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Comprom ises Slavery Laws and Acts Violence over Slavery Politics Potpourri (Anything) CLICK HERE FOR DOUBLE JEOPARDY CLICK HERE FOR DOUBLE JEOPARDY

THIS PERSON WAS NICKNAMED THE GREAT COMPROMISER. Compromises $100

Henry Clay Back to Game

1 OF THE 5 PARTS OF THIS COMPROMISE INCLUDED CALIFORNIA BEING ADMITTED AS A FREE STATE. Compromises $200

The Compromise of 1850 Back to Game

THE 36°30' LINE WAS PART OF THIS AGREEMENT. Compromises $300

The Missouri Compromise Back to Game

THE MAIN CONCERN BEHIND THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE WAS KEEPING THIS BALANCED. Compromises $400

The Senate Back to Game

THIS WAS THE MAIN PART OF THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 THAT CONVINCED SOUTHERNERS TO AGREE WITH IT. Compromises $500

Back to Game The Fugitive Slave Law

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE WROTE THIS BOOK WHICH INCREASED THE NUMBER OF ABOLITIONISTS IN THE NORTH BUT ANGERED MANY SOUTHERNERS. Slavery $100

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Back to Game

THIS WAS THE ARMORY WHERE AN ABOLITIONIST LED SLAVE REVOLT WAS ENDED. Slavery $200

Harpers Ferry Back to Game

THIS SUPREME COURT CASE RULED THAT SLAVES WERE PROPERTY NOT PEOPLE. Slavery $300

The Dred Scott Decision (Scott V. Sanford) Back to Game

Slavery $400 THIS WAS THE MAIN GOAL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

To stop slavery from spreading to the western territories Back to Game

Slavery $500 AS PART OF THE COMPROMISE OF 1850, THIS WAS BANNED IN WASHINGTON D.C.

The slave trade Back to Game

THIS MAN HAD A SERIES OF 7 DEBATES WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO BEAT HIM IN A SENATE RACE (THOUGH LATER LOSING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION). Politics $100

Stephen Douglas Back to Game

THESE WERE THE TWO SIDES FIGHTING OVER THE POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY VOTE IN KANSAS. Politics $200

Pro-slavery and abolitionists Back to Game

Politics $300 THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS WON BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

1860 Back to Game

Politics $400 MANY SOUTHERNERS THOUGHT THE SOUTH NEEDED TO DO THIS AFTER LINCOLN WAS ELECTED.

Secede Back to Game

Politics $500 THIS POLITICIAN SPOKE UP FOR THE SOUTH AND FOR THE NEED FOR A FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW UNTIL HIS DEATH JUST BEFORE THE COMPROMISE OF 1850.

Back to Game John C. Calhoun

Laws and Acts $100 THE 36°30' LINE SAID THAT ALL TERRITORIES ABOVE MISSOURI'S SOUTHERN BORDER WOULD BE THIS TYPE OF TERRITORY.

Free Back to Game

THIS LAW FORCED ALL AMERICANS TO HELP CATCH RUNAWAY SLAVES. Laws and Acts $200

The Fugitive Slave Law Back to Game

THIS ACT REPEALED THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE AND LET POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY DECIDE SLAVERY IN THE REMAINING LANDS OF THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY. Laws and Acts $300

The Kansas- Nebraska Act Back to Game

AFTER 1850, ANY PERSON CAUGHT HELPING A SLAVE ESCAPE WOULD FACE THESE TWO PUNISHMENTS. Laws and Acts $400

Up to $1,000 fine and 6-months in jail Back to Game

JOHN BROWN WAS EXECUTED FOR COMMITTING THIS CRIME. Laws and Acts $500

Treason Back to Game

Violence over Slavery $100 THIS ABOLITIONIST TRIED TO USE VIOLENCE TO END SLAVERY.

John Brown Back to Game

Violence over Slavery $200 THIS NICKNAME WAS GIVEN TO THE VIOLENT SITUATION OVER POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IN THE WESTERN TERRITORIES.

Bleeding Kansas Back to Game

Violence over Slavery $300 LINCOLN SAID THAT IF HE HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ENDING SLAVERY OR KEEPING THE UNION TOGETHER, HE WOULD CHOOSE THIS.

Keeping the Union together Back to Game

Violence over Slavery $400 THIS SENATOR WAS ATTACKED IN THE SENATE FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST SLAVERY AND AGAINST ANDREW BUTLER OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Charles Sumner Back to Game

Violence over Slavery $500 THIS SENATOR THOUGHT JOHN CALHOUN'S IDEA OF PEACEFUL SECESSION WAS IMPOSSIBLE AND CLAIMED THAT ONLY A CIVIL WAR COULD RESULT.

Daniel Webster Back to Game

Potpourri $100 THIS IS THE IDEA OF BEING LOYAL TO YOUR REGION OF THE COUNTRY RATHER THAN THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE.

Back to Game Sectionalism

Potpourri $200 MOST ABOLITIONISTS, FREE SOILERS, AND REPUBLICANS SAW SLAVERY AS THIS.

Back to Game Evil/ Morally Wrong

Potpourri $300 THIS WAS THE STATE THAT FINALLY UNBALANCED THE SENATE BETWEEN FREE AND SLAVE STATES.

California Back to Game

Potpourri $400 THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 DIVIDED THE REMAINING LANDS FROM THE MEXICAN CESSION INTO THESE TWO TERRITORIES.

The Utah and New Mexico Territories Back to Game

Potpourri $500 DRED SCOTT SUED FOR HIS FREEDOM BECAUSE HE HAD LIVED HERE WHERE SLAVERY IS OUTLAWED (NAME ANY ONE OF THE PLACES).

Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin Back to Game

Escalating Tensions Who would have said it? 6 Letter Words Common Bond Name that state Stupid Answers CLICK HERE FOR FINAL JEOPARDY CLICK HERE FOR FINAL JEOPARDY

MANY IN THE NORTH WERE UPSET WITH THIS PART OF THE COMPROMISE OF Escalating Tensions $200

The Fugitive Slave Law Back to Game

PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES WERE UPSET FOR DIFFERENT REASONS AFTER READING HER BOOK, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. Escalating Tensions $400

Harriet Beecher Stowe Back to Game

STEPHEN DOUGLAS CAUSED THINGS TO TURN VIOLENT WHEN HE PROPOSED THIS LAW THAT WOULD LET POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY DECIDE THE SLAVERY ISSUE. Escalating Tensions $600

The Kansas- Nebraska Act Back to Game

THE DRED SCOTT DECISION NOT ONLY LABELLED SLAVES "PROPERTY," IT EFFECTIVELY ALLOWED SLAVERY TO EXIST HERE. Escalating Tensions $800

Anywhere in the US Back to Game

THIS WAS THE FINAL PIECE OF ESCALATION THAT CONVINCED MANY IN THE SOUTH THAT IT WAS TIME TO SECEDE. Escalating Tensions $1000

Back to Game The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln

MY STOMACH HURTS... I SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD SO MANY CHERRIES OR SO MUCH MILK... Who would have said it? $200

Zachary Taylor Back to Game

I'M THE GREAT COMPROMISER AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS STUPID T-SHIRT! Who would have said it? $400

Henry Clay Back to Game

IT'S ALRIGHT TO DIE AS A MARTYR... NOW I CAN JOIN MY 5 SONS. Who would have said it? $600

John Brown Back to Game

Who would have said it? $800 FUNNY... I GUESS PROPERTY CAN DIE TOO JUST LIKE PEOPLE.

Dred Scott Back to Game

Who would have said it? $1000 WHY ARE YOU KICKING ME MASTER? I'M JUST A KINDLY OLD SLAVE.

Uncle Tom Back to Game

VIOLENCE ERUPTED HERE OVER THE VOTE ON SLAVERY. Name That State $200

Kansas Back to Game

THIS STATE JOINED IN 1850 AND FINALLY GAVE FREE STATES AN ADVANTAGE IN THE SENATE. Name That State $400

California Back to Game

Name That State $600 THIS WAS THE FIRST STATE TO SECEDE AFTER LINCOLN WAS ELECTED.

South Carolina Back to Game

Name That State $800 JOHN BROWN LED A RAID ON HARPERS FERRY IN THIS STATE.

Virginia Back to Game

Name That State $1000 THE TWO CANDIDATES IN THE SENATE RACE IN THIS STATE WOULD HAVE A REMATCH FOR THE PRESIDENCY IN 1860.

Back to Game Illinois

6-Letter Words $200 MANY OF THE TERRITORIES THAT WERE BEING DEBATED ABOUT WERE LAND THAT HAD BEEN WON IN A WAR WITH THIS NATION.

Mexico Back to Game

6-Letter Words $400 7 SOUTHERN STATES DECIDED TO DO THIS AFTER LINCOLN WAS ELECTED.

Secede Back to Game

THIS TYPE OF RUFFIAN CROSSED INTO KANSAS FROM MISSOURI. 6-Letter Words $600

Border Back to Game

THIS SENATOR WAS BEATEN FOR CRITICIZING ANDREW BUTLER FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. 6-Letter Words $800

Sumner Back to Game

SECTIONALISM MEANS NOT CARING ABOUT THE NATION AS A WHOLE. INSTEAD, A PERSON IS LOYAL TO JUST THEIR STATE OR THIS. 6-Letter Words $1000

Region Back to Game

Common Bond $200 MILLARD FILLMORE FRANKLIN PIERCE JAMES BUCHANAN

Presidents Back to Game

Common Bond $400 UNCLE TOM DRED SCOTT FREDERICK DOUGLASS

Slaves Back to Game

Common Bond $600 FREDERICK DOUGLASS JOHN BROWN HARRIET BEECHER STOWE (NOT ABRAHAM LINCOLN...OR SO HE SAYS)

Abolitionists Back to Game

Common Bond $800 HENRY CLAY ZACHARY TAYLOR JOHN C. CALHOUN

Died in 1850 Back to Game

Common Bond $1000 SLAVE TRADE ENDED IN WASHINGTON D.C. FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW BORDER DISPUTE BETWEEN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO RESOLVED.

Parts of the Compromise of 1850 Back to Game

Stupid Answers $200 THIS COMPROMISE IN 1850 PREVENTED A CIVIL WAR... AT LEAST TEMPORARILY.

Back to Game The Compromise of 1850

Stupid Answers $400 THIS MAN HAD TO "FILL" OUT "MORE" PAPERWORK ONCE HE REPALECED THE LATE ZACHARY TAYLOR AS PRESIDENT.

Back to Game Millard Fillmore

Stupid Answers $600 THE 36°30' LINE COULD BE FOUND ON A MAP AT THIS LATITUDE.

36°30’ N Back to Game

Stupid Answers $800 KANSAS AND NEBRASKA WERE BOTH ALLOWED TO VOTE ON THE SLAVERY ISSUE AS A RESULT OF THIS ACT.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act Back to Game

Stupid Answers $1000 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE POPULAR OR A SOVEREIGN KING OR QUEEN TO KNOW THAT THIS IS ANOTHER TERM FOR YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE.

Popular Sovereignty Back to Game

FINAL JEOPARDY

TODAY’S CATEGORY: “Death and Presidents” (PLACE YOUR WAGERS)

THIS WAS THE NAME OF FRANKLIN PIERCE'S SON WHO WAS KILLED IN A TRAIN ACCIDENT SHORTLY AFTER HIS ELECTION TO THE PRESIDENCY.

BENNIE PIERCE