Civil War Jeopardy

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North or South?
Famous People
Politics/ Court Cases
Slavery to be or not to be
Important Battles
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The President of the United States during the
Civil War
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Abraham Lincoln
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The President of the Confederacy
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Who was Jefferson Davis
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Two of the Confederate Generals
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Who were Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee
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Two of the Union Generals
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Who were Grant, Meade, Sherman, Sheridan,
McLellan
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A nurse during the War
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Who was Clara Barton
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This was the first battle of the War, and a big
Confederate win
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Bull Run)
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A northern victory fought in Tennessee, near the
Mississippi River
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Shiloh)
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The only major naval battle which ended in a tie
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Virginia vs. Monitor
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Picketts Charge was part of this battle
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Gettysburg)
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The start of the Civil War
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attack on Fort Sumter
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This Compromise allowed the balance of free and
slave states to remain equal
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(Missouri Compromise)
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This Act forced northerners to catch runaway
slaves with a punishment of being fined or jailed
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850)
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This book, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, put
the harsh reality of slavery out in the open
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(Uncle Toms Cabin)
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The Daily Double!
Guerilla warfare was used in this conflict that
broke out in the Kansas and Nebraska territories (
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Bleeding Kansas)
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This Compromise, which had five parts, allowed
California to enter the Union as a free state
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(Compromise of 1850)
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Abraham Lincoln was a member of this political
party
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Republicans
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This party believed in keeping slavery out of
western territories
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Free-Soil Party)
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This case which came to the Supreme Court was an
important milestone in the debate of whether
slavery should be allowed in certain territories
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(Dred Scott v. Sanford)
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This party formed as a result of Whigs and
Democrats agreeing to be against slavery (
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Republicans
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These debates for Senator were so important
because of the topic of slavery
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(Lincoln-Douglas debates)
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Strengths included having a greater total
population, more factory production, and the
majority of railroad mileage
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North
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This sides strategy included fighting a
defensive war
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South
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Weaknesses of this side included being a new
nation, not having a strong central government,
and having a weak economy
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South
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The battle of Fredericksburg was one of this
sides worst defeats
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North
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The only regiment made up of African-Americans
who fought at Ft. Wagner were fighting for this
side
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North