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- 1. THE CIVIL WAR CHALLENGE 2012
- 2. THE CIVILWAR CHALLENGE 8 rounds of non-stop challenging excitement about the greatest event in the history of our nation
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- 4. Round 1 Each group,one at a time Others can add at the end 30 possible points each
- 5. How did the Kansas Nebraska Act lead to “Bleeding Kansas”??
- 6. What did the SupremeCourt rule in the Dred Scott Decision?
- 7. What happened inthe election of 1860, and why was it important?
- 8. What was the Confederate strategy at the beginning of the war?
- 9. What were the borderstates, and why were they so important?
- 10. What led Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
- 11. Why did Lee turn his troops to the North in the summer of 1863?
- 12. Why were Gettysburg andVicksburg the turning point of the war?
- 13. Why did many people oppose Lincoln and the war in the North?
- 14. Round 2 Did theUnion win, or did the Confederacy lose?
- 15. Each team givesa different reason why the Union won or the Confederacy lost Take notes – it’s a great short answer question! 20 points each
- 16. Round 3 Name that Battle!
- 17. Located in Virginia Confederates were entrenched near the city Burnside resigns after the battle Pontoon boats were set up to cross a the Rappahannock Fought in December Fredericksburg
- 18. Located in Virginia Confederates divided the army to attack the Union Confederate victory opens the way for another invasion of the North Jackson accidentally shot by his own troops Chancellorsville
- 19. Union victory (sortof) Bloodiest day of the Civil War Lee’s battle plans were found McClellan removed of command for hesitating Led to Emancipation Proclamation Antietam
- 20. Union victory Foughtin Pennsylvania Lee says “It’s all my fault” Pickett’s Charge Turning point #1 Gettysburg
- 21. Confederate victory 4 more states secede Lincoln tried to provision ship First shot of the war Fort Sumter
- 22. Important strategic location On Mississippi River Fell to Union on July 4 Grant was victorious Turning point #2 Vicksburg
- 23. First major battle Legend of Stonewall is born Called Manassas in the South Location of 2 Confederate wins Showed war would not be short Bull Run
- 24. Very bloody withhigh casualties Fought in Tennessee Grant leads Union to victory From the word for “peace” Shiloh
- 25. Round 4 Odd One Out
- 26. ODD ONE OUT Fugitive Slave Act California is a free state Popular sovereignty in west Trans RR through free land The other three are characteristics of the Comp of 1850
- 27. ODD ONE OUT Economic differences Foreign influence Stereotypes Failure of democracy The other three are reasons for “Why the Civil War”
- 28. ODD ONE OUT Antietam Chancellorsville Bull Run Fredericksburg The other three are Confederate victories (and in Virginia)
- 29. ODD ONE OUT All men are equal We can’t consecrate this land Punish the South Keep pushing to preserve the Union The other three are ideas from the Gettysburg Address
- 30. ODD ONE OUT Maryland Delaware Virginia Kentucky The other three are Border States
- 31. ODD ONE OUT Hooker Grant McClellan Jackson The other three are Union generals
- 32. ODD ONE OUT Defensive war Blockade ports Capture Mississippi R. Take Richmond The other three are parts of the Union strategy at the start of the war
- 33. Round 5 Home Front T or F
- 34. TRUE OR FALSE? TheUnion government passed an income tax during the war to help pay for the war effort. TRUE
- 35. TRUE OR FALSE? Overthe course of the war, prices rose dramatically in the South TRUE
- 36. TRUE OR FALSE? Thewar had much more impact on the Northern home front, compared to the Southern home front. FALS
- 37. TRUE OR FALSE? As the war went on, some southerners began to oppose the war because of the loss of lives and the fact that most southerners weren’t slave owners, so they wouldn’t benefit from the war. TRUE
- 38. TRUE OR FALSE? TheNew York draft riots were caused, in part, by an opposition to African American labor. TRUE
- 39. TRUE OR FALSE? Lincoln faced undivided support in the north throughout the Civil War. FALS
- 40. Round 5 MAPS, BABY 10 points each
- 41. Gettysburg I Fort H Sumter A G Shiloh D E C F Vicksburg B March to the Sea
- 42. Gettysburg I Fort H Sumter A G Shiloh D E C F Vicksburg B March to the Sea
- 43. Bull Run B Antietam + A D Richmond C Washington Appomattox E Fredericksburg F Ironclads G H I
- 44. Bull Run B Antietam + A D Richmond C Washington Appomattox E Fredericksburg F Ironclads G H I
- 45. A Day 1 D conflict Day 2 Confederate B attacks E F Day 3 Confederate attack C
- 46. A Day 1 D conflict Day 2 Confederate B attacks E F Day 3 Confederate attack C
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- 49. Virginia General Winnerat Fredericksburg Surrender Robert E. Lee
- 50. Expanded power of his office Emancipation Commander in Chief Illinois Abrham Lincoln
- 51. Vicksburg “Butcher”? “he fights” Future President Ulysses S. Grant
- 52. Virginia Great leader My arm! Stonewall Thomas Jackson
- 53. Illinois Debates KS/NE Act Life size image Little giant Stephen Douglas
- 54. Attractive Lenses Scientific “That’sthe scooby do” Schwiets
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- 56. Round 7 One personat a time – winner stays
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- 58. What railroad junctionnear Richmond fell to the Union in early 1865? Petersburg
- 59. How did the Unionname the battles? By the nearest river, stream, or landmark
- 60. Where was the first Confederate capital? Montgomery, Alabama
- 61. How many soldiers diedin the war? (within 20,000)? 620,000
- 62. The Union victoryat what city helped Lincoln's re- election in 1864? Atlanta
- 63. Which battle had the second most casualties? Chickamauaga
- 64. What city was protectedby Fort Sumter? Charleston
- 65. TEST FORMAT Multiple Choice Chronology Who Am I? Short Answer Gettysburg Maps – locate and fill in