Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader?

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

1,000,000 500,000 300,000 Vocabulary Notable Women Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 175,000 100,000 Quotes Laws 50,000 Notable Men Compromise 25,000 10,000 Places Dred Scott 5,000 2,000 Miscellaneous Who Proposed This? 1,000

Vocabulary Question • What is popular sovereignty?

Vocabulary Answer • A system in which the residents vote to decide an issue. Return

Notable Women Question • A slave who became a well-known “conductor” of the underground railroad.

Notable Women Answer • Harriet Tubman Return

Quotes Question • What did President Lincoln say when he met Harriet Beecher Stowe?

Quotes Answer • “So this is the little lady who made the big war?” Return

Laws Question • Name and briefly explain one provision of the Fugitive Slave Act.

Laws Answer • - slaves not entitled to jury trial. • - slaves not entitled to an attorney. • - slaves couldn’t testify on own behalf • - a statement by the slave owner was all that was required to have a slave returned. Return

Notable Men Question • Who coordinated the attack at Harper’s Ferry?

Notable Men Answer • John Brown Return

Compromise Question • What tactic did Stephen A. Douglas use to get the Compromise of 1850 approved?

Compromise Answer • He split “the package” into individual parts and got them approved one item at a time. Return

PlacesQuestion • Why did the abolitionists decide to attack Harper’s Ferry?

PlacesAnswer • They attacked at Harper’s Ferry to capture a federal arsenal. Return

Dred ScottQuestion • Why did Dred Scott think he should be granted his freedom?

Dred ScottAnswer • Because he had been living in a free territory for several years. Return

MiscellaneousQuestion • Name the Civil War era book that addressed slavery as a moral issue.

MiscellaneousAnswer • Uncle Tom’s Cabin Return

Who Proposed ThisQuestion Who proposed the idea to prohibit slavery in territory obtained from the war with Mexico?

Who Proposed ThisAnswer • David Wilmont, a lawyer from Pennsylvania Return

Final Question Here it comes…. Get Ready…….

Final Question • Name one incentive (positive or negative) that was offered to try to get the North to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law.

Final Answer • - $10 was offered for turning in a slave • - There was a $1,000 fine and/or prison time for helping a fugitive. slave Return

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