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Civil War &
Reconstruction
Trivia Review
Categories – Round 1
1. Generals
– What were the strategies of the Union generals?
2. Battles
– What battle was the turning point of the war and
the bloodiest battle overall?
3. Lincoln
– What did Lincoln seize as ‘contraband’?
Categories – Round 2
1. Causes
– The failed Wilmot Proviso to stop the expansion of
slavery concerned the lands gained from…?
2. Jim Crow
– Name the 3 ways Jim Crow Laws attempted to
limited blacks from voting.
3. Secession
– First state to leave the Union?
Categories – Round 3
1. North vs. South
– Name one advantage the North had over the
South and one advantage the South had over the
North in the Civil War.
2. Emancipation
– Why did Lincoln NOT free border state slaves?
3. Weapons
– How did the weapons of the Civil War make it a
more modern war?
Categories – Round 4
1. Reconstruction Failures
– What limited the freedoms of blacks and forced
them in a condition similar to, if not worse, than
slavery?
2. Reconstruction Successes
– What SERVICES(S) did the black church provide?
3. Reconstruction Plans
– What was the main goal of the Congressional
‘Radical’ Reconstruction plan?
Categories – Round 5
1. Lincoln’s Assassination
– Where was Lincoln assassinated? By whom?
2. Habeas Corpus
– Who has the power to suspend “Habeas Corpus”
under the Constitution?
3. KKK
– What was the main goal of the Klan during
Reconstruction?
Categories – Round 6
1. Amendments
– According to this amendment, voting could not be
denied based on race.
2. Popular Sovereignty
– Which cause of the Civil War ‘officially’ overturned
the Missouri Compromise with the implementation
of popular sovereignty?
3. Dred Scott
– Why did Dred Scott feel he should be free?
FINAL ROUND – CATEGORIES &
Questions
1. Election of 1860
– What did Lincoln’s 1860 victory symbolize?
2. Freedmen’s Bureau
– In what ways did the Freedmen’s Bureau assist
poor whites & blacks?
3. Plessy v Ferguson
– What was the significance of the Supreme Court
case?
Tie-Breaker
• If Needed:
– CATEGORY:
• Sherman
– QUESTION:
• War policy utilized by General
Sherman during his march through
Atlanta.