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THE CIVIL WAR CHALLENGE
2011
THE CIVIL WAR CHALLENGE
2011
Round 1 Short
Answer FunShort
Answer Fun
What were the provisions of the Compromise of
1850?
How did the Kansas Nebraska
Act lead to “Bleeding Kansas”??
What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott Decision?
What happened in the election of
1860, and why was it important?
What was the Confederate
strategy at the beginning of the
war?
What were the border states, and why were they so
important?
What led Abraham Lincoln
to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
What was the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Why did Lee turn his troops to the North in the summer of
1863?
Why were Gettysburg and Vicksburg the
turning point of the war?
How did the war affect the
North and South
differently?
Why did many people oppose Lincoln and the
war in the North?
Round 2 Did the Union win,
or did the Confederacy
lose?
Did the Union win, or did the
Confederacy lose?
Each team gives a Each team gives a different reason why different reason why
the Union won or the Union won or the Confederacy lostthe Confederacy lost
Round 3
Name that Battle!
Name that Battle!
FredericksburgFredericksburg
Located in VirginiaConfederates were entrenched near the city
Burnside resigns after the battlePontoon boats were set up to cross a the Rappahannock
Fought in December
ChancellorsvilleChancellorsville
Located in VirginiaConfederates 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
AntietamAntietam
Union victory (sort of)Bloodiest day of the Civil WarLee’s battle plans were found
McClellan removed of command for hesitatingLed to Emancipation Proclamation
GettysburgGettysburg
Union victoryFought in Pennsylvania
Lee says “It’s all my fault” Pickett’s ChargeTurning point #1
Fort SumterFort Sumter
Confederate victory4 more states secede
Lincoln tried to provision shipFirst shot of the war
VicksburgVicksburg
Important strategic locationOn Mississippi River
Fell to Union on July 4 Grant was victorious
Turning point #2
Bull RunBull Run
First major battleLegend of Stonewall is born
Called Manassas in the South Location of 2 Confederate winsShowed war would not be short
ShilohShiloh
Very bloody with high casualtiesFought in Tennessee
Grant leads Union to victoryFrom the word for “peace”
Round 4 Odd One
OutOdd One
Out
ODD ONE OUTFugitive Slave Act
California is a free statePopular sovereignty in west
Transcontinental RR
ODD ONE OUTFugitive Slave Act
California is a free statePopular sovereignty in west
Transcontinental RRThe other three are characteristics of the Comp of
1850
ODD ONE OUTEconomic differences
Foreign influenceStereotypes
Failure of democracy
ODD ONE OUTEconomic differences
Foreign influenceStereotypes
Failure of democracyThe other three are reasons for
“Why the Civil War”
ODD ONE OUTAntietam
ChancellorsvilleBull Run
Fredericksburg
ODD ONE OUTAntietam
ChancellorsvilleBull Run
Fredericksburg
ODD ONE OUTMarylandDelawareVirginia
Kentucky
ODD ONE OUTMarylandDelawareVirginia
Kentucky
The other three are Border States
ODD ONE OUTHookerGrant
McClellanJackson
ODD ONE OUTHookerGrant
McClellanJackson
The other three are Union generals
ODD ONE OUTDefensive warBlockade ports
Capture Mississippi R.Take Richmond
ODD ONE OUTDefensive warBlockade ports
Capture Mississippi R.Take Richmond
The other three are parts of the Union strategy at the start of the war
Round 5 Home Front
T or F
Home Front T or F
TRUE OR FALSE?TRUE OR FALSE?The Union government passed an income tax during the war to help pay for the war effort.
TRUETRUE
TRUE OR FALSE?TRUE OR FALSE?Over the course of the
war, prices rose dramatically in the
South
TRUETRUE
TRUE OR FALSE?TRUE OR FALSE?The war had much more impact on the Northern
home front, compared to the Southern home front.
FALSEFALSE
TRUE OR FALSE?TRUE OR FALSE?Many slaves refused to work or sabotaged their work in the South during
the war.
TRUETRUE
TRUE OR FALSE?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.
TRUETRUE
TRUE OR FALSE?TRUE OR FALSE?The New York draft riots were caused, in part, by an opposition to African
American labor.
TRUETRUE
TRUE OR FALSE?TRUE OR FALSE?Lincoln faced undivided
support in the north throughout the Civil
War.
FALSEFALSE
Round 5
MAPS, BABY
10 points each
A
BC
D
E F
G
H
I
GettysburgGettysburg
Fort SumterFort Sumter
VicksburgVicksburg
ShilohShiloh
March to the Sea
March to the Sea
A
BC
D
E F
G
H
I
GettysburgGettysburg
Fort SumterFort Sumter
VicksburgVicksburg
ShilohShiloh
March to the Sea
March to the Sea
+
Bull RunBull Run
D
B
C
A
F
E
HG
AntietamAntietam
RichmondRichmond
WashingtonWashington
AppomattoxAppomattox
FredericksburgFredericksburg
+
Bull RunBull Run
D
B
C
A
F
E
HG
AntietamAntietam
RichmondRichmond
WashingtonWashington
AppomattoxAppomattox
FredericksburgFredericksburg
D
B
C
A
E
Day 1 conflictDay 1 conflict
Day 2 Confederate
attacks
Day 2 Confederate
attacks
Day 3 Confederate
attack
Day 3 Confederate
attack
F
D
B
C
A
E
Day 1 conflictDay 1 conflict
Day 2 Confederate
attacks
Day 2 Confederate
attacks
Day 3 Confederate
attack
Day 3 Confederate
attack
F
Round 7WHO AM
I?WHO AM
I?
William ShermanWilliam Sherman
UnionTotal War
AtlantaTecumseh
Robert E. LeeRobert E. Lee
VirginiaGeneralWinner at
Fredericksburg
Surrender
Abrham LincolnAbrham Lincoln
Expanded power of his office
EmancipationCommander in
ChiefIllinois
Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant
Vicksburg“Butcher”?“he fights”
Future President
Thomas JacksonThomas Jackson
VirginiaGreat leader
My arm!Stonewall
Stephen DouglasStephen Douglas
IllinoisDebates
KS/NE ActLittle giant
Life size image
SchwietsSchwiets
AttractiveLenses
Scientific“That’s the scooby do”
TEST FORMATTEST FORMATMultiple Choice
ChronologyWho Am I?
Elect in of 1860Short Answer
GettysburgWhy Fight
Maps – locate and fill in