APUSH Civil War Scavenger Hunt

Civil War Scavenger Hunt

RULES:

• Click on the answer that best fits the prompt/question
• If you get an answer correct, you'll be given a letter
• Write down the letters you get in order as you answer the prompts (letters may repeat)
• BE CAREFUL: If you choose the wrong answer, you will get the wrong letter.
• At the end, type the correct order of letters to win

By: Jacqueline Francis, Siri Kishore Dola, Analisa Flores

Prompt 1

Prompt 2

Gettysburg

Prompt 3

Appomattox

Antietam

Prompt 4

1st Bull Run

Prompt 5

Ft. Sumter

Vicksburg

Prompt 6

Sherman's March

Prompt 7

Key People

Use the wanted posters to find the right culprit for each prompt

Jefferson Davis

Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Johnson

Robert E. Lee

Ulysses S. Grant

Prompt 12

Prompt 11

Prompt 8

Prompt 10

Prompt 9

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Key Strategies

Answer the prompts on this google form:

LINK

End of theWar

Write the letters for the prompts in this order:

1. North Impacts 2. South Impacts 3. Impacts on BOTH

Enter the correct order of letters

Enter the password

He debated with Senator Douglas in a series of famous debates regarding slavery. He was also a moderate Republican who didn't want to abolish slavery at first.

Crime: Was a Union general during the Civil War and later became president and presided over reconstruction.

Lee and Confederate troops looked to capture a major city to end the war. This was the bloodiest battle.

Crime: Presided over reconstruction after the death of the former president and clashed with Congress over it.

Letter: W The government protected the states, but slavery ended, which hurt the economy, and whites had to live with freedpeople.

1st battle that started the Civil War and inspired Northerners to fight.

Crime: 16th U.S. president who successfully waged a political struggle and civil war that ended slavery.

Letter: J Industry grew due to better transportation that allowed for more efficient movement of goods. However, there were poor living conditions due to massive amounts of people moving to this region.

Crime: President of the Confederacy Wanted for treason

He was the previous president's vice president and returned land to Confederates during Reconstruction, which took away land from freedpeople.

He was the commander of the entire Confederate army.

Letter: E Lincoln was assissinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 due to his support for Black citizenship.

A major U.S. general led Union forces from Tennesse to South Carolina, destroying farms and homes along the way.

The Confederate surrender officially ended the war.

After the Confederate "loss," Loncoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It was the bloodiest single day of the war. The Confederacy also lost potential support from Europe.

1st MAJOR battle where Union troops attacked Confederate forces. It ended the idea that the war would be short

He was famous for exhausting Confederate troops and won the battle at Vicksburg that helped the Union capture the Mississippi River.

He used to be a Mississippi Senator and also a Representative.

Crime: Confederate general who won the Second Bull Run, the Battle of Gettysburg, and other major battles.

General Grant and Union troops successfully completed the plan to split the Confederacy in two. The battle lasted for 3 months until Confederate troops surrendered.