Barratt b-ball trivia
Rules:
2-4 Teams
Scribe: to record answers for each round
Agent: to ensure other teams do not cheat
Points:
Each question correct (written on paper) gets 1 pt.
Teams that answer correctly go to Bonus Round
Quickest team correct (via hand up) in Bonus Round gets the rock to shoot
for Bonus pts
3 shots allowed at 1 pt each
Round One
These individuals dissented against the
Union during the war, and many even
sympathized with the South. (CH11)
A: Copperheads
BONUS Round One
Nicknamed the “Angel of the Battlefield”,
her efforts saved the lives of hundreds of
men who might have otherwise died from
their wounds or illness. (CH11)
A: Clara Barton
Round TWO
Name the best-selling book of the
antebellum period that enraged
Southerners and encouraged
abolitionists. (CH10)
A: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
BONUS Round two
He sued for freedom on the fact that his
master had died in northern territory,
but lost his case. (CH10)
A: Dred Scott
Round three
Lincoln sent “food for hungry troops” to
which location being pressured by
Confederate guns at Charleston? (CH11)
A: Fort Sumter
BONUS Round three
The age of wooden warships had ended with
the arrival of what new military technology?
(which both sides possessed). (CH11)
A: Ironclads
Round four
The South officially carried out this act
in early 1861, leaving the Union to
create their own nation. (CH11)
A: Secession
BONUS Round four
Deemed the “bloodiest day in American
history”, this battle saw the Army of the
Potomac stand up to Robert E. Lee’s
assault in Maryland. (CH11)
A: Antietam
Round five
They took place over several hot and
angry days in New York City, when
violence erupted in response to federal
war policies . (CH8)
A: Draft Riots
BONUS Round five
This site, home to a federal arsenal, was
raided by John Brown, who envisioned
starting a massive slave uprising. It failed.
(CH10)
A: Harpers Ferry
Round six
Developed as a means to stop slavery’s
spread out West, this Northern proposal
would outlaw slavery in any land gained
from Mexico. The South ignored it. (CH10)
A: Wilmot Proviso
BONUS Round six
This battle is deemed the turning point
of the Civil War, as Lee’s armies would
never be the same and union forces
would mount continual pressure. (CH11)
A: Gettysburg
Round seven
Identify any 2 of the border states that
Lincoln had to deal with carefully. (CH11)
A: Missouri, Kentucky,
Maryland, Delaware
BONUS Round seven
The South won this concession in the
Compromise of 1850, which forced the
north to aid on the capture of runaway
slaves. (CH10)
A: Fugitive Slave Act
Round eight
Name a notorious Civil War prison that
afforded terrible conditions and a high
death toll to captured soldiers. (CH11)
A: Andersonville, Elmira
BONUS Round eight
This word refers to the act of “drafting”
soldiers into the army without their
consent. (CH11)
A: Conscription
Round nine
This word describes the anti-immigrant
attitude possessed by many members of
the Know-Nothing Party. (CH10)
A: Nativism
BONUS Round nine
This Democratic president is often seen
as one of the worst leaders of the nation,
as his weak stance on slavery or even
secession proved. (CH10)
A: James Buchanan
Round ten
Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas
corpus, an unpopular move that he
deemed necessary in emergency. What
did it do? (CH11)
A: Took away a fair trial
BONUS Round ten
His “March to the Sea” showcased a
genius plan to destroy property, industry,
population centers, and the will of the
Confederacy to fight on. (CH11)
A: William T. Sherman
Money shot round
Rules:
Option 1 (Sabotage)
– Agent gets 3 shots, each score removes 1 pt from resident team
Option 2 (Gamble)
– Team may risk their own pts for up to 3 shots, each risked shot loses 1
pt, but has potential to be worth 3 pts if scored
Each team can exercise one of the above options in this round.
Round eleven
What was the first real battle of the war
between land armies, and who won? (CH11)
A: (1st) Bull Run / South
BONUS Round eleven
The sack of Lawrence and the
Pottawatomie Massacre are two
examples of why this nickname existed
in the mid-1850’s. (CH10)
A: Bleeding Kansas
Round twelve
Near an old courthouse in Virginia, this was
the site of the surrender of the Confederate
armies on April 9, 1865. (CH11)
A: Appomattox
BONUS Round twelve
______surrendered to ______ at
Appomattox. (name the generals in
correct order). (CH11)
A: Lee / Grant
Round thirteen
This location was the final Confederate
stronghold to fall on the Mississippi
River. Citizens endured terrible
conditions in a 4 month siege. (CH11)
A: Vicksburg
BONUS Round thirteen
The Confederates were hoping for aid
from this potential ally during the war’s
earliest days, but the Union blockade and
Lincoln’s diplomacy stopped it. (CH11)
A: Great Britain
Round fourteen
Nicknamed the “Little Giant”, he
defeated Lincoln in the Illinois Senate
debates, and championed the proposal
of popular sovereignty. (CH10)
A: Stephen A. Douglas
BONUS Round fourteen
He was the president of the Confederate
States of America. (CH11)
A: Jefferson Davis
Round fifteen
Coming into effect on Jan. 1, 1863, this
doctrine would ignore the border states
and apply only to slaves in Confederate
hands. (CH11)
A: Emancipation Proclamation
BONUS Round fifteen
The assassin that may have had the final
say in the entire Civil War conflict, and
who for the first time killed a president
in office. (CH11)
A: John Wilkes Booth
Thanks for playing!
Be sure to study Ch10-11 notes to
prepare for the Unit 5 Test.