1. Jeopardy! People Compr-omises Events 100 200 300 400 500
North or South?
Secession
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2. This man believed God had called him to wage war against slavery.
People-100
This man believed God had called him to wage war against slavery.
Who is John Brown?
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3. She wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
People-200
She wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
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4. This man debated Abraham Lincoln over the issue of slavery.
People-300
This man debated Abraham Lincoln over the issue of slavery.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
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5. People-400
This man was attacked in the Senate because he made antislavery speeches.
Who is Charles Sumner?
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6. Who are Stephen Douglas & Henry Clay?
People-500
These two senators worked to get the Compromise of 1850 passed in Congress.
Who are Stephen Douglas & Henry Clay?
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7. Compromises-100 This compromise admitted California as a free state.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
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8. What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Compromises-200
This called for popular sovereignty over the issue of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
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9. Compromises-300
This was what outlawed slavery in the Mexican territory.
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
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10. Compromises-400
Slave auctions were banned in this area as a result of the Compromise of 1850.
What is Washington D.C.?
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11. What is the Missouri Compromise?
Compromises-500
This compromise was ruled unconstitutional because it denied citizens of their right to own property.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
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12. What is Bleeding Kansas?
Events-100
This was a series of conflicts between proslavery and antislavery forces.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
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13. John Brown led a raid on this arsenal.
Events-200
John Brown led a raid on this arsenal.
What is Harpers Ferry?
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14. This is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
Events-300
This is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
What is Fort Sumter?
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15. What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
Events-400
This Supreme Court case declared that only U.S. citizens could file suit in federal courts.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
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16. Abraham Lincoln, a Republican president was elected in this year.
Events-500
Abraham Lincoln, a Republican president was elected in this year.
What is 1860?
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17. This region would have agreed with the Fugitive Slave law.
North or South?-100
This region would have agreed with the Fugitive Slave law.
What is the South?
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18. This region would have agreed with the Election of 1860.
North or South?-200
This region would have agreed with the Election of 1860.
What is the North?
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19. This region would have disagreed with Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
North or South?-300
This region would have disagreed with Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
What is the South?
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20. This region would have agreed with the Dred Scott decision.
North or South?-400
This region would have agreed with the Dred Scott decision.
What is the South?
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21. Most people in this region disagreed with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
North or South?-500
Most people in this region disagreed with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What is the North?
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22. The secession of the South began with this state.
What is South Carolina?
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23. This man was the president of the Confederate States of America.
Secession-200
This man was the president of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
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24. This person had not taken office when the South seceded.
Secession-300
This person had not taken office when the South seceded.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
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25. Secession-400
This was the name of the separate country the South created.
What is the Confederate States of America?
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26. The South felt they had the right to secede because of this principle.
Secession-500
The South felt they had the right to secede because of this principle.
What is states’ rights?
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27. Potpourri-100 These laws made it easier to recover runaway slaves.
What are the Fugitive Slave Laws?
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28. Potpourri-200
At the start of the Civil War, this man’s main goal was to reunite the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
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29. Potpourri-300
This political party’s main issue was stopping the spread of slavery.
What is the Free Soil Party?
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30. What is popular sovereignty?
Potpourri-400
This idea centers around the principle that the power of the government ultimately rests with the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
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31. What is the California Gold Rush?
Potpourri-500
California obtained enough people to apply for statehood very quickly because of this.
What is the California Gold Rush?
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