From the class review - hope it helps!

1. THE CIVIL WAR
CHALLENGE
2012

2. THE
CIVIL WAR
CHALLENGE
8 rounds of non-stop
challenging excitement
about the greatest event in
the history of our nation

3. Round 1
Short
Answer
Fun

4. Round 1
Each group, one at
a time
Others can add at
the end
30 possible points each

5. How did the
Kansas
Nebraska Act
lead to
“Bleeding
Kansas”??

6. What did the
Supreme Court
rule in the
Dred Scott
Decision?

7. What happened
in the election
of 1860, and why
was it
important?

8. What was the
Confederate
strategy at
the beginning
of the war?

9. What were the
border states,
and why were
they so
important?

10. What led
Abraham
Lincoln to
issue the
Emancipation
Proclamation?

11. Why did Lee
turn his
troops to the
North in the
summer of
1863?

12. Why were
Gettysburg
and Vicksburg
the turning
point of the
war?

13. Why did many
people oppose
Lincoln and the
war in the
North?

14. Round 2
Did the Union
win, or did the
Confederacy
lose?

15. Each team gives a
different reason
why the Union
won or the
Confederacy lost
Take notes – it’s a great short answer
question!
20 points each

16. Round 3
Name that
Battle!

17. Located in Virginia
Confederates were entrenched
near the city
Burnside resigns after the battle
Pontoon boats were set up to cross
a the Rappahannock
Fought in December
Fredericksburg

18. Located in Virginia
Confederates 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
Chancellorsville

19. Union victory (sort of)
Bloodiest day of the Civil War
Lee’s battle plans were found
McClellan removed of command for
hesitating
Led to Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam

20. Union victory
Fought in Pennsylvania
Lee says “It’s all my fault”
Pickett’s Charge
Turning point #1
Gettysburg

21. Confederate victory
4 more states secede
Lincoln tried to provision ship
First shot of the war
Fort Sumter

22. Important strategic location
On Mississippi River
Fell to Union on July 4
Grant was victorious
Turning point #2
Vicksburg

23. First major battle
Legend of Stonewall is born
Called Manassas in the South
Location of 2 Confederate wins
Showed war would not be short
Bull Run

24. Very bloody with high casualties
Fought in Tennessee
Grant leads Union to victory
From the word for “peace”
Shiloh

25. Round 4
Odd One
Out

26. ODD ONE OUT
Fugitive Slave Act
California is a free state
Popular sovereignty in west
Trans RR through free land
The other three are characteristics of the Comp of
1850

27. ODD ONE OUT
Economic differences
Foreign influence
Stereotypes
Failure of democracy
The other three are reasons for
“Why the Civil War”

28. ODD ONE OUT
Antietam
Chancellorsville
Bull Run
Fredericksburg
The other three are Confederate
victories (and in Virginia)

29. ODD ONE OUT
All men are equal
We can’t consecrate this land
Punish the South
Keep pushing to preserve the Union
The other three are ideas from the
Gettysburg Address

30. ODD ONE OUT
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
Kentucky
The other three are Border States

31. ODD ONE OUT
Hooker
Grant
McClellan
Jackson
The other three are Union generals

32. ODD ONE OUT
Defensive war
Blockade ports
Capture Mississippi R.
Take Richmond
The other three are parts of the Union
strategy at the start of the war

33. Round 5
Home Front
T or F

34. TRUE OR FALSE?
The Union government
passed an income tax
during the war to
help pay for the war
effort.
TRUE

35. TRUE OR FALSE?
Over the course of
the war, prices rose
dramatically in the
South
TRUE

36. TRUE OR FALSE?
The war had much more
impact on the Northern
home front, compared
to the Southern home
front.
FALS

37. 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.
TRUE

38. TRUE OR FALSE?
The New York draft
riots were caused, in
part, by an opposition
to African American
labor.
TRUE

39. TRUE OR FALSE?
Lincoln faced
undivided support in
the north
throughout the Civil
War.
FALS

40. Round 5
MAPS, BABY
10 points each

41. Gettysburg
I Fort
H Sumter
A G Shiloh
D
E C F
Vicksburg
B
March to
the Sea

42. Gettysburg
I Fort
H Sumter
A G Shiloh
D
E C F
Vicksburg
B
March to
the Sea

43. Bull Run
B
Antietam +
A
D
Richmond C
Washington
Appomattox E
Fredericksburg F
Ironclads G
H
I

44. Bull Run
B
Antietam +
A
D
Richmond C
Washington
Appomattox E
Fredericksburg F
Ironclads G
H
I

45. A Day 1
D conflict
Day 2
Confederate
B attacks
E
F Day 3
Confederate
attack
C

46. A Day 1
D conflict
Day 2
Confederate
B attacks
E
F Day 3
Confederate
attack
C

47. Round 6
WHO
AM I?

48. Union
Total War
Atlanta
Tecumseh
William Sherman

49. Virginia
General
Winner at
Fredericksburg
Surrender
Robert E. Lee

50. Expanded power
of his office
Emancipation
Commander in
Chief
Illinois
Abrham Lincoln

51. Vicksburg
“Butcher”?
“he fights”
Future
President
Ulysses S. Grant

52. Virginia
Great
leader
My arm!
Stonewall
Thomas Jackson

53. Illinois
Debates
KS/NE Act Life size image
Little giant
Stephen Douglas

54. Attractive
Lenses
Scientific
“That’s the
scooby do”
Schwiets

55. Round 7

56. Round 7
One person at
a time –
winner stays

57. Round 8
Quick
facts
20 points each

58. What railroad
junction near
Richmond fell to
the Union in
early 1865?
Petersburg

59. How did the
Union name
the battles?
By the nearest river,
stream, or landmark

60. Where was
the first
Confederate
capital?
Montgomery,
Alabama

61. How many
soldiers died in
the war? (within
20,000)?
620,000

62. The Union
victory at what
city helped
Lincoln's re-
election in 1864?
Atlanta

63. Which battle
had the
second most
casualties?
Chickamauaga

64. What city was
protected by
Fort Sumter?
Charleston

65. TEST FORMAT
Multiple Choice
Chronology
Who Am I?
Short Answer
Gettysburg
Maps – locate and fill in