CIVIL WAR JEOPARDY
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PEOPLE OF THE CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARBATTLES
MILITARY
TERMS
CIVIL WAR VOCAB
CIVL WAR ETC.
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question
People of the Civil War
President of the United States during the Civil War
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People of the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
$200 Question
People of the Civil War
Nurse who helped take care of the wounded during the Civil War and later started
the American Red Cross
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People of the Civil War
Who was Clara Barton?
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People of the Civil War
President of the Confederate States of America during the
Civil War
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People of the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis?
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Assassinated President Lincoln just days after the
end of the Civil War
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Who is John Wilkes Booth?
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Union General in charge of the “March to the Sea” to destroy the South’s will to
fight
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People of the Civil War
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
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Civil War Vocabulary
Ships converted from wooden ships to fighting ships by adding a coat of
steel or iron
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Civil War Vocabulary
What are Ironclads?
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Civil War Vocabulary
The act of being forced to join the armed forces, done
for the first time in American history during the Civil War
by both sides
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What is conscription?
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Signed by Lincoln to help the war effort, in reality frees no slaves
but is a symbolic statement
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Civil War Vocabulary
What is the The Emancipation Proclamation?
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Civil War Vocabulary
Nickname of the Union strategy to prevent all trade from getting in or out of the
South
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Civil War Vocabulary
What is the Anaconda Plan?
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Civil War Vocabulary
Name given to Northern Democrats who wanted to
sign a peace treaty with the South and end the war
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Civil War Vocabulary
What is a Copperhead?
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Civil War Military Terms
Weapon that shoots a spiraling bullet, much more accurate
than a musket, can shoot further and with more
accuracy
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Civil War Military Terms
What is a rifle?
Preventing any shipping from getting in or out of an
area
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What is a blockade?
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An army on horseback
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What is the cavalry?
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A type of hollowed out bullet with grooves on the side to allow
it to spiral through the air
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What is a minie ball?
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Order called by a Southern commander during the Battle at Gettysburg that results in many Confederate deaths as they cross
a wheat field and are mowed down by Union fire
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Civil War Military Terms
What is Pickett’s Charge?
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Civil War Military Terms
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Battles of the Civil War
The first major battle of the Civil War, a Confederate victory,
shocks the Union, many spectators come from nearby Washington D.C. to watch the
battle
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Battles of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
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Battles of the Civil War
This battle gives the Union complete control of the
Mississippi River
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Battles of the Civil War
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Battles of the Civil War
This Union victory in Pennsylvania ended the
Confederate hopes of victory in the North, many died, President
Lincoln speaks here later
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Battles of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Battles of the Civil War
This Union victory takes place in Tennessee over three days, many
casualties for both sides, it rained for two days during the
fighting
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Battles of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
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Battles of the Civil War
This battle is a collection of battles that takes place over
several days, this Confederate victory prevents the Union from
capturing Richmond
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Battles of the Civil War
What is Seven Day’s Battle?
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Civil War Etc.
This general sided with his home state Virginia and became the
best general of the Confederacy
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Civil War Etc.
Who is Robert E Lee?
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Civil War Etc.
Site of the signing of the surrender papers to officially
end the Civil War
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Civil War Etc.
What is Appomattox Court House?
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Civil War Etc.
Officially makes it illegal to own slaves anywhere in the United
States
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Civil War Etc.
What is the 13th Amendment?
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Appointed the lead Union general after winning major
battles in the west, finished the war as the general in charge of
the Union army
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Civil War Etc.
Who is Ulysses S Grant?
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Civil War Etc.
The first all African American fighting regiment in the Union
army during the Civil War
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Civil War Etc.
Who are the Massachusetts 54th?
Final Jeopardy
In what year was Lincoln assassinated?
Final Jeopardy Answer
What is 1865?