1. Scavenger Hunt - Answers
Antebellum Period
Scavenger Hunt - Answers

2. Underground Railroad
1) Who was the main person who led slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad?
A = Harriet Tubman
2) During which years did the Underground Railroad flourish?
A =
3) Why was the Fugitive Slave Act a disaster for Free-Blacks of the North?
A = Free blacks were kidnapped

3. William Lloyd Garrison
1) What was the name of Garrison's anti-slavery newspaper?
A = The Liberator
2) In the Liberator, what did Garrison advocate?
A = The abolition of slavery
3) What famous United States document did Garrison believe to be pro-slavery?
A = The US Constitution

4. Compromise of 1850
1) Which member of Congress developed the Compromise of 1850?
A = Henry Clay
2) What was the most controversial bill that made up the Compromise of 1850?
A = Fugitive Slave Act
3) What did the Compromise of 1850 accomplish?
A = Keep the nation united – Balance in Congress

5. Missouri Compromise
1) According to the Missouri Compromise, which state would enter Union as a Slave State? 
A = Missouri   
Free State?
A = Maine
2) Where would the line be drawn separating the slave states from the free states?
A = 36 deg. 30 min / Southern border of Missouri
3) What do they call that line today?
A = Mason – Dixon Line
4) What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
A = To maintain balance between slave and free states in Congress.

6. Lincoln – Douglas Debates
1) Who were the two men who debated?
A = Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas
2) How many debates did the 2 men make?
A = 7 Debates
3) According to the debates, how did Lincoln feel about slavery?
A = He did not support slavery

7. Kansas – Nebraska Act
1) Under the Kansas - Nebraska Act, who would decide if slavery would be allowed in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska?
A = The People
2) How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act violate the Missouri Compromise?
A = It could allow slavery above the Line designated in the Missouri Compromise
3) What was the nickname given to the violence led by John Brown that erupted in the Kansas Territory?
A = Bleeding Kansas

8. Sumner Brooks Incident
1) What controversial law was the main reason for the Sumner - Brooks Incident?
A = Kansas – Nebraska Act
2) Why did Preston Brooks attack Charles Sumner?
A = Preston wanted to protect the honor of his cousin
3) What did Brooks use to attack Senator Sumner?
A = a walking cane

9. John Brown
) On October 16, 1859, John Brown and 21 other men attacked which location in Virginia?
A = Harpers Ferry, VA
2) Who did John Brown hope would join his fight?
A = Other Slaves in the South
3) What happened to John Brown?
A = He was wounded, captured and hung.

10. Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1) Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
A = Harriet Beecher Stowe
2) What picture of slavery did “Uncle Tom’s Cabin paint?
A = Slavery was socially and morally wrong.
3) What did President Lincoln say to Stowe when they were introduced in 1862?
A = “So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war”

11. Harriet Tubman 1) What is Harriet Tubman most remembered?
A = Conductor of the Underground Railroad
2) How many slaves was she said to have freed?
A = More than 300
3) What was Tubman's nickname?
A = Grandma Moses

12. Dred Scott vs. Sanford 1) Why did Dred Scott believe that he was free?
A = Because he moved to Illinois, a Free State
2) What did the Supreme  Court decide about Scott's case?
A = Because Scott was a slave, he was not a citizen and had no right to sue.

13. Election of 1860
Who were the main candidates for the Election of 1860?
North –
A = Lincoln & Douglas
South –
A = Breckinridge & Bell
Who won the election?
A = Abraham Lincoln
3) What was South Carolina’s reaction to the election of 1860?
A = South Carolina seceded from the Union

14. The Confederate States of America
1) Which state was the first to secede?
A = South Carolina
2) Which states joined the Confederacy?
A = Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, and Arkansas
3) Who was chosen to be President of the Confederacy?
A = Jefferson Davis