Jeopardy! Standard IV A The student will understand concepts related to the U.S. Civil War
Click Once to Begin JEOPARDY! Standard IV A: The student will understand concepts related to the U.S. Civil War.
JEOPARDY! LawsPolitics Southern Actions Secession The War Begins Civil War Trivia
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Answer What 1856 Supreme Court decision ruled that slaves did not have rights and Congress could not forbid slavery in any territory? Dred Scott v. Sanford
Answer Which Congressional act admitted California as a free state and also created a more effective fugitive slave law? The Compromise of 1850
Answer What act prohibited slaves from testifying on their own behalf and not receiving a speedy public trial? The Fugitive Slave Act
Answer What act in the 1850’s repealed the Missouri Compromise and established popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery? The Kansas- Nebraska Act
Answer What term was used to describe the system in which residents of an area voted on the issue of slavery in the 1800’s? Popular Sovereignty
Answer What new political party was created in the 1850’s by anti-slavery Democrats and Free-Soilers? The Republican Party
Answer What political party did Abraham Lincoln represent in the 1860 election? The Republican Party
Answer What were the main issues debated between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln? Slavery and Popular Sovereignty
Answer Why were the Lincoln-Douglas debates significant? The debates drew national attention to Lincoln’s anti- slavery views. Ultimately, Douglas’ views divided the Democratic Party.
Answer How did the division of the Democratic Party allow Lincoln to be elected President? The Democratic Party split their vote between 2 candidates (Breckenridge and Douglas). Therefore, Lincoln received the majority of votes. Daily Double!!!
Answer What famous abolitionist’s actions led to the massacre of 200 people in Kansas? John Brown
Answer Where did John Brown attempt to begin a slave uprising, which ultimately resulted in Brown’s death? Harper’s Ferry, Virginia
Answer Why did the Southern states feel they no longer had a political voice in the federal government after the Presidential election of 1860? Lincoln was elected President in 1860 and represented the anti-slavery Republican Party. Southerners felt their way of life was in jeopardy.
Answer What course of action did Southern states take in order to preserve their way of life? The seceded, or left the U.S.
Answer What was the name of the nation that the Southern states formed in 1861? The Confederate States of America
Answer What was the first capital of the Confederate States of America? Montgomery, Alabama
Answer Where did the first act of aggression concerning the Civil War take place, and who began this attack? Fort Sumter, South Carolina: The South fired the first shots of the war.
Answer What is the name of the county in Alabama that did not secede from the Union? Winston County
Answer What happened to the western counties of Virginia that did not agree to secession? They formed their own state: West Virginia Daily Double!!!
Answer Which Southern state was the first to secede in 1860? South Carolina
Answer What was the overall goal of the North during the Civil War? To preserve the Union
Answer What was the overall goal of the South during the Civil War? To protect themselves from Northern aggression and preserve their way of life.
Answer What was the name of the plan that the North devised in order to defeat the South? The Anaconda Plan
Answer What were the goals of the Anaconda Plan? Invade the South by: (1) blockading the Southern ports, (2) capture the Mississippi River, thus splitting the Confederacy into two, and (3) capture Richmond
Answer Both the North and the South resorted to what way of attaining soldiers? Conscription (the draft)
Answer Who was elected President of the Confederate States of America? Jefferson Davis
Answer Why did the Southern states feel the institution of slavery was a state’s decision, not a decision of the federal government? They believed in the sovereignty of state’s rights
Answer What city became the 2 nd capital of the Confederate States of America? Richmond, Virginia
Answer Both the North and South resorted to what way of attaining soldiers? Conscription (the draft)
Answer Which class of society was drafted to fight during the Civil War? Poor lower class