The Civil War: Key Events and Figures
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Explore the pivotal moments and influential figures of the American Civil War, from the beginning of hostilities at Fort Sumter to the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Discover the strategies of generals like Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, the significance of battles such as Gettysburg and Vicksburg, and the impact of social issues, including cotton diplomacy and the role of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry. This overview encapsulates the struggle for Union and the fight for freedom, shedding light on the people who shaped this critical period in American history.
The Civil War: Key Events and Figures
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Jeopardy War Begins War in the East War Life War in the West Tide Turns Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
$100 Answer The first American woman to earn a medical license
$100 Question Who was Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell?
$200 Answer Southern belief that the British government would support the South because cotton was important to their textile industry
$200 Question What is cotton diplomacy?
$300 Answer After Confederate guns fired on this federal post on April 12, 1861, Lincoln declared the south was in rebellion
$300 Question What is Fort Sumter?
$400 Answer Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware
$400 Question What was are the border states?
$500 Answer Union general who developed the two part plan to defeat the Confederacy
$500 Question Who was Winfield Scott?
$100 Answer Most important figure in the War in the West
$100 Question Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
$200 Answer Grant’s victory at this place gave the Union control of the Mississippi
$200 Answer from Quotes What was the Siege of Vicksburg?
$300 Answer Union forces fought pro-Confederate Missourians and some American Indians at this battle in northwest Arkansas
$300 Question What was the Battle of Pea Ridge?
$400 Answer This Flag Officer captured New Orleans & Baton Rouge Louisiana & Natchez Mississippi
$400 Question Who was David Farragut?
$500 Answer Confederate general who tried to defend Vicksburg
$500 Question Who was John C. Pemberton?
$100 Answer Group of northern Democrats who spoke out against the war
$100 Qusetion What were Copperheads?
$200 Answer Important constitutional right suspended by Lincoln during the war
$200 Question What is habeas corpus?
$300 Answer This unit made of mostly freed African Americans played a key role in the attack on Ft. Wagner
$300 Question What is the 54th Massachusetts Infantry?
$400 Answer Her work formed the basis for what would become the American Red cross
$400 Question Who was Clara Barton?
$500 Answer This Secretary of State was a key member of Lincoln’s cabinet
$500 Question Who was William Seward?
$100 Answer This battle on Union soil was a turning point for the Civil War
$100 Question What was Gettysburg?
$200 Answer Town where Lee surrendered to Grant
$200 Question What is Appomattox Courthouse?
$300 Question from PLOT This general led his troops on a destructive march from Atlanta to Savannah to destroy the southern economy & ability to fight
$300 Question Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?
$400 Answer Confederate general who led a charge up Cemetery Ridge in the Battle of Gettysburg
$400 Question Who was George Pickett?
$500 Answer Series of battles from May to June of 1864 throughout Virginia where the Union suffered twice as many causalities as the Confederates
$500 Question What was the Wilderness Campaign?
$100 Answer He was the South's most successful general
$100 Question Who was Robert E. Lee?
$200 Answer First actual battle of the Civil War that broke Union hopes for a quick or easy war
$200 Question What was the First battle of Bull Run?
$300 Answer Confederate general who inspired his men and earned his nickname at the 1st Battle of Bull Run
$300 Question Who was Stonewall Jackson?
$400 Answer This battle on Union soil was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War
$400 Question What was the Battle of Antietam?
These two ironclads fought each other at Hampton Roads Virginia $500 Answer
