Before the War
A very popular job in the south before the War.
What is: Farming
Who lead a raid on Harpers Ferry in a failed attempt at a slave uprising?
What Compromise made Missouri a slave state and established a line clearly showing slave states and free states?
What is: The compromise of 1820 or The Missouri compromise.
What was the Missouri Compromise and why was it important?
The Missouri Compromise was important because it decided which states could have slavery.
What was the Civil War and why did it happen?
The Civil War was a war between the Northern states (Union) and the Southern states (Confederacy) over issues slavery and economic differences.
How the Geography of the south contribute to slavery.
What is: It was much more farm oriented forcing southerners to need more workers.
Who was the former slave who escaped and lived in the north as a respected writer?
What is: Fredrick Douglass
(After Civil War)What big change happened in 1861 when some Southern states left the United States? What did they call themselves?
Some Southern states left the United States and formed the Confederate States of America.
What was the Dred Scott decision and why was it important? What did it say about enslaved people in the United States?
The Dred Scott decision was important because it said that enslaved people were property and could not sue in court.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act and why did some people in the North not like it?
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved people to escape to free states and Canada.
How some slaves resist their owners.
What is: Some slaves resisted their owners by running away, breaking tools, or pretending to be sick.
Who found the first sign of gold in California and when?
What is: James W Marshall, 1848.
(DOUBLE JEOPARDY)What big change happened in 1870 when the 15th Amendment was added to the Constitution?
The 15th Amendment was added to the Constitution in 1870, which said that voting rights could not be denied based on race.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation and why was it important? What did it say about slavery during the Civil War?
The Emancipation Proclamation was important because it declared that all slaves in Confederate-held territory were to be set free.
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act say about slavery in new territories?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery.
Some people in the North not like slavery even though they didn't have slaves(Involving the Government).
What is: They disagreed on how much power the federal government should have compared to states.
Who wrote Uncle tom's Cabin Exposing the north to the horrors of slavery?
What is: The abolitionist movement
What was the Compromise of 1850 and why was it important? What did it say about slavery in new territories?
Answer: The Compromise of 1850 was important because it decided how new territories would become states and whether or not they could have slavery.
(DOUBLE JEOPARDY) What was the most bloody battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
(NEGATIVE JEOPARDY) What was the Final nail in the coffin that made the South Leave.
Abraham Lincoln's Election.
Who was Sojourner Truth and what did she do to fight against slavery?
Sojourner Truth was an African American woman who fought against slavery and for women's rights.
(After Civil war) What was Reconstruction and why was it important? What did it try to do for the Southern states after the Civil War?
Reconstruction was important because it tried to help the Southern states rebuild after the Civil War and give rights freed slaves. It also tried to bring the Confederate states back into the Union.
What is the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
This treaty ended the Mexican-American war favoring America and giving us California
What was the last major stronghold on the Mississippi river?
Vicksburg