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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from H1
He was the President of the
United States during
the Civil War.
$100 Answer from H1
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
$200 Question from H1
He was the President of the
Confederate States of America
during the Civil War.
$200 Answer from H1
Who was Jefferson Davis?
$300 Question from H1
He was the leader of the
Confederate troops throughout
the Civil War.
$300 Answer from H1
Who was Robert E. Lee?
$400 Question from H1
He was the leader of the
Union troops at the end of
Civil War. He was also the
person to whom Robert E. Lee
surrendered to at Appomattox.
$400 Answer from H1
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
$500 Question from H1
This slave tried to win his freedom
after his owner died because his
master had been taken him to live for a
while in Illinois and Wisconsin, which
were free states. However, the
Supreme Court would not allow him to
be a free person for he was not
considered a person; he was property.
$500 Answer from H1
Who was Dred Scott?
$100 Question from H2
This was the first state to
secede from the Union.
$100 Answer from H2
What was South Carolina?
$200 Question from H2
This was the capital of
the Confederacy.
$200 Answer from H2
What was Richmond, Virginia?
$300 Question from H2
The Missouri Compromise
established all states of the
Louisiana Purchase north of this
state would be free while those
to the south would be slave states.
$300 Answer from H2
What was Missouri?
$400 Question from H2
By controlling this river, the
North could cut the South into
two parts, and help them to
win the was more quickly.
$400 Answer from H2
What is the Mississippi River?
$500 Question from H2
Robert E. Lee surrendered to
Ulysses S. Grant here.
$500 Answer from H2
What is Appomattox?
$100 Question from H3
On April 13, 1861, the South
took over this Union fort
in South Carolina.
$100 Answer from H3
What was Fort Sumter?
$200 Question from H3
The first battle of the
Civil war took place here.
$200 Answer from H3
What was Bull Run?
$300 Question from H3
This battle was one of the
Union’s worst defeats
during the Civil War.
$300 Answer from H3
What was the
Battle of Fredericksburg?
$400 Question from H3
This battle marked the
turning point of the
Civil War; the Confederates never
invaded the North again after this
battle.
$400 Answer from H3
What was the
Battle of Gettysburg?
$500 Question from H3
At the end of this battle,
the North controlled all
of the Mississippi River
and cut the confederacy
into two parts.
$500 Answer from H3
What was the
Battle of Vicksburg?
$100 Question from H4
Loyalty to a state or section,
rather than to the country
as a whole.
$100 Answer from H4
What is sectionalism?
$200 Question from H4
Runaway slaves
$200 Answer from H4
What are fugitives?
$300 Question from H4
To withdraw from
$300 Answer from H4
What is secede?
$400 Question from H4
Allowing each territory to
allow slavery
$400 Answer from H4
Popular sovereignty
$500 Question from H4
War is waged where soldiers and
civilians suffer the same hardships;
food and equipment that might be
useful to the enemy is destroyed.
$500 Answer from H4
What is total war?
$100 Question from H5
President Lincoln attended the
ceremony to honor those who
fought at the Battle of
Gettysburg, and he gave this
three minute speech which
talked about American ideals.
$100 Answer from H5
What was the
Gettysburg Address?
$200 Question from H5
This document freed the slaves
in rebelling territories on
January 1, 1863.
$200 Answer from H5
What was the
Emancipation Proclamation?
$300 Question from H5
The South had few factories to
produce guns and weapons,
few railroads to move troops
and supplies, political
problems, and a small
population.
$300 Answer from H5
What were the weaknesses
of the South at the beginning
of the Civil War?
$400 Question from H5
•the spread of slavery to the territories,
•Abolitionists wanted to end slavery,
•The South feared it would lose its power
in the national government,
•Southern states secede after Lincoln’s
election,
•Confederates bombard Fort Sumter
$400 Answer from H5
Causes of the Civil War
$500 Question from H5
•President issues the Emancipation Proclamation,
•The Northern economy booms,
•The South loses its cotton trade with Britain,
•Total war destroys the South’s economy,
•Hundreds of thousands of Americans are killed,
•African Americans have equal protection under the
Constitution,
•The federal government is strong
$500 Answer from H5
What are the effects of
the Civil War?
Final Jeopardy
These were the four states where
slavery was legal; however,
they chose to stay in the Union
once the Civil War began.
Final Jeopardy Answer
What were Delaware,
Kentucky, Maryland,
and Missouri?