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Originally, these were enacted in 1793, but in this case, we're talking about the ones enacted in 1850.
What are the Fugitive Slave Acts?
100
Who benefited from the Fugitive Slave Acts?
Who are slave owners?
100
Where did slaves escape to avoid being recaptured before the Fugitive Slave Acts?
Where is the north?
100
When a war erupted in Kansas, what was it called?
What is "Bleeding Kansas"?
100
Which president gave the famous speech named the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is Abraham Lincoln?
200
When was the Dred Scott trial?
When is 1857?
200
Who did not benefit from the Fugitive Slave Acts?
Who are slaves?
200
Where did slaves escape to avoid being recaptured after the Fugitive Slave Acts?
Where is Canada?
200
What party was the Republican Party founded from?
What is the Free Soil Party?
200
Who published Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
300
When did Virginia pass a law saying how slaves had to leave after one year of emancipation?
What is 1851?
300
Which former slave sued for his freedom? and lost?
Who is Dred Scott?
300
Where was the picture we showed you located, determining from context clues in the picture?
Where is Boston, Massachusetts?
300
What's the term for someone who wants to abolish slavery?
What is an abolitionist?
300
Who assassinated President Lincoln in 1865?
Who is John Wilkes-Booth?
400
When was the Republican Party founded?
When is 1856?
400
Which president was in office when the Fugitive Slave Acts?
Who is Millard Fillmore?
400
Which state said that slaves had to leave after a year of emancipation?
Where is Virginia?
400
What is another name for the Fugitive Slave Acts?
What is the Compromise of 1850?
400
Where was president Lincoln assassinated?
Where is Ford's Theater?
500
When was the exact date (Day, month, year) when South Carolina seceded from the Union?
When is December 20, 1860?
500
Which political party was the president at the time? HINT: It starts with a "W", and you can wear one of these.
What is the Whig Party?
500
Which state had the supreme court that ruled the Fugitive Slave Acts as unconstitutional?
What is Wisconsin?
500
Which state had the supreme court that ruled the Fugitive Slave Acts as unconstitutional?
What is Wisconsin?
500
When was Uncle Tom's Cabin published?
When is 1852?