Antebellum Jeopardy Final Jeopardy GAPIEDMONT ATLANTACHEROKEE Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500

$100 Question from GA What does Nullification mean ?

$100 Answer from GA The authority of a state to be able to cancel, or nullify, a national law.

$200 Question from GA What would someone who believed in states’ rights say about the national government?

$200 Answer from GA The national government has no right to tell states how to handle their own business. The states should have the most say.

$300 Question from GA Describe the Geography and Society of the North during this time period.

$300 Answer from GA Industrial Many Cities Natural Harbors People were dependent on one another for goods and services. Expected more services from the Government

$400 Question from GA What law was passed that specifically named one slave state one free state? Hint – truly balancing admission of slave/free states in the National Government

$400 Answer from GA Missouri Compromise 1820 Missouri Slave State Maine Free State

$500 Question from GA What was the purpose of both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

$500 Answer from GA They were meant to peacefully resolve disputes over slavery in the US territories and to try to keep states at peace.

$100 Question from PIEDMONT What does Succession mean?

$100 Answer from PIEDMONT To leave a union. In this case, the United States of America.

$200 Question from PIEDMONT What happened to the population of slaves as cotton production increased?

$200 Answer from PIEDMONT The slave population increased.

$300 Question from PIEDMONT What did the Georgia Platform say?

$300 Answer from PIEDMONT Georgia would obey the Compromise of 1850 as long as the North did – Fugitive Slave Act. Georgia would not secede.

$400 Question from PIEDMONT 3 things that the Compromise of 1850 said?

$400 Answer from PIEDMONT California added as a Free State. Fugitive Slave Law passed Popular Sovereignty – New Mexico and Utah would vote to see if slavery would be allowed.

$500 Question from PIEDMONT What were the results of the Dred Scott Case?

$500 Answer from PIEDMONT 1.Dred Scott was property, a slave. 2.A slave did not have the right to sue in US Courts. 3.Congress could not ban slavery in the new western territories.

$100 Question from ATLANTA What are tariffs ?

$100 Answer from ATLANTA Taxes put on goods coming from other countries.

$200 Question from ATLANTA Why was the term “Bleeding Kansas” used to describe Kansas?

$200 Answer from ATLANTA Popular Sovereignty caused Abolitionists and Slavery supporters to rush into the territory – violence broke out.

$300 Question from ATLANTA Describe the Geography and Society (people) of the South

$300 Answer from ATLANTA 1.Rural &Agricultural 2.Plantation system & Slavery 3.Warm climate – fertile top soil 4.People provided for themselves – hunted, farmed, fished. 5.Did not expect services from the government.

$400 Question from ATLANTA What event upset Georgia the most that it decided to secede from the Union, right after South Carolina?

$400 Answer from ATLANTA The election of Abraham Lincoln

$500 Question from ATLANTA Who was a cooperationist who opposed secession at the Georgia Convention, but was later elected as VP of the Confederacy?

$500 Answer from ATLANTA Alexander Stephens

$100 Question from CHEROKEE How was popular sovereignty used in the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

$100 Answer from CHEROKEE Voters decided if slavery would be allowed in the new states.

$200 Question from CHEROKEE How did GA respond to the Compromise of 1850?

$200 Answer from CHEROKEE Georgia’s Governor called for a state convention to discuss the Compromise of 1850 & succession

$300 Question from CHEROKEE What was the Fugitive Slave Law & which compromise was it a part of?

$300 Answer from CHEROKEE Compromise of 1850 The North had to return runaway slaves back to the South

$400 Question from CHEROKEE How did the North and South feel differently about tariffs?

$400 Answer from CHEROKEE North: wanted protective tariffs so American goods would be cheaper than foreign goods. South: against protective tariffs; they got many goods from Britain.

$500 Question from CHEROKEE How did the North and South feel differently about Nullification?

$500 Answer from CHEROKEE North: Against Nullification – believed that all US laws should be followed. South: For Nullification – believed that all US laws should be followed.

Final Jeopardy How did the South’s economy drive their politics?

Final Jeopardy Answer The South’s economy was based on the Plantation system where Slave labor was used. Southern politics were focuses on protecting slavery to protect the South’s economy.