The American Civil War: Jeopardy

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Civil War: Jeopardy! Review

Your test is worth 40 points. It will have multiple choice (26 points) and three short answers* (14 points). Write your answers and any corrections here, during the game.

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*Short answer questions will be open notes and based on the three unit questions: What is the right weapon for winning in a fight? Can politicians be trusted? Who were the freedom fighters of the Civil War?

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

Jeopardy Questions

Advantages: At the beginning of the war, which side held the advantage in the following categories?

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Slaves and farms

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Mills and factories

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Imports and exports

Iron and Steel

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Military Leadership

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More resources to fight a long war

Conflicts

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General Robert E. Lee’s invasion of Maryland ended in this battle

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To everyone’s surprise, the battle of Bull Run was a victory for this side

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Midway through the war, this triggered the four-day riot in New York

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This battle marked Lee’s final invasion of the North

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This battle secured Union control of the Mississippi River

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The men of the 54 th Massachusetts fought for control of this location

Military Strategy

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Muskets were replaced with this in the Civil War era

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Neither the union nor the Confederacy really had a strategy for this first battle of the war

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General Sherman’s military strategy as he marched his troops through

Georgia

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Even though he was known as “Unconditional Surrender” Grant, he allowed

Lee a graceful surrender at this location

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Three things the Anaconda Plan called for

President Lincoln

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Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed these people specifically

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Abraham Lincoln finally issued the Emancipation Proclamation after this

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Although he was Lincoln’s political rival before the war, both he and Lincoln called black people the “n” word in everyday conversation

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In this speech, Lincoln said God would punish the nation “until all the wealth piled by the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword”

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In a letter to Horace Greeley, Lincoln said he would free every slave, free some slaves, or keep slavery intact as long he could achieve this goal

Women in the war effort

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She served as the Union’s Superintendent of Female Nurses

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She was a spy for the confederacy who helped significantly in the battle of

Bull Run

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She was a Union nurse and founded the Red Cross

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A passionate African American abolitionist, this woman gathered supplies for African American regiments, and was invited to the White House to meet with President Lincoln

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Formerly a slave, this woman served as a Union nurse and reading and writing instructor

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Disguised as a man, she fought as a soldier for the Confederate army

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