Copy of Jeopardy Review: Civil War
Who was the President of the United States during the entirety of the US Civil War? Lincoln
Who was Lincoln’s final appointment to Commander of the Union Army/ architect of the Anaconda Plan? Grant
Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia/ surrendered at Appomattox Court House Lee
Who was the enslaved man who sued for his freedom but the US Supreme Court said he didn’t have a right to file a lawsuit in court? Dred Scott
Whose novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin fueled northern abolition and angered southern slave holders? Harriet Beecher Stowe
What freed the slaves ONLY in the states of rebellion? Emancipation Proclamation
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired? Fort Sumter
What is the name given to “captured enemy property” -much of which was intercepted at Fort Monroe? contraband
Which event occurred in Richmond, Virginia in 1863 as a response to starvation? Richmond Bread Riots
What was the name of Grant’s strategy to surround and starve the south? Anaconda Plan
What was the final battle of the Civil War & the spot of Lee’s surrender? Appomattox Court House, Virginia
What was the turning point of the US Civil War that also ended Lee’s second invasion of the north? Battle of Gettysburg
Which location was host to 2 battles during the Civil War- the Confederacy won both? Manassas/Bull Run
Which battle earned Grant his promotion to head of the Union Army? Battle of Vicksburg
Which battle was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War/ a major Union victory/ ended Lee’s first invasion of the North? Battle of Antietam
Who was a famous abolitionist AND Union spy AND conductor on the Underground Railroad? Harriet Tubman
Who was the former enslaved person and abolitionist who urged Lincoln to use former slaves to fight for the Union? Frederick Douglass
Who was the Civil War nurse who founded the American Red Cross? Clara Barton
Who was the African American Union sailor and naval commander who went on to be elected to the US House of Representatives? Robert Smalls
Who was the Richmond spy duo who lived in the Confederacy but spied for the Union? Elizabeth van Lew and Mary Bowser
What was the name of Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan that called for a small amount of Confederate citizens to pledge their loyalty to the Union? Ten Percent Plan
Whose plan called for full pardons for any former Confederate leaders who asked for them? Andrew Johnson
Whose plan for Reconstruction was the most aggressive in pursuing rights for African Americans AND for punishing the South? Radical Republicans
What did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments do? 13 = end slavery, 14 = equal protection under the law, 15 = African American men the right to vote
Reconstruction ended following Rutherford B. Hayes election in what year? 1876