CURRENT EVENTS
THE ELECTION OF 1860
U.S GOVERNMENT
PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA
100

The state that caused controversy over claiming slavery was 'beneficial'. 

What is Florida?

100

The political party that Lincoln was apart of.

What is the Republican Party? 

100

The length of one Senate term.

What is 6 years? 

100

This enslaved mans 11 year trial for freedom pushed us much closer to the Civil War.

Who was Dred Scott? 

200

The player who had Taylor Swift at his football game last Sunday. 

Who is Travis Kelce? 

200

The Democratic candidate in the 1860 election.

Who is Stephen A. Douglas? 

200

You have to be this old to run for president. 

What is 35? 

200

The man who wrote a letter of his concerns about the Missouri Compromise and was our 3rd president.

Who is Thomas Jefferson? 

300

The current president of Russia.

Who is Vladimir Putin? 

300

The few states that did not leave the Union but still had enslaved Americans. 

What are the 'border states'? 

300

The government created this security group after 9/11. 

What is TSA?

300

Harriet Tubmans original name. 


Who is Araminta Ross? 

400

The team the Patriots are playing on Sunday that Ms. Beck can't stand. 

Who are the Cowboys?

400

The form of government The South created after leaving The Union. 

What was The Confederacy? 

400

The Legislative Branch has the power to charge the Executive and Judicial branches. 

What is Impeachment? 

400

Eli Whitney invented this machine that helped prolong slavery in the U.S? 

What is the Cotton Gin? 

500

This will happen on Sunday if Congress cannot agree on a budget and it will freeze federal funds. 

What is a government shutdown? 

500

The group of people who were strongly against Slavery and pushed Lincoln to declare it morally wrong. 

Who were abolitionist? 

500

The body of people who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president. 

What is The Electoral College? 

500

Our first form of government before the Constitution.

What was The Articles of Confederation? 

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