Unit 5 Review Game: APUSH

Unit 5 Review Game:

APUSH

ROUND 1

Easy

Open Ended

What is the date of the attack on Fort Sumter?

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What is the name of a Confederate ship that was built in Britain, and had British sailors on board? *Hint: Name of a state*

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Napoleon III of France takes advantage of the American Civil War to install this leader in Mexico. What is his name?

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Name the five border states.

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Name TWO reasons why the border states were essential to Lincoln.

Round Two

Battles

Open Ended

After what Battle did Lincoln decide to release the Emancipation Proclamation?

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What Battle was the first sparked by the North? The goal was to win this battle quickly then move onto the Confederate capital of Richmond.

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This Battle along with the win at Gettysburg shatters the Confederacy. General Grant wins this battle in Mississippi and now fully controls the Mississippi River.

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This Battle breaks the morale of the South making the people of the Confederacy push their leaders to surrender, General William T. Sherman leads the Union.

Open Ended

After the _____________ campaign, General Lee is forced to surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse.

Round Three

Reconstruction

Open Ended

Right a quick definition for the 13, 14, and 15 amendments.

Open Ended

Name a positive effect of the Freedmen's Bureau.

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Name a negative effect of the Freedmen's Bureau.

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This piece of legislation made 50% of voters swear loyalty oaths to the Union, to safeguard newly emancipated slaves.

Open Ended

This event ended Reconstruction in the South, and gave Republicans, Hayes enough electoral votes to become President.

Round Four

HARD

Open Ended

Name one of the black Senators elected to serve for the state of Mississippi during the Reconstruction Era.

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Name the two major RADICAL Republicans leading Congress during Reconstruction.

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Who was Andrew Johnson’s Secretary of War that he removed from office, and lead to his impeachment for violating the new Tenure of Office Act?

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Under President Grant, the Union Pacific Railroad created a construction company, and hired themselves to build the railroad so that they earned an extra 348%. Then, they bought Congressmen and Grant’s V.P. by giving them stock in the company. What is this scandal called?

Open Ended

Name the landmark Supreme Court case that established the policy of “separate, but equal,” legalizing the segregation of the races.