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Let’s Play Final Challenge Politics Slavery Compromises Fighting Grab Bag 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

Politics for 100 The Republicans 100 This new political party emerged in the 1850s. It opposed the expansion of slavery and supported economic development.

What allowed Abraham Lincoln to win the 1860 presidential election? Politics for 200 There were a total of 4 candidates. Since the Democrats could not decide on just one, both Douglas and Breckinridge ran, which divided Democratic voters. 200 What allowed Abraham Lincoln to win the 1860 presidential election?

Politics for 300 In ruling that Congress could not outlaw slavery in a state or territory (i.e. overturning the MO Compromise), it became impossible to outlaw slavery nationwide without a constitutional amendment. 300 How did the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford limit the legal actions of abolitionists?

Politics for 400 Admitting Missouri, a slave state, would have given slave states an advantage in the U.S. Senate. The Missouri Compromise maintained this balance by also admitting Maine as a free state. 400 Why did northerners oppose admitting Missouri as a state until the Missouri Compromise?

Politics for 500 NO VOTES 500 How many electoral votes did Lincoln win from southern states in the election 1860?

True or False… Most southern whites owned slaves. Slavery for 100 False. Only 25% of southern whites owned slaves. Most were too poor to buy them. 100 True or False… Most southern whites owned slaves.

200 Slavery for 200 It freed the slaves in the Confederate states. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Slavery for 300 To preserve the Union 300 According to Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address, what was the original purpose of the Civil War?

True or False... Lincoln believed in racial equality. Slavery for 400 False… In his 1858 speech in the Lincoln-Douglas debates, he said that he did not believe blacks and whites were intellectually equal. 400 True or False... Lincoln believed in racial equality.

What power did Lincoln use to issue the Emancipation Proclamation? Slavery for 500 Commander in Chief (War Powers) 500 What power did Lincoln use to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

The Missouri Compromise Compromises for 100 The Missouri Compromise 100 What compromise outlawed slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the line 36º30’?

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act deal with the slavery issue? Compromises for 200 The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide the slavery issue through popular sovereignty (by voting). 200 How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act deal with the slavery issue?

Compromises for 300 Maine was admitted to the Union as a free state and Missouri entered as a slave state. 300 Other than outlawing slavery north of the line 36º30, what did the Missouri Compromise do?

Compromises for 400 The Compromise of 1850 California admitted as a free state. Slave trade (but not slavery) banned in Washington, D.C. Utah and New Mexico territories to decide slavery through popular sovereignty The Fugitive Slave Act passed 400 Identify the four parts of the Compromise of 1850 that dealt with slavery?

What violent event was a direct result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Compromises for 500 “Bleeding Kansas” 500 What violent event was a direct result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Fighting for 100 The Anaconda Plan 100 This was the name of the Union’s strategy of suffocating the Confederacy through a naval blockade, controlling the Mississippi River, and marching across the deep South.

What made Sherman’s March to the Sea militarily effective? Fighting for 200 By waging total war & using scorched earth tactics, Sherman’s troops made life very uncomfortable for southern civilians and destroyed any resources that would have been useful to the Confederate army. 200 What made Sherman’s March to the Sea militarily effective?

300 Fighting for 300 Gettysburg Vicksburg 300 Identify the one battle that is widely seen as a “turning point” in the Civil War?

Identify the first battle of the Civil War? Fighting for 400 First Battle: Fort Sumter 400 Identify the first battle of the Civil War?

What made the Civil War so bloody? Fighting for 500 New Weapons + Old Tactics = Death The armies used Napoleonic tactics (like head-on charges over open ground), but new weapons (such as pointed bullets, spiral-bored rifles, and artillery shells) made this almost suicidal. 500 What made the Civil War so bloody?

What was the main goal of John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry, VA? Grab Bag for 100 John Brown hoped to use the weapons he seized to start a massive slave rebellion that would eventually lead to the end of slavery. 100 What was the main goal of John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry, VA?

Who was the most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad? Grab Bag for 200 Harriet Tubman 200 Who was the most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad?

Grab Bag for 300 There were many abolitionists but some famous ones include… William Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass Harriet Beecher Stowe Abraham Lincoln John Brown 300 Identify a famous abolitionists.

Name the three major causes of the Civil War? Grab Bag for 400 Slavery Sectionalism States’ Rights 400 Name the three major causes of the Civil War?

500 Grab Bag for 500 Fight a War of Attrition (make it long and expensive) Gain an alliance with Great Britain or France, BUT AN EMBARGO WAS ORDERED 500 What was the Confederacy’s strategy for winning the Civil War?

Write Your Final Challenge Wager End Game Write Your Final Challenge Wager March 1861 (Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address): The war was to “preserve the Union.” Jan. 1863 (Emancipation Proclamation): It became war to end slavery (i.e. a war for freedom). How did Lincoln define the purpose of the war in March 1861? For the Union, how did the war’s purpose change by January 1, 1863? TIME’S UP!

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