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Final Jeopardy
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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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Who is Jefferson Davis?
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People of the Civil War
The name given to Northern democrats who opposed the
Civil War
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Who are copperheads?
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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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What are Ironclads?
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A change to the U.S. Constitution that freed ALL
African Americans.
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What is the 13th Amendment?
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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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A term that means people decide on an issue such as to vote on whether a territory allows slavery or prohibits
slavery.
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What is popular sovereignty?
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Civil War Vocabulary
These states practiced slavery at the beginning of
the Civil War, but decided to stay with the Union.
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Civil War Vocabulary
What are border states
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Civil War Military Terms
The number one killer in the Civil War
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What is disease?
Preventing any shipping from getting in or out of an
area
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What is a blockade?
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Nickname of the Union strategy to prevent all trade from getting in or out of the
South
What is the Anaconda Plan?
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Civil War Military Terms
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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What is Pickett’s Charge?
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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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This battle gives the Union complete control of the
Mississippi River
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What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
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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?
$400 Question
Battles of the Civil War
This Union victory allows Lincoln to issue the
Emancipation Proclamation although this battle is the
bloodiest battle in ONE day.
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Battles of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Antietam?
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Battles of the Civil War
This battle lasts over three days and more soldiers die in this
battle than any others in American History!
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Battles of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
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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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What is Appomattox Court House?
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An increase in the cost of goods and a decrease in the value of
money
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What is Inflation.
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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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Who is Ulysses S Grant?
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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 did the Civil War end?
Final Jeopardy Answer
What is 1865?
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