Civil War Game Questions

Who won the 1848 election? 

Zachary Taylor

General Cass was a veteran of what war?

War of 1812

What party was Zachary Taylor?

Whig

Zachary Taylor was a war hero from which war?

Mexican American War

What presidential election did Gen. Zachary Taylor win?

Election of 1848

What is the idea that the settlers of each territory should determine whether it is free or slave?

Popular Sovereignity

Which party was organized by anti-slavery men in the North in 1848?

Free-Soil Party

What party’s emergence was foreshadowed by the Free Soil Party?

Republican Party

When was Martin Van Buren elected President?

1836 (Election of 1836)

Who was Martin Van Buren the vice president to?

Andrew Jackson

What party was Martin Van Buren a member of?

Democratic Party

What was the event that caused thousands of people to move to California in 1848?

California Gold Rush

What was the main goal of the Underground Railroad?

To help slaves in the south escape to the north

What were the names of the people that helped slaves pass through the Underground Railroad? 

Harriet Tubman, Levi Coffin, William Still, Thomas Garrett, and John Fairfield

What was the nickname given to Harriet Tubman?

Moses; General Tubman

Who is the leader of the Underground Railroad?

There was no leader of the Underground Railroad, but Harriet Tubman is the most famous figure

What part of the Compromise of 1850 made abolitionists the most upset?

The Fugitive Slave Act

What law was commonly known as the “bloodhound law?

The Fugitive Slave Act

Who originally proposed the Compromise of 1850?

Henry Clay

What state was Henry Clay from?

Kentucky

Who became president after Taylor’s death?

Millard Fillmore

Who became president when Taylor died and signed the Compromise of 1850 into action?

Millard Fillmore

What state became free by the Compromise of 1850?

California

What was abolished in Washington D.C. by the Compromise of 1850?

The Slave Trade (domestic trade)

What two states left the question of slavery up to popular sovereignty in the Compromise of 1850?

Utah and New Mexico

What was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850?

Fugitive Slave Act

Who won the 1852 election?

Franklin Pierce

Who was the candidate that represented the democratic party in the election of 1852?

Franklin Pierce

What president had the future confederate president Jefferson Davis as their secretary of war?

Franklin Pierce

What was the purpose of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty?

To have the United States and Great Britain interests for Central America agree. The canal that was being built in Central America would be controlled by the US and GB and neither would exercise any control over the other country.

What country did America sign the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty with?

Great Britain

Where did Matthew C. Perry dispatch to?

Japan

What did Matthew Perry persuade the Japanese to do?

To allowed US vessels to enter into 2 Japanese ports to take on coal

What is the Ostend Manifesto?

The agreement Southern diplomats made with Spain to secretly take Cuba from Spain (Pierce sent these diplomats secretly)

Who was the president of the confederacy?

Jefferson Davis

What state was Jefferson Davis from?

Mississippi

What document gave the U.S. the northern tip of Mexico adding to New Mexico territory?

Gadsden Purchase

The set of debates before the election of 1860 that involved Lincoln and whom?

Stephen Douglas

Who created the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Stephen Douglas

The Kansas-Nebraska Act left the question of slavery up to who?

The settlers of Kansas and Nebraska

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was repealed by which Act?

Kansas-Nebraska Act

During which court case was the Missouri Compromise deemed unconstitutional?

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Author determined to show the North the wickedness of slavery.

Harriet Beecher Stove

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Who was Lincoln talking about when he said - “the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.”

Harriet Beecher Stowe

What 1852 book highlighted social problems regarding slavery?

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Who was the radical abolitionist who coordinated the raid at Harper’s Ferry in 1859?

John Brown

Who organized the massacre of 5 men in Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas in 1856?

John Brown

Where did John Brown’s group hack five surprised proslaveryites to pieces?

Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County, Kansas

What state was Pottawatomie Creek located in?

Kansas

What does the Lecompton Constitution consist of?

Pro-slavery constitution that allowed slavery

Who delivered the “Crime against Kansas Speech”?

Charles Sumner

Who was the person who beat Sumner after he delivered his speech?

Preston Brooks

What clash between two congressmen in 1856 showed how dangerously slavery passions were becoming in the North and South?

Caning of Charles Sumner

Who was the man who attacked Charles Sumner?

Preston Brooks

What state was Preston Brooks from?

South Carolina

Who won the 1856 election?

James Buchanan

What major Supreme Court decision happened during Buchanan’s first two days of presidency?

Dred Scott v. Sandford: African Americans were not U.S. citizens, Congress couldn't ban slavery in the American territories

Buchanan was a member of what political party?

Democratic party

What did the Supreme court rule on the Dred Scott case?

African Americans were not U.S. citizens and Congress couldn't ban slavery in the American territories

What case ruled the compromise of 1820 unconstitutional?

Dred Scott v. Sanford

How did the Dred Scott case influence the succession of the south?

Increased sectional tensions and destroyed political compromises that held the Union together.

What was the most famous debate on slavery between Lincoln and Douglas?

Freeport, Illinois

Who was Dred Scott, and what did he do?

Was an enslaved African American man who sued for his freedom

What Chief Justice was a major part of the Dred Scott Decision?

 Roger B. Taney

Which Chief Justice offended antislaveryites with his statement on the Dred Scott Decision?

 Roger B. Taney

What is the Supreme Court case in 1857 that ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional?

Dred Scott v. Sandford case

Who was the slave that sued for freedom on the basis of his long residence on free soil?

Dred Scott

How many debates were during the Lincoln -Douglas debates?

7 debates

Who was responsible for the “Freeport Doctrine”?

Stephen A. Douglas

What did the Freeport Doctrine state?

U.S. territories could ban slavery by refusing to pass local laws that protected slaveholder rights.

What was the name of the federal arsenal that John Brown and his men attacked in 1859?

Harpers Ferry Arsenal

What year did Lincoln, Douglas, Breckinridge, and Bell run for president?

1860

What was Lincoln’s first time winning a presidential election?

November 6, 1860

First state to leave the union

South Carolina

Who was elected as President for the Confederate States of America?

Jefferson Davis

What state was Fort Sumter located in?

South Carolina

What city was the capital of the south when the South first seceded?

Montgomery, Alabama

Which states were the Border States?

Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia

Did the Border States allow slavery?

yes

Who did Abraham Lincoln first unofficially ask to command the northern armies?

Colonel Robert E. Lee

In which battle did “Stonewall” Jackson get his nickname?

First Battle of Bull Run

How did “Stonewall” Jackson die?

Pneumonia eight days after he was accidently shot by his on troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville

What was the anaconda plan?

Union plan created in 1861 by General Winfield Scott to help defeat the Confederacy. It was blockading Confederate ports and advancing down the Mississippi River to cut the South in 2 using Union land and naval forces

What did Abraham Lincoln suspend during the Civil War?

The writ of habeas corpus (allowing for the detention of individuals without immediate cause)

When was the first nationwide draft in the North?

March 1863

What was the name given to men who paid a fee to get out of the draft in the Civil War?

Copperheads

What major city saw anti-draft riots because of the unequal number of lower class men being drafted?

New York City

What battle at the beginning of the war gave the South an inflated sense of confidence?

The First Battle of Bull Run

Who was the leader of the Confederate Army?

General Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee was from which state?

Virginia

Did the Monitor belong to the Union or Confederates?

The Union

Which ship was quickly created to fight against the Merrimack?

the USS Monitor (renamed CSS Virginia)

What did Lincoln do after the battle of Antietam?

He enacted the Emancipation Proclamation (slaves in the Confederate-held territory would be freed if the Confederacy did not surrender by January 1, 1863)

The battle of Antietam prevented who from entering the war?

Great Britain

What state was the battle of Antietam fought in?

Maryland

After Antietam Lincoln began to draft this document.

Emancipation Proclamation

What states were not affected by the emancipation proclamation?

Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, and parts of Virginia and Louisiana

What did Thirteenth Amendment state?

Neither slavery or involuntary servitude shall exist in the United States or any place under its jurisdiction, unless as a punishment for crime

Who won the battle at Gettysburg?

The Union