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THE CIVIL WAR CHALLENGE

2013

THE CIVIL WAR CHALLENGE

2013

THECIVIL WAR

CHALLENGE

THECIVIL WAR

CHALLENGE8 rounds of non-stop

challenging excitement about the greatest event in the

history of our nation

Round 1 Short

Answer FunShort

Answer Fun

Round 1 Each group, one at a

timeOthers can add at the

end30 possible points each

Each group, one at a time

Others can add at the end

30 possible points each

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 are some of the other reasons historian say the

Civil War happened? (Why the Civil War?)

What were the border states, and why were they so

important?

What led Abraham Lincoln

to issue 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?

Why did many people oppose Lincoln and the

war in the North?

Round 2

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 3 Odd One

OutOdd One

Out

ODD ONE OUTFugitive Slave Act

California is a free statePopular sovereignty in west

Trans RR through free land

The other three are characteristics of the Comp of 1850

ODD ONE OUTEconomic differences

Foreign influenceStereotypes

Failure of democracyThe other three are reasons for

“Why the Civil War”

ODD ONE OUTAntietam

ChancellorsvilleBull Run

FredericksburgThe other three are Confederate

victories (and in Virginia)

ODD ONE OUTAll men are equal

We can’t consecrate this land

Punish the SouthKeep pushing to preserve the Union

The other three are ideas from the Gettysburg Address

ODD ONE OUTConditional

InitialCombat

SustainingThe other three are motivations of

solders – Why fight?

ODD ONE OUTMarylandDelawareVirginia

Kentucky

The other three are Border States

ODD ONE OUTHookerGrant

McClellanJackson

The other three are Union generals

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 4 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?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

IIroncladsIronclads

+

D

B

C

A

F

E

HG

I

Bull RunBull Run

AntietamAntietam

RichmondRichmond

WashingtonWashington

AppomattoxAppomattox

FredericksburgFredericksburg

IroncladsIronclads

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 6WHO 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”

Round 7

Round 7One person at a time – winner

stays

Round 8 Quick factsQuick facts20 points each

What railroad junction near

Richmond fell to the Union in early

1865? Petersburg

How did the Union name the battles?

By the nearest river, stream, or landmark

Where was the first

Confederate capital?

Montgomery, Alabama

How many soldiers died in the war? (within 20,000)?

620,000

The Union victory at what city helped

Lincoln's re- election in 1864?

Atlanta

Which battle had the second

most casualties?

Chickamauaga

What city was protected by Fort Sumter?

Charleston

TEST FORMATTEST FORMATMultiple Choice

ChronologyWho Am I?

Short AnswerGettysburg

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