Who wrote a best-selling novel in 1852 about a slave being abused by his slave owner?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
100
What area did many slaves start running away to because the North was no longer a safe place to live?
Canada
100
What illegal action happened on Election Day in Kansas that affected the results of the election?
Thousands of People from Missouri came to Kansas and voted illegally.
100
Name the 3 out of the 8 original Reindeer.
Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Dasher, Prancer, Vixen, Dancer, and Donner.
100
Get up and do your best impression of Mr. Russo.
Was it good?
200
What was the name of this best-selling book?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
200
Which Illinois senator came up with an idea to make money for his state by building a railroad going west?
Stephen Douglas
200
After the election, there were two governments ruling the same area. Violence broke out between pro-slavery and
anti-slavery settlers. What nickname was given to this area because it was so violent?
Bleeding Kansas
200
What is Santa Claus' religious name?
St. Nick
200
Get up and do your best impression of Mr. Essman.
Was it good?
300
What is the purpose of propaganda?
"to urge you to do something" / "to make you feel a certain way about a topic" / "to get you to join a certain side of a debate"
300
What was the name of the two territories that Senator Stephen Douglas wanted to create? (they eventually became states).
Kansas and Nebraska
300
Did Kansas become a slave state or free state after the illegal election?
Slave state
300
How many points does a traditional snowflake have?
6
300
Tell your best appropriate joke.
If at least half the class laughs, you get the points.
400
We learned in class that in order for the Compromise of 1850 to become a law, it has to pass through three main groups/people. What is the final group/person that can sign the compromise to make it a law?
The president
400
What was the process in which Kansas and Nebraska was going to decide whether they were a slave or free state?(The process where the people decide)
Popular Soveignty
400
Which of the following people traveled from the North to Kansas to attack proslavery settlers? (5 proslavery people ended up dying). This action ended up igniting even more violence.
a)Stephen Douglas b) John Brown
c)Harriet Beecher Stowe d) John Calhoun
John Brown
400
What was the name of the animated Christmas movie featuring a train ride to the North Pole?
Polar Express
400
Sing your favorite Christmas carol for 20 seconds.
If you do it, you get the points
500
What did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 forced Northerners to do?
Turn in runaway slaves to Southern slave owners.
500
What Compromise canceled out the Missouri Compromise?(States now were going to be slave or free based on the people's vote rather than a random line drawn across the country)
The Compromise of 1850
500
Fill in the blanks. Mr.______________ was recently married and Mr. ___________ wasn't invited.
Essman / Russo
500
How do you say Merry Christmas in Spanish?
Feliz Navidad
500
You and two people from other rows will tell their most appropriate embarrassing story. The best story voted on by me and Mr. Essman will get the points.
Eeeekkkkkkk....Whoever tells the best story gets the points.