2. Nineteenth Century Jeopardy Mr. Clarke

3. StudentsTeachers Game Board Early 1800s Civil War ReconstructionWest Grab Bag 100 200 300 400 500 Let’s Play Final Challenge

4. StudentsTeachers Game Board What did Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton have in common? 100 Both were women’s rights activists who planned the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 Early 1800s for 100

5. StudentsTeachers Game Board Name two pieces of advice that George Washington gave in his farewell address? 200 U.S. should avoid entangling alliances with European countries. Political parties were ruinous to the nation. Early 1800s for 200

6. StudentsTeachers Game Board What did Dorothea Dix and Horace Mann have in common? 300 Both were early 1800s century reformers. Dix worked on prison and asylum reform. Mann encouraged the states to provide free public education. Early 1800sfor 300

7. StudentsTeachers Game Board List two factors that led to the U.S. War with Mexico. 400 1.Manifest Destiny: U.S. though it had a God-given right to expand to Pacific 2.Border dispute with Mexico Early 1800s for 400

8. StudentsTeachers Game Board List two parts of Alexander Hamilton’s economic plans. 500 1.Create a national bank 2.Raise tariffs to promote manufacturing 3.Have the Federal government take on the states’ Revolutionary War debts Early 1800sfor 500

9. StudentsTeachers Game Board What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 do? 100 Maine admitted as a free state. Missouri admitted as a slave state. Slavery prohibited in territories north of 36°30’ line. Civil War for 100

10. StudentsTeachers Game Board Compare the societies and economies of the northern and southern sections of the nation. 200 North Beginning to industrialize. Free wage labor. South Plantation system Slave labor Cotton = #1 Export Civil War for 200

11. StudentsTeachers Game Board Name 3 parts of the Compromise of 1850. 300 1.CA admitted as free state 2.Popular sovereignty to decide slavery in NM and UT 3.Slave trade (but not slavery) abolished in Washington, D.C. 4.Fugitive Slave Act: North must capture & return runaway slaves Civil War for 300

12. StudentsTeachers Game Board How did the Kansas-Nebraska act only increase tensions over slavery? 400 The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed both states to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty. Abolitionists mad because it undoes the MO Compromise. Bleeding KS: Violence between abolitionists and slave holders Civil War for 400

13. StudentsTeachers Game Board What event pushed the first southern states to secede? Why? 500 The Election of 1860 Lincoln, an abolitionist, was elected in a four-way election without a single electoral vote from a southern state. Civil War for 500

14. StudentsTeachers Game Board What did southerners call a northerners who moved south in order to participate in Reconstruction? 100 A Carpetbagger Reconstruction for 100

15. StudentsTeachers Game Board Describe one similarity between Lincoln and Johnson’s Reconstruction plans? 200 Both wanted to go easy on the South in order to heal the nation. Both believed the South had not seceded (and hence did not have to be re- admitted by Congress) Liberally issued pardons to southerners Reconstruction for 200

16. StudentsTeachers Game Board How did the Radical Republican plan for Reconstruction differ from Johnson’s plan? (Give two examples) 300 Radical Republicans believed states had left Union and needed to be re-admitted by Congress Congress wanted to punish confederacy Congress required states to ratify 14th and 15th Amendments Congress divided South into military districts Congress did not allow former Confederates to vote or hold office Congress created Freedmen’s Bureau Congress required a 50% loyalty oath in South Reconstruction for 300

17. StudentsTeachers Game Board Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached? 400 IMMEDIATE REASON Johnson violated tenure of office act by firing his Sec. of War. UDERLYING REASONS Radical Republicans disliked Johnson because he was too easy on the South Congress wanted to take control of Reconstruction from the President Reconstruction for 400

18. StudentsTeachers Game Board Why did Reconstruction end? 500 Reconstruction ended with the election of 1876. Democratic candidate Tilden won the popular vote, but Republican Hayes disputed the electoral vote. The compromise did the following: Compromise of 1877 -Democrats agreed to allow Hayes to be President -Republicans agreed to end military Reconstruction in the South Reconstruction for 500

19. StudentsTeachers Game Board How did the Federal government encourage the construction of the first transcontinental railroad? 100 They provided two competing companies with subsidies and free land for every mile of track they could build. West for 100

20. StudentsTeachers Game Board What was the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians called? 200 The Trail of Tears West for 200

21. StudentsTeachers Game Board What was the main purpose of the Dawes Act? 300 To force Native Americans to assimilate by breaking up tribal holdings and giving them individual land titles instead. West for 300

22. StudentsTeachers Game Board What law offered free land on the Great Plains for settlers who would occupy it for 5 years and improve it? 400 The Homestead Act West for 400

23. StudentsTeachers Game Board What factors encouraged the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act? 500 Nativist (anti-immigrant feelings) that stemmed from the perception that Chinese immigrants were undercutting white workers’ wages and causing higher unemployment. West for 500

24. StudentsTeachers Game Board Which President first used the spoils system to reward his supporters with jobs in the federal government? 100 Andrew Jackson Grab Bag for 100

25. StudentsTeachers Game Board In what case did the Supreme Court rule that a loose construction of the Constitution based on the elastic clause justified the creation of the first national bank? 200 McCulloch v. Maryland Grab Bag for 200

26. StudentsTeachers Game Board Name one strength of both the North and the South at the start of the Civil War. 300 North Larger population More industrialized More railroads Better economy South Better Generals Possibility of an Alliance w/ GB Grab Bag for 300

27. StudentsTeachers Game Board How did Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation change the purpose of the war in the eyes of many Northerners. 400 At first Lincoln claimed the Civil War was a war for the preservation of the Union. After the Emancipation Proclamation, many thought it was a war to end slavery. Grab Bag for 400

28. StudentsTeachers Game Board What two battles are widely considered to be the turning points of the Civil War? 500 Gettysburg AND Vicksburg Grab Bag for 500

29. StudentsTeachers Game Board Write Your Final Challenge Wager What factors were most responsible for causing the Civil War? (Name at least 3) Final Challenge End Game TIME’S UP! TIME’S UP! Sectionalism States’ Rights vs. Strong Federal Power Slavery Inability to Compromise Further

30. “Excellent Game!” Mr. Clarke

31. Double Score DOUBLE SCORE!