Chapter 14: The Nation Divided
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What is…? People for $100 Franklin Pierce became this in
President Back to Game
Who is…? People for $200 He filed a lawsuit that eventually divided the nation even more.
Dred Scott Back to Game
People for $300 A former slave who escaped and became a voice for abolitionist. What is
Back to Game Fredrick Douglass
He won the U.S. Senator race in Illinois in Who is? People for $400
Stephen A. Douglas Good Answer! Back to Game
Who is…? People for $500 He won the 1848 Presidential election.
Back to Game Zachary Taylor
He proposed the Missouri Compromise Concepts for $100 Who is
Back to Game Henry Clay
The strength of the Republican Party was almost exclusively in this part of the country. Concepts for $200 What is…?
North Back to Game
Many Southerners believed that the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was this. Concepts for $300 What is…?
Back to Game Propaganda
This stated that slavery should be forbidden in any lands that might be acquired by the USA in the Mexican War. It did not pass. Concepts for $400 What is…?
Wilmot Proviso Back to Game
Concepts for $500 Southerners justified secession with this theory. What is…?
State Rights Back to Game
What is…? Politics for $100 This was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Slavery Back to Game
Politics for $200 These are the results of this act that did not pass Congress are: 1.Free Soil Party forms 2.South fears North is trying to end slaves 3.Issue of slavery in new territories gained from Mexico was left undecided. What is…?
Wilmot Proviso Back to Game
What is…? Politics for$300 Stephen Douglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through this.
Back to Game Popular Sovereignty.
What is…? Politics for $400 This strict law which allowed slaves to be recaptured in the North was passed in the Compromise of 1850
Back to Game Fugitive Slave Act
What is…? Politics for $500 This territory suffered widespread violence over the slave issue.
Back to Game Kansas
What is …? Stuff $100 Decisions made on this Dred Scott vs. Sanford
1.Slave is property 2.Missouri Compromise is illegal because the US government can not make limits or restriction over slavery. Back to Game
What is…? Stuff for $200 This was the first territory to shed blood over the slave issue.
Kansas Back to Game Cassie Stover
What was…? Stuff for $300 Regional attitudes toward slavery decided the outcome of this Presidential election
Back to Game Election of 1860: Lincoln won!
What is…? Stuff for $400 This state was the center of national attention due to a Senate race in 1858.
Illinois Back to Game
What is…? Stuff for $500 This Act increased the amount of Territory open to slaveholding.
Kansas-Nebraska Act Back to Game
What is…? Vocabulary for $100 Attacked Fort Sumter because they believed that war was inevitable so it was better to start it on their own terms.
Confederate States of America Or The South Back to Game
Who is…? Vocabulary for $200 He wanted to lead a revolt of slaves.
John Brown Back to Game For 100 points, what point of view is this painting portraying?
What is…? Vocabulary for $300 Seven states did this win Lincoln was elected president.
Back to Game Secede
Who is…? Vocabulary for $400 He won the seat of U.S. Senator from Illinois.
Back to Game Stephen A Douglas
What is…? Vocabulary for $500 California becomes a free stand in this compromise.
Back to Game Compromise of 1850
Final Jeopardy This person would most likely agree with this statement. “States’ rights are more important than preserving the Union.”
Final Jeopardy John C. Calhoun