Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote book that exposed the truth about Slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
100
What happened to Charles Sumner?
The senator was beaten because he gave an abolitionist speech over two days and he made a lot of people mad by name dropping.
100
Why did the south seceding cause the Civil War? (Double Jeopardy)
What is the separation weakened the nation and was the final straw that caused the Civil War
100
How did the Kansas-Nebraska act help cause the Civil War?
This law broke the compromise of 1820, which did not allow slaves above the 36-30 line. So many people thought that they could ignore the laws. (Trash Ball)
100
What was the effect of the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive slave act?
What is this law created deeper divisions in the north and the south because the north hated the law and the south supported the law
200
This president was elected in 1860 and then the south seceded
What is Abraham Lincoln
200
What is this event?
A famous abolitionist named John Brown led a raid that was unsuccessful and resulted in him being hanged. He was trying to get weapons, arm slaves, and start a Civil War.
What is Harpers Ferry
200
What is the election caused the south to secede
The election of Lincoln
200
Why did Uncle Tom's Cabin help cause the Civil War?
The book exposed the reality of slavery which caused shock in the north and anger in the south (Double Jeopardy)
200
What was the effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
More people became aware of what life as a slave was really like (Double Jeopardy)
300
This law was very controversial because it allowed people to take slaves that escaped to the north back to the south to their owners. (Double Jeopardy)
What is Fugitive Slave Act
300
Trash Ball Time - Double points
Trash ball
300
Why did Charles Sumner's beating cause the Civil War?
What is - his beating symbolized an end to compromise
(Trash Ball)
300
Why did the Fugitive Slave Act help cause the Civil War?
This law upset the north and increased abolitionism in the north because this law was inhumane and it took away any chances for slaves to become free in the north.
300
How did Lincoln's Election and the South seceding effect the nation?
What is
Lincoln's election caused the south to secede
The south seceding weakened the nation and caused the Civil War
400
What was the most controversial law of the Compromise of 1850
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
400
What did 11 states in the south do before the Civil War occurred?
They Seceded
400
How did the Dred Scott case cause the Civil War?
The Supreme Court's ruling (when Dred Scott was ruled to not be a citizen) divided the nation and increased abolitionism in the north
400
Why did the compromise of 1850 help cause the Civil War?
This compromise upset the north because this compromise allowed the fugitive slave act, which took away any chances for a slave to become free in the north
400
What was the effect of the Kansas-Nebraska act?
(Trash ball)
What is
This law caused bleeding Kansas, border ruffians to rush into Kansas
This law also caused people to ignore the law because it broke the compromise of 1820
500
What law did the Kansas Nebraska Act break when it allowed these territories to vote on slavery?
What is the Compromise of 1820
500
What were people the most upset about in the north when the ruling on the Dred Scott case?
What is the Supreme Court ruled that he was not a citizen
500
Why did John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry help cause the Civil War?
This raid made the south think that there would continue to be raids and the south started to prepare for war.
500
Trash Ball Time
What is Trash ball
500
What effect did John Brown's raid have on the nation?
John Brown was seen as a martyr in the north and a murderer in the south
The south also started to prepare for war