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Final Jeopardy

Civil War/Reconstruction

Question 1

This man was the general of theUnion army that defeated Lee.

Answer 1

Who was --Ulysses S. Grant?

Question 2

Identify Robert E. Lee.

Answer 2Who was 1. the leader of the Army of Northern Virginia 2. offered command of the

Union forces at the beginning of the war but chose not to fight against Virginia

3. opposed secession, but did not believe the union should be held together

by force 4. urged Southerners to accept defeat

at the end of the war and reunite as Americans ?

Question 3

Identify Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.

Answer 3

Who was --a skilled Confederate general from Virginia ?

Question 4

This man was a former slave whoescaped to the North and becamean abolitionist.

Answer 4

Who was --Frederick Douglas ?

Question 5

The first shots of the Civil Warwere fired here.

Answer 5

Where was --Fort Sumter ?

Question 6

This was the first major battleof the Civil War.

Answer 6

What was --the first Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) ?

Question 7

This made freeing the slaves thefocus of the war.

Answer 7

What was --the EmancipationProclamation ?

Question 8

This was the result of the Battle of Vicksburg.

Answer 8

What was --divided the South; the North controlled the MississippiRiver ?

Question 9

This was the turning point of the war.

Answer 9

What was --the Battle of Gettysburg; the North repelled Lee’s invasion ?

Question 10

This event ended the Civil War.

Answer 10

What was --Lee’s surrender toGrant at Appomattox CourtHouse in 1865 ?

Question 11

Name four major deciding factorsin winning the Civil War.

Answer 11

What were 1. the Union blockade of southern ports

2. control of the Mississippi River 3. battle locations influenced by the struggle to capture capital cities 4. control of the high ground ?

Question 12

Identify seven effects of the CivilWar.

Answer 12What are 1. families & friends wereoften pitted against one another 2. Southern troops became increasingly younger & more poorly equipped & clothed 3. much of the South devastated at end of war 4. disease a major killer

5. combat brutal & often man-to-man 6. women left to run businesses in North & farms/plantations in South 7. collapse of Confederacy made Confederate money worthless ?

Question 13

The woman who created the American Red Cross.

Answer 13

Who was --Clara Barton ?

Question 14

Identify the five effects the CivilWar had on African Americans.

Answer 14

What are 1. fought in both Union & Confederate armies 2. Confederacy used slaves as naval crew members & soldiers

3. Union enlisted them as sailors early in the war 4. paid less than white soldiers 5. discriminated against and served

in segregated units under the

command of white officers ?

Question 15

Identify Robert Smalls.

Answer 15

Who was --an African American sailor and later a Union naval captain who was highly honored for his feats of bravery and heroism and became a Congressman after the Civil War ?

Question 16

This 13th Amendment does this.

Answer 16

What is --bans slavery in theUnited States and any of itsterritories ?

Question 17

The 14th Amendment doesthis.

Answer 17

What is --grants citizenship to all persons born in the United Statesand guarantees them equal protectionunder the law ?

Question 18

The 15th Amendment does this.

Answer 18

What is --ensures all citizens theright to vote regardless of raceor color or previous conditionor servitude ?

Question 19

Identify the Reconstructionpolicies for the South.

Answer 19

What were 1. Southern military leaders could not hold office 2. African Americans held public office

3. African Americans gained equal rights as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, whichauthorized use of federal troops to enforce it 4. Northern soldiers supervised the South ?

Question 20

This was the major problemafter the Civil War.

Answer 20

What was --Southerners resented northern “carpetbaggers” who tookadvantage of the South during Reconstruction ?

Question 21

Explain the Civil Rights Actof 1866.

Answer 21

What was --African Americans gained equal rights and federaltroops were authorized to enforce the law ?

Question 22

This man was a skilled Confederategeneral from Virginia.

Answer 22

Who was --Thomas “Stonewall”Jackson ?

Question 23

At this battle, the North repelledLee’s invasion, marking theturning point of the war.

Answer 23

What was --the Battle of Gettysburg?

Question 24

This Civil War nurse created the American Red Cross.

Answer 24

Who was --Clara Barton ?

Question 25

These Amendments guaranteeequal protection under the lawfor all citizens.

Answer 25

What are --the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments ?

Final Jeopardy

Identify six important ideas/eventsabout Abraham Lincoln.

Final Jeopardy Answer

What are 1. was President of the U.S. 2. opposed the spread of slavery 3. issued Emancipation Proclamation 4. determined to preserve the Union 5. believed the U. S. was one nation, not a collection of independent states 6. wrote the Gettysburg address ?