Title: Civil War Jeopardy
1Civil War Jeopardy
People Battles Reconstruction Legislation Extras
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2Who was the president of the Confederacy?
People 10 points
3Who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin? People 20
points
4Who came up with the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
People 30 points
5Who was the Supreme Court justice involved in the
Dred Scott case? People 40 points
6Who came up with the idea of popular
sovereignty? People 50 points
7This battle starts the Civil War?
Battles 10 points
8Which battle is seen as the first real
slaughterhouse style battle? Battles 20
points
9Which battle marks the bloodiest battle in U.S.
history? Battles 30 points
10Lee orders a cease-fire and meets in this
city. Battles 40 points
11List 3 advantages the North had over the south.
Battles 50 points
12The 13th amendment does what? Category 3
10 points
13Vagrancy laws are an example of what?
Category 3 20 points
14What agency was created to help freed slaves get
an education, health care, jobs, and rights?
Category 3 30 points
15Radical Reconstruction divided the south into 5
districts that were controlled by?
Category 3 40 points
16Name 2 parts of Johnsons Plan for
Reconstruction? Category 3 50 points
17What declared that blacks were not citizens of
the United States? Legislation 10 points
18How many slaves did the Emancipation Proclamation
practically free? Legislation 20 points
19Name 2 parts of the Compromise of
1850. Legislation 30 points
20What is habeas corpus? Legislation 40
points
21What piece of legislation lead to the creation of
the Republican Party? Legislation 50
points
22In what city were the first shots of the civil
war fired? Extra ?s 10 points
23Name a state that supported slavery but never
left the union. Extra ?s 20 points
24Name the Virginia town where John Brown tried to
steal weapons and arm slaves. Extra ?s 30
points
25What was the main point of Lincolns 2nd
Inaugural address? Extra ?s 40 points
26What treaty ended the war with Mexico?
Extra ?s 50 points