8 th Grade History Topic: American Civil War Aim: Civil War Jeopardy Homework: Study for your test tomorrow Do Now:

1. 8th Grade History Topic: American Civil War Aim: Civil War Jeopardy Homework: Study for your test tomorrow Do Now: Let’s get started!

2. This is Jeopardy...

3. People Events Miscellaneous Places Vocabulary 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 Final Jeopardy

4. People- 100 • He was the president during the Civil War: JeopardyAnswer

5. Answer- People 100 • Who was Abraham Lincoln? Jeopardy

6. People- 200 • A slave who escaped and became a conductor on the Underground Railroad, returning to the South 19 times: jeopardy Answer

7. Answer- People 200 • Who was Harriet Tubman? Jeopardy

8. People- 300 • He was the president of the Confederate States jeopardy Answer

9. Answer- People 300 • Who was Jefferson Davis? Jeopardy

10. People- 400 • Leader of the Confederate Army during the Civil War Answer jeopardy

11. Answer- People 400 • Who was Robert E. Lee? Jeopardy

12. People - 500 Daily Double

13. People- 500 • The leader of the Union Army during the last years of the Civil War Answer jeopardy

14. Answer- DAILY DOUBLE • Who was Ulysses S. Grant? Jeopardy

15. Places- 100 • The secret route that slaves used to escape from freedom in the North Answer jeopardy

16. Answer Places- 100 • What was the Underground Railroad? • Jeopardy

17. Places- 200 • These states were located between the Union states and the Confederate states. Both North and South wanted them on their side. Answer jeopardy

18. Answer- Places 200 • What were the border states? Jeopardy

19. Places- 300 • The places where civilians are active when their country is at war – this is where they await for their loved ones who are fighting in the war. Answer jeopardy

20. Answer Places- 300 • What is the homefront? Jeopardy

21. Places- 400 • One of Grant’s most important victories was made here. After this the Mississippi River belonged to the Union. Answer jeopardy

22. Answer Places- 400 • What was Vicksburg, Mississippi Jeopardy

23. Places- 500 • Sherman’s “March to the Sea” ended in this place. Answer jeopardy

24. Answer –Place 500 • What is Savannah, Georgia • Jeopardy

25. Event- 100 • The South won this battle and the Civil War officially began Answer jeopardy

26. Answer- Event 100 • What was the Battle at Fort Sumter? Jeopardy

27. Event- 200 • An inspiring speech given by Abraham Lincoln, which spoke of the ideals of liberty and equality on which the country had been founded. jeopardy

28. Answer Events- 200 • What was the Gettysburg Address? • Jeopardy

29. Event- 300 • The destructive path (60 miles wide and 300 miles long), where Sherman led Union troops to burn and destroy everything held dear in the South jeopardy

30. Answer Event- 300 • What is Sherman’s “March to the Sea” • Jeopardy

31. Event- 400 • Murdered Lincoln while he was watching a play at Ford’s Theatre. • Answer jeopardy

32. Answer Event- 400 • Who was John Wilkes Booth • Jeopardy

33. Event - 500 • The disagreement between northern and southern states regarding states rights and slavery led to this • Answer jeopardy

34. Answer Event- 500 • What is the Civil War • Jeopardy

35. Vocabulary - 100 • A general rise in prices • Answer jeopardy

36. Answer Vocabulary - 100 • What is inflation • Jeopardy

37. Vocabulary - 200 • First part of the North’s Anaconda Plan they accomplished • Answer jeopardy

38. Vocabulary Answer - 200 • What is a blockade • Jeopardy

39. Vocabulary - 300 • To give someone freedom • Answer jeopardy

40. Vocabulary Answer - 300 • What is emancipate • Jeopardy

41. Vocabulary - 400 • The town where Lee surrendered to Grant • answer jeopardy

42. Vocabulary Answer - 400 • Where is Appomattox • jeopardy

43. Vocabulary - 500 • Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment • answer jeopardy

44. Vocabulary Answer - 500 • What is habeas corpus • jeopardy

45. Miscellaneous- 100 • One of the last cities on the Mississippi River to remain in Confederate hands • answer jeopardy

46. Misc. Answer - 100 • What was Vicksburg • jeopardy

47. Miscellaneous - 200 • This is what was learned after the first battle at Bull Run • Answer jeopardy

48. Answer- m- 200 • What was that the North and the South realized that the war would be a long hard struggle • Jeopardy

49. Miscellaneous-300 • This Northern general is well known for his “March to the Sea” in the later part of the war. • answer jeopardy

50. Answer- m 300 • Who was William Sherman • jeopardy