Civil War Amazing Race
Directions:
Start at any game sign around the room and read the question. Search the
signs around the room until you find the right answer. Write the answer on
this sheet and then read the question on the game sign. Once you’ve
answered all the questions you should end at the sign you started at. If
you’ve gotten to your first sign without answering all the questions go back
and see where you made a mistake!
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Answer: The
Union
Question: What was the
economic issue that divided
the Nation?
Answer: Disagreements
over tariffs
Question: What was the
compromise that allowed
Missouri to become a slave
state and Maine a free state?
Answer: The Missouri
Compromise of 1820
Question: What were the four
border states?
Answer: Maryland,
Delaware, Kentucky, and
Missouri.
Question: What was the
document that freed the slaves
in Confederate controlled
areas?
Answer: The
Emancipation
Proclamation
Question: Who was the
president of the Confederate
States of America?
Answer: Jefferson Davis
Question: What was the
constitutional issue that divided
the nation?
Answer: States’ rights
versus a strong central
government.
Question: Who was the general
of the Union army?
Answer: Ulysses S. Grant
Question: What was the event
that caused the Southern states
to secede?
Answer: The election of
Lincoln
Question: How many states
seceded from the Union?
Answer: 11
Question: What event marked
the end of the Civil War?
Answer: Lee’s Surrender
at Appomattox Court
House
Question: What were examples
of battle locations being
affected by the struggle to
capture capital cities?
Answer: Richmond and
Washington D.C.
Question: Who was the nurse
that created the Red Cross?
Answer: Clara Barton
Question: What was the first
major battle of the Civil War?
Answer: Manassas or Bull
Run
Question: Who fought the
Confederacy in the Civil War?