Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader?
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Vocabulary Question / What is popular sovereignty?
Vocabulary Answer / A system in which the residents vote to decide an issue. Return
Notable Women Question / A slave who became a well-known “conductor” of the underground railroad.
Notable Women Answer / Harriet Tubman Return
Quotes Question / What did President Lincoln say when he met Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Quotes Answer / “So this is the little lady who made the big war?” Return
Laws Question / Name and briefly explain one provision of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Laws Answer / - slaves not entitled to jury trial. / - slaves not entitled to an attorney. / - slaves couldn’t testify on own behalf / - a statement by the slave owner was all that was required to have a slave returned. / - slaves not entitled to jury trial. / - slaves not entitled to an attorney. / - slaves couldn’t testify on own behalf / - a statement by the slave owner was all that was required to have a slave returned. Return
Notable Men Question / Who coordinated the attack at Harper’s Ferry?
Notable Men Answer / John Brown Return
Compromise Question / What tactic did Stephen A. Douglas use to get the Compromise of 1850 approved?
Compromise Answer / He split “the package” into individual parts and got them approved one item at a time. Return
Places Question / Why did the abolitionists decide to attack Harper’s Ferry?
Places Answer / They attacked at Harper’s Ferry to capture a federal arsenal. Return
Dred Scott Question / Why did Dred Scott think he should be granted his freedom?
Dred Scott Answer / Because he had been living in a free territory for several years. Return
Miscellaneous Question / Name the Civil War era book that addressed slavery as a moral issue.
Miscellaneous Answer / Uncle Tom’s Cabin Return
Who Proposed This Question Who proposed the idea to prohibit slavery in territory obtained from the war with Mexico?
Who Proposed This Answer / David Wilmont, a lawyer from Pennsylvania Return
Final Question Here it comes…. Get Ready…….
Final Question / Name one incentive (positive or negative) that was offered to try to get the North to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.
Final Answer / - $10 was offered for turning in a slave / - There was a $1,000 fine and/or prison time for helping a fugitive. slave / - $10 was offered for turning in a slave / - There was a $1,000 fine and/or prison time for helping a fugitive. slave Return
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