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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?

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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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President of the Confederate States of America during the

Civil War

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Who is Jefferson Davis?

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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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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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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 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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Who is Robert E Lee?

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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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Who are the Massachusetts 54th?

Final Jeopardy

In what year did the Civil War end?

Final Jeopardy Answer

What is 1865?