Mexican-War & Civil War Jeopardy

Anaconda

200 Texicans were killed here after surrendering

Goliad

General who gave Jackson his nickname

Barnard Bee

He was sent to look after the Bear Flag Republic

John Sloat

Name three traditions that we adopt from the Germans

Kindergarten, Christmas Trees, Marching bands

Let us cross the river and rest in the shade of the trees

Stonewall Jackson

Frontier knife maker who died at the Alamo

Jim Bowie

Who was in charge of the Army of Occupation for the US

Winfield Scott

He was in charge of the men at the Alamo

William Travis

Who wrote Moby Dick

Herman Melville

Gold was discovered at his fort in 1848

John Sutter

My sword will follow my native state

Robert E Lee

He was sent to buy Mexican land for 25 million

John Slidell

Who was sent to capture Santa Fe for the US

Stephen Kearny

He led the Virginians to Texas after his dad died

Stephen Austin

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Who founded the Mormon faith and who led them to Utah

Joseph Smith & Brigham Young

American blood has been shed on American soil

James K Polk

This purchase for 10 million allowed for the Southern Transcontinental Railroad

Gadsden Purchase

Nathan Bedford Forrest escaped Grant here

Fort Donelson

He proposed to treat Southern women as "ladies of the evening" if his men won the battle

Benjamin Butler

Name two roads settlers used to travel west

Oregon Trail & Santa Fe Trail

What was the name of the situation when two Confederate officers were stopped by the blockade

Trent Affair

Oh my son you died for me

Henry Wise

Congressman who beat a senator over the issue of slavery with his walking stick

Preston Brooks

The Battle of Hampton Roads involved what two forces

Monitor & Merrimack

This soldier was cited for bravery at the Battle of Mexico City

Ulysses S Grant

This nation cannot exist half slave and half free / A house divided will not stand

Abraham Lincoln

What religious group did Ann Lee start

The Shakers

Slavery is like the cotton plant confined to certain parallels of climate

Daniel Webster

He knew John Brown and went to negotiate with him at Harper's Ferry

J.E.B. Stuart

He was President when the South left the Union

James Buchanan

Frontier Congressman who died defending the Alamo

Davy Crockett

Name the Union ironclad… the Confederate

Monitor & Merrimack

What did the Supreme Court rule in Dred Scott v Sanford

Property cannot sue

Name three advantages for the North

Population, Abe Lincoln, Railroads

First state to leave the Union was

South Carolina

He was President when the fort in South Carolina was fired upon

Abraham Lincoln

He was in charge of the Union at Shiloh

Ulysses S Grant

Who said "So you are the little old lady who started all of this"

Abraham Lincoln

Why did the Union attack at First Bull Run

To take the railroads

Name three advantages for the South

Knew land, Better generals, Had cause

He commanded the Confederates in the field prior to Lee

Joseph Johnston

He is the only governor to convict a man for treason against a state

Henry Wise

This Confederate general was killed at Shiloh

Albert Sidney Johnston

He commanded the Confederates at First Bull Run

P.T. Beauregard

He was the President of the Confederacy. He was the Vice President

Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens

What was the Union plan for war called… name the three parts and who came up with the plan

Anaconda Plan, designed by Winfield Scott. Take Richmond, blockade the South, and seize the Mississippi.

He was the field commander for the Union at First Bull Run

Irvin McDowell

He was found guilty of treason against Virginia and what was his crime that got him convicted

John Brown – Revolting

What was the political party that formed of Northern Democrats who were opposed to the war

Copperheads

He was the first President of Texas

Sam Houston

What did the court rule in Ex Parte Merryman

Writ of Habeas Corpus is unconstitutional

How did the South fund the war

Bonds

He refused to accept conditions while battling forts along the Mississippi

Ulysses S Grant

Name four provisions of the Compromise of 1850

Texas slave state, No slavery in DC, Fugitive slave law, No Missouri Comp.

What was the Enrollment Act

First Union draft

He commanded the Confederates at Roanoke Island

Henry Wise

Name three provisions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Ended War, Border is Rio Grande, US paid Mexico $15 million

Name the first two capitals of the Confederacy in order

Montgomery & Richmond

He was in charge of the Mexican Army

Santa Anna