Pre-Civil War Jeopardy Game Night - Test Your Knowledge!
Engage in a fun and educational Pre-Civil War Jeopardy game night featuring categories like Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad, Politics, and N & S Compromises. Follow the rules, keep scores, and challenge your knowledge of historical events. Enjoy a competitive yet meaningful learning experience with your teammates as you explore important topics from the pre-Civil War era.
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Pre-Civil War Jeopardy
Some Examples This person teaches 7thgrade Language Arts at Anthem School. Who is Mrs. Sprague? This has 13 stripes and 50 stars. What is the American flag? This team lost to the Colts yesterday and is no longer undefeated. Who are the Denver Broncos?
The Rules Each team needs one person to keep score Each person will participate (so pay attention) You may choose a teammate to help you answer. If you choose a teammate they cannot answer another question Be attentive and respectful when other people are giving answers Use your daily questions and assignments to help you This is for your enjoyment and benefit, please keep it meaningful and fun
Jeopardy Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad Politics N & S Compromises $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 Double Jeopardy $500 $500
Politics $100 This is how slave-owners viewed their slaves. What is property?
Politics $200 This candidate became president in 1860. Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Politics $300 Stephen A. Douglas & Abraham Lincoln debated this issue while running to become senator from Illinois in 1858. What is the expansion of slavery?
Politics $400 Stephen A. Douglas believed this was the best way to solve slavery. What is popular sovereignty?
Politics $500 Daily Double!! You may bet up to $2000 You may not pass & will lose your bet if incorrect Popular sovereignty & protecting slavery divided these two political parties during the presidential election of 1860. What are Northern & Southern Democrats?
N & S $100 This is feeling more loyal to your region of the country instead of the nation as a whole. What is sectionalism?
N & S $200 This region of the country was sectionalist before the Civil War. What is the South?
N & S $300 The North & South agreed on this before the Civil War. What is nothing?
N & S $400 This section of the country traded heavily with Europe. In order to survive, it depended on slaves, cotton, and low tariffs. What is the South?
N & S $500 The words immigrants, manufacturing, industry, and trade best describe this section s economy. What is the North?
Compromises $100 Compromises were created to solve this issue before the Civil War. What is slavery?
Compromises $200 After the Missouri Compromise there were the same number of free states & slave states. These three words describe this effect. What is balance of power?
Compromises $300 This state became free because of the Compromise of 1850. What is California?
Compromises $400 This law helped slave-owners recapture their runaways & encouraged the South to agree to the Compromise of 1850. What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Compromises $500 The Kansas-Nebraska Act used these two words to decide slavery in territories. What is popular sovereignty?
Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad $100 These people tried to help end slavery. They were sometimes conductors on the Underground Railroad. Who are abolitionists?
Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad $200 This was a series of safehouses slaves used to escape from the South to the North. What is the Underground Railroad?
Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad $300 Southerners claimed this popular Northern book, published in 1852, falsely criticized the South and slavery. What was Uncle Tom s Cabin?
Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad $400 This is why John Brown raided Harpers Ferry in 1859. What is inspire slaves to fight for their freedom or start slave revolt/rebellion?
Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad $500 This Supreme Court case stated the Constitution protected slavery & implied African-Americans were not US citizens. What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
Double Jeopardy Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad Politics N & S Compromises $800 $800 $800 $800 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000 Final Jeopardy
Politics $800 This candidate did not believe slavery should be abolished. However, he thought slavery should be limited to where it already existed and not be expanded. Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Politics $1000 After Abraham Lincoln became president in 1860 7 southern states seceded. They gave these two reasons for their action. What are states rights & thinking Lincoln would abolish slavery?
N & S $800 These divided the nation because trading for European goods cost more cotton than before. What are protective tariffs?
N & S $1000 Southerners viewed John Brown as a traitor after he raided Harpers Ferry in 1859. Abolitionists saw him as this. What is a hero or martyr?
Compromises $800 Daily Double!! You may bet up to $4000 You may not pass & will lose your bet if incorrect A mini-Civil War started in Kansas over slavery after this happened. So much blood was shed the territory came to be known as Bleeding Kansas . What is 5,000 Missourians illegally voted?
Compromises $1000 Daily Double!! You may bet up to $4000 You may not pass & will lose your bet if incorrect According to the Fugitive Slave Act, anyone helping slaves escape could be fined or jailed. These punishments created this moral dilemma for Northerners. What is obey the law & support slavery or break the law & oppose slavery?
Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad $800 These told slaves about the Underground Railroad. Follow the Drinking Gourd was code for slaves to follow the Big Dipper North to freedom. What are spirituals?
Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad $1000 A slave traveling on the Underground Railroad knew a safe house was nearby if he/she saw a white man grasping his ear as they passed each other, a hitching post shaped like a slave holding a lantern, a lantern in the window, or received one of these. What are secret handshakes?
