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