1. Wednesday, May 6, 2015

2.  Heeeeeeere we go! We are going to play Jeopardy today to prepare for our class  Answer Sheets: you will all receive a blank answer sheet to write down the answers to the questions  Questions will be online by tonight (so you will only have to write in the answer to save time)

3.  I have ordered the questions a little more in levels of difficulty  The 500 point questions (for the most part) require slightly deeper thinking, and your responses will have to be more thorough

4.  THIS  IS  JEOPARDY

5. Jeopardy PeopleBattlesTermsBattles 2Random 100 200 300 400 500

6.  The president of the Confederacy during the Civil War

7.  The smartest, and arguably the best, general during the Civil War (who led the Confederacy)

8.  A nurse who found the American Red Cross

9.  Who died in large numbers during the massacre of Fort Pillow.

10.  Explain what General Thomas Jackson’s nickname was, and why/how he got it.

11.  Where did the first fighting during the Civil War take place?

12.  Name the battle which was the greatest victory for the Confederacy.

13.  What took place at the McLean house in Appomattox Courthouse, VA?

14.  Explain what the Anaconda Plan had to do with the siege (battle) of Vicksburg?

15.  What took place at Andersonville, and what did the Union soldiers suffer through?

16.  What does ‘conscription’ mean?

17.  What were the Monitor and the Merrimack? Why were they so famous?

18.  Explain the relationship between the Union’s victory at Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation.

19.  What did Abraham Lincoln do with habeas corpus? What was his motivation for doing so?

20.  The Civil War led to a significant increase in industry in America.  Explain how the Civil War provided the foundation for America becoming an industrial giant.

21. Which battle was the first major battle of the Civil War?

22. Which battle was the bloodiest SINGLE DAY in both the Civil War and American history?

23.  What battle was the single bloodiest BATTLE (not single day) in the War?

24.  How did General McLellan know General Lee and his troops were going to be at Antietam?

25.  Explain how the Battle of Atlanta (or Sherman’s March to the Sea) left the state of Georgia, and how it hurt the settling of the differences between the North and South?

26.  How did the Union pay for the war effort?

27.  Who was John Wilkes Booth during the Civil War? What did he do to become famous/infamous?

28.  Which two documents freed the slaves in and after the Civil War?

29. Explain the three points of the Anaconda Plan.

30.  Explain what is going on in this picture, and what is going through the minds of these men?