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The Civil War & Reconstruction

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Review key causes, battles, leaders, documents, and Reconstruction policies of the U.S. Civil War. Built for Grades 8-11. 25 ready-to-play clues, no prep needed. This is a Grades 8–11 History / Social Studies review game in a Jeopardy-style format: a teacher puts the board on one screen, teams pick clues by point value, and the class answers out loud — no student devices or accounts needed. Categories: Road to War, Battles & Turning Points, Leaders & Figures, Laws & Documents, Reconstruction Era.

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  • Road to War

    What issue was the primary cause of Southern secession?

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    Slavery

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  • Battles & Turning Points

    Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired in April 1861?

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    Fort Sumter

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  • Leaders & Figures

    Who was the U.S. president during most of the Civil War?

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    Abraham Lincoln

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  • Laws & Documents

    What 1863 order declared enslaved people free in rebelling states?

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    Emancipation Proclamation

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  • Reconstruction Era

    What federal agency provided food, schools, and aid to freedpeople?

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    Freedmen's Bureau

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Road to War

$100 — What issue was the primary cause of Southern secession?
Slavery
$200 — Which 1820 compromise kept a balance between free and slave states?
Missouri Compromise
$300 — Which 1854 law allowed popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
$400 — Which 1857 Supreme Court case said enslaved people were not citizens?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
$500 — Who led the 1859 raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry?
John Brown

Battles & Turning Points

$100 — Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired in April 1861?
Fort Sumter
$200 — What 1862 battle was the bloodiest single day in American history?
Antietam
$300 — Which July 1863 battle in Pennsylvania is often called the turning point?
Gettysburg
$400 — Which 1863 siege gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
$500 — Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865?
Appomattox Court House

Leaders & Figures

$100 — Who was the U.S. president during most of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
$200 — Who served as president of the Confederate States?
Jefferson Davis
$300 — Which Union general won at Vicksburg and later led all Union armies?
Ulysses S. Grant
$400 — Who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
$500 — Who led the destructive March to the Sea in 1864?
William T. Sherman

Laws & Documents

$100 — What 1863 order declared enslaved people free in rebelling states?
Emancipation Proclamation
$200 — Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
13th Amendment
$300 — Which amendment defined citizenship and guaranteed equal protection?
14th Amendment
$400 — Which amendment protected voting rights for Black men?
15th Amendment
$500 — What were postwar Southern laws restricting freedpeople's rights called?
Black Codes

Reconstruction Era

$100 — What federal agency provided food, schools, and aid to freedpeople?
Freedmen's Bureau
$200 — What labor system kept many freedpeople in cycles of debt on farms?
Sharecropping
$300 — What name was given to Republicans seeking strict Reconstruction and rights for freedpeople?
Radical Republicans
$400 — Which president was impeached in 1868 during Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
$500 — What 1877 agreement ended Reconstruction by removing federal troops?
Compromise of 1877

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