1. Jeopardy
Hosted by
Mr. Reakes

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Policies
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Final Jeopardy

3. What is popular sovereignty?
People in the territories or state would vote directly instead of using a representative.
What is popular sovereignty?
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4. Who wrote the Wilmot Proviso?
David Wilmot
Who wrote the Wilmot Proviso?
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5. Why did the Southerner’s not
They thought it was propaganda
Why did the Southerner’s not
like Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
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6. Who killed 5 southern slave holders and led a raid on
John Brown
Who killed 5 southern slave
holders and led a raid on
Harper’s Ferry?
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7. What is a runaway or enslaved
Fugitive
What is a runaway or enslaved
person called?
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8. Lincoln-Douglas debates about and why was it important?
Issue was over slavery
Which made it very popular
What issue was the
Lincoln-Douglas debates about
and why was it important?
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9. Henry Clay The Compromise of 1850. Who was known as the
Great Compromiser and
What compromise was he
responsible for?
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10. Dred Scott and Roger Taney
Who thought because he was in a
free state he should be free; and
who decided this was not legal?
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11. What is false or misleading
Propaganda
What is false or misleading
information?
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12. Why were the Southerners not Happy when Lincoln won the Presidency?
They thought he was an abolitionist and thought they would not have a voice in the federal government anymore.
Why were the Southerners not
Happy when Lincoln won the
Presidency?
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13. Kansas-Nebraska Act and what was it?
Steven Douglas
KNA- Slavery in territories be decided by popular
sovereignty
Who pushed for the
Kansas-Nebraska Act and what
was it?
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14. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
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15. Civil War What is a war between opposing groups
of citizens of the same country?
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16. What were three of the four parts of Compromise
North got California to be a free state
Slavery was banned in D.C.
South got Popular Sovereignty in Territories
Fugitive Slave Law
What were three of the four parts of Compromise
of 1850?
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17. What is the Wilmot Proviso?
It proposed banning slavery in the territories won from the Mexican-American War
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
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18. Who was elected president in
Abraham Lincoln
Who was elected president in
1860?
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19. To leave or withdrawal
What does secede mean?
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20. When and for what office did the Lincoln-Douglas
1858, Federal Senator of Illinois
When and for what office
did the Lincoln-Douglas
debates take place?
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21. Name the new anti-slavery party in 1854 and state three groups
It was the Republican Party.
Northern Whigs, Northern Democrats, and the Free- Soil Party
Name the new anti-slavery
party in 1854 and state
three groups
supported it?
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22. Who attacked Fort Sumter?
Confederate State of America
Who attacked Fort Sumter?
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23. Final Jeopardy
Explain how the Dred Scott decision widened the gap between the North and the South. In your opinion, was the Dred Scott decision one of the most important Supreme Court decisions in history? Give specific examples to support your argument.