Civil War Jeopardy

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This new political party emerged in the 1850s. It opposed the expansion of slavery and

supported economic development.

100The Republicans

Politics for 100

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What allowed Abraham Lincoln to win the 1860 presidential election?200

There were a total of 4 candidates. Since the Democrats could not

decide on just one, both Douglas and Breckinridge ran, which divided Democratic voters.

Politics for 200

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How did the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford

limit the legal actions of abolitionists?300

In ruling that Congress could not outlaw slavery in a state or

territory (i.e. overturning the MO Compromise), it became

impossible to outlaw slavery nationwide without a

constitutional amendment.

Politics for 300

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Why did northerners oppose admitting Missouri as a state until

the Missouri Compromise?400Admitting Missouri, a slave state, would have given slave states an

advantage in the U.S. Senate.

The Missouri Compromise maintained this balance by also admitting Maine as a free state.

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How many electoral votes did Lincoln win from southern states

in the election 1860?500Zero

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True or False… Most southern whites owned slaves.100

False.

Only 25% of southern whites owned slaves. Most were too poor to buy

them.

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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?200It freed the slaves in the

Confederate states.

Slavery for 200

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According to Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address, what was the original purpose of the Civil War?300To preserve the Union

Slavery for 300

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True or False... Lincoln believed in racial equality.400

False… In his 1858 speech in the Lincoln-Douglas debates, he said that he did not believe blacks and whites were intellectually equal.

Slavery for 400

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What power did Lincoln use to issue the Emancipation

Proclamation?500Commander in Chief

(War Powers)

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What compromise outlawed slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of

the line 36º30’?100The Missouri Compromise

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How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act deal with the slavery issue?200

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the Kansas and Nebraska

territories to decide the slavery issue through popular sovereignty

(by voting).

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Other than outlawing slavery north of the line 36º30, what did the

Missouri Compromise do?300Maine was admitted to the Union as a free state and Missouri entered as

a slave state.

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Identify the four parts of the Compromise of 1850 that dealt

with slavery?400The Compromise of 1850

• California admitted as a free state.

• Slave trade (but not slavery) banned in Washington, D.C.

• Utah and New Mexico territories to decide slavery through popular sovereignty

• The Fugitive Slave Act passed

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What violent event was a direct result of the Kansas-Nebraska

Act?500“Bleeding Kansas”

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This was the name of the Union’s strategy of suffocating the

Confederacy through a naval blockade, controlling the

Mississippi River, and marching across the deep South.100The Anaconda Plan

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What made Sherman’s March to the Sea militarily effective?200

By waging total war & using scorched earth tactics, Sherman’s

troops made life very uncomfortable for southern civilians and destroyed any

resources that would have been useful to the Confederate army.

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Identify the one battle that is widely seen as a “turning point” in the

Civil War?300Gettysburg

OR

Vicksburg

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Identify the first battle of the Civil War?400First Battle: Fort Sumter

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What made the Civil War so bloody?500

New Weapons + Old Tactics = Death

The armies used Napoleonic tactics (like head-on charges over open ground), but new weapons (such as pointed bullets, spiral-bored rifles, and artillery shells) made this almost suicidal.

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What was the main goal of John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry,

VA?100John Brown hoped to use the

weapons he seized to start a massive slave rebellion that would

eventually lead to the end of slavery.

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Who was the most famous “conductor” on the Underground

Railroad?200Harriet Tubman

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Identify a famous abolitionists.300There were many abolitionists but

some famous ones include…

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Brown

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Name the three major causes of the Civil War?400

1. Slavery

2. Sectionalism

3. States’ Rights

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What was the Confederacy’s strategy for winning the Civil

War?500Fight a War of Attrition

(make it long and expensive)

Gain an alliance with Great Britain or France

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Final Challenge

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How did Lincoln define the purpose of the war in March 1861? For the Union, how did the war’s purpose

change by January 1, 1863?

Final ChallengeEnd Game

TIME’SUP!

TIME’SUP!

March 1861 (Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address): The war was to “preserve the Union.”

Jan. 1863 (Emancipation Proclamation): It became war to end slavery (i.e. a war for freedom).

“Excellent Game!”

Mr. Clarke