Sectionalism and Civil War Scavenger Hunt

Missouri asks to be admitted to the Union as a slave state. Senator Henry Clay proposes a compromise that restores the balance by adding Maine as a free state. Compromise sets a line that bans slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the line with the exception of Missouri. Which event is this?

• Compromise of 1850

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Great Compromise

The Mexican Cession raised question of slavery expanding to the west. Compromise allows California to enter as a free state and allows popular sovereignty to decide if territories are slave or free. The compromise also bans the slave trade in Washington DC and creates the Fugitive Slave Act. Which event is this?

• Compromise of 1850

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Great Compromise

Two new territories are created when Stephen Douglas wants to build a railroad between San Francisco and Chicago. These territories, Kansas and Nebraska, will use popular sovereignty to decide if they are slave or free even though they were closed to slavery under the Missouri Compromise. Violence breaks out leading to "Bleeding Kansas". Which event is this?

• Dred Scott Decision

• Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

A slave sues to get his freedom after his owner takes him into a free territory. Supreme Court decides that African-Americans are not citizens and slaves are property, not people. The Constitution protects rights to property, therefore Congress can't limit where slavery can exist. It declares the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. Which event is this?

• Dred Scott Decision

• Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Four different candidates run for President in an election that divides the country. Abraham Lincoln wins without any southern votes. His election causes South Carolina and 6 other states to secede and form the Confederate States of America. Which event is this?

• Election of 1860

• Election of 1868

• Election of 1864

• Election of 1856

Lincoln is sworn in as the 16th President of the US on March 4, 1861. He delivers a speech saying his only goal is to preserve the Union and keep the country together without war. He promises not to end slavery where it already exists and says "we must be friends, not enemies." Which event is this?

• Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address

• Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

• Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address

• Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

Confederate forces fire on the Union fort located in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina on April 12, 1861 and force it to surrender, marking the beginning of the Civil War. Which event is this?

• Attack on Fort Sumter

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

After the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln frees all slaves in the rebelling states and allows African-Americans to join the Union Army. More than 180,000 volunteer and the focus of the war changes to ending slavery. Which event is this?

• Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address

• Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

• Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address

• Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

Confederate General Robert E. Lee decides to invade the North for a 2nd time in 1863. His army is defeated by the Union Army during a 3-day battle in Pennsylvania that marks a turning point in the war. After losing this battle, the Confederacy is forced to stay on defense for the rest of the Civil War. Which event is this?

• Raid on Harper's Ferry

• Attack on Fort Sumter

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

The Union army under General Ulysses S. Grant captures the last Confederate city on the Mississippi River in 1863. This victory gives the Union full control of the Mississippi River and divides the Confederacy in half, cutting off its supplies. Which event is this?

• Attack on Fort Sumter

• Siege of Vicksburg

• Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

• Battle of Gettysburg