2. Let’s Get Ready
To Play Some . . .

3. JEOPARDY
JEOPARDY
JEOPARDY
JEOPARDY E O P A R D Y J
JEOPARDY

4. JEOPARDY
Final - 1
Final - 2
Economics Of
Slavery
Slave
Revolts
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5. Lead-Up
What free state was admitted under the Missouri Compromise? Why was this important?

6. Lead-Up
What happened in Kansas as a direct result of using popular sovereignty to decide if the territory was free or slave?

7. Lead-Up
How did the Compromise of 1850 change the free vs. slave state decision making process?
Points * 4

8. What effect did “Bleeding Kansas” have on the United States?
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What effect did “Bleeding Kansas” have on the United States?

9. Lead-Up
Describe why the Fugitive Slave Law was good for southern slave owners and how it effected the North.

10. What free state was admitted in the Compromise of 1850?
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What free state was admitted in the Compromise of 1850?
Points * 3

11. Who wrote the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
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Who wrote the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

12. Lead-Up
What was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case and how did it effect the United States?

13. Lead-Up
Explain why Uncle Tom’s Cabin had such a major impact on people’s view of slavery.

14. Lead-Up
Describe each candidates position on the free or slave issue in the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

15. Lead-Up
Why did Dred Scott feel he had a right to bring his case to the Supreme Court?

16. What long-lasting impact resulted from the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
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What long-lasting impact resulted from the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
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17. Fully explain the meaning behind the lyric;
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Fully explain the meaning behind the lyric;
“36⁰30⁰, except for in Missouri. Everyone’s happy, more important than free.”

18. Why did John Brown take over the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia?
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Why did John Brown take over the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia?

19. How did the Compromise of 1850 change the nation’s capital?
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How did the Compromise of 1850 change the nation’s capital?

20. Economics Of Slavery - 20
This trip across the Atlantic ocean involved deaths and severe mistreatment of captured Africans.

21. What effect did the cotton gin have on slavery?
Economics Of Slavery - 40
What effect did the cotton gin have on slavery?

22. Why did slavery last so long with all the surrounding controversy?
Economics Of Slavery - 60
Why did slavery last so long with all the surrounding controversy?

23. What was the greatest fear of slaves at auction?
Economics Of Slavery - 80
What was the greatest fear of slaves at auction?
Daily Double

24. Economics Of Slavery - 100
Explain what is shown in this graph. What can be inferred from the graph?

25. Slave Revolts - 20
True or false; Slave resisted slavery on a daily basis by doing things such as avoiding work and breaking tools.

26. Slave Revolts - 40
Who led a slave revolt that almost took over the city of Richmond and its arsenal?
What caused it to fail?

27. Slave Revolts - 60
What happened to the captured Africans from the Amistad when they were delivered to New York City?

28. Slave Revolts - 80
Explain how Denmark Vesey’s revolt protected against traitors and why it failed.

29. What were the effects of Nat Turner’s slave revolt?
Slave Revolts - 100
What were the effects of Nat Turner’s slave revolt?
Points * 2

30. Underground Railroad - 20
True or false; Slaveholders used the promise of freedom as a method of controlling slaves.

31. Underground Railroad - 40
What changed in the U.S. that resulted in passengers on the Underground Railroad being forced to make their way all the way to Canada?

32. Underground Railroad - 60
In what ways did abolitionists help the Underground Railroad?

33. Underground Railroad - 80
What female conductor of the Underground Railroad was known as “Black Moses”?

34. Underground Railroad - 100
Explain the usage of the terms “underground” & “railroad”.
Points * 4

35. Final Jeopardy Category
Praise!

36. Explain the concept of an “invisible church” as it applied to slave life.

37. Final Jeopardy Category
Making it big!

38. What did Lincoln mean with the quote, “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free”?