to
all people born in
the United States
including slaves.
Fact or Fib: Statement 19
The Emancipation
Proclamation
forbade any state
from denying
African American
males the right to
vote.
FIB
This describes the 15th
Amendment. The
Emancipation
Proclamation freed the
slaves in the Confederacy
only!
Fact or Fib: Statement 20
The Morrill Act
allowed reservation
land to be taken
away and sold to
settlers.
FIB
This describes the Dawes
Act. The Morrill Act
allowed for the creation of
colleges in Western states
like Texas A&M.
Fact or Fib: Statement 21
The Homestead Act
allowed for public lands
public lands in the West
available to settlers
without payment, usually
in lots of 160 acres, to be
used as farms.
Fact or Fib: Statement 22
In Lincoln’s 2nd
Inaugural Address,
he talked about a
healing peace with
CSA.