The Antebellum Period Scavenger Hunt
The Underground Railroad
1) Who was the main person who led slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad?
2) During which years did the Underground Railroad flourish?
3) Why was the Fugitive Slave Act a disaster for Free-Blacks of the North?
William Lloyd Garrison
1) What was the name of Garrison's anti-slavery newspaper?
2) In the Liberator, what did Garrison advocate?
3) What famous United States document did Garrison believe to pro-slavery?
Compromise of 1850
1) Which member of Congress developed the Compromise of 1850?
2) What was the most controversial bill that made up the Compromise of 1850?
3) What did the Compromise of 1850 accomplish?
Missouri Compromise
1) According to the Missouri Compromise, which state would enter Union as a Slave State?
Free State?
2) Where would the line be drawn separating the slave states from the free states?
3) What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
Kansas - Nebraska Act
1) Under the Kansas - Nebraska Act, who would decide if slavery would be allowed in the
territories of Kansas and Nebraska?
2) How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act violate the Missouri Compromise?
3) What was the nickname given to the violence led by John Brown that erupted in the Kansas
Territory?
Sumner - Brooks Incident
1) What controversial law was the main reason for the Sumner - Brooks Incident?
2) Why did Preston Brooks attack Charles Sumner?
3) What did Brooks use to attack Senator Sumner?
John Brown
1) On October 16, 1859, John Brown and 21 other men attacked which location in Virginia?
2) Who did John Brown hope would join his fight?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1) Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
2) What picture of slavery did “Uncle Tom’s Cabin paint?
3) What did President Lincoln say to Stowe when they were introduced in 1862?
Harriet Tubman
1) What is Harriet Tubman most remembered for?
2) How many slaves was she said to have freed?
3) What was Tubman's nickname?
4) What was Harriet Tubman’s duties during the Civil War?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
1) Why did Dred Scott believe that he was free?
2) What did the Supreme Court decide about Scott's case?
The Election of 1860
1) Who were the main candidates for the Election of 1860?
North –
South –
2) Who won the election?
3) What was South Carolina’s reaction to the election of 1860?
The Confederate States of America
1) What were the three reasons that the South gave for leaving the Union?
2) Which state was the first to secede?
3) Which states joined the Confederacy?
4) Who was chosen to be President of the Confederacy?