1 / 73

American Border Bedlam Trivia

Test your knowledge of American history with trivia questions on border disputes, political parties, and historical laws. Challenge your friends and win! Questions are group-reviewed. Fun and educational!

caudill
Download Presentation

American Border Bedlam Trivia

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Period V-pub style trivia Questions will be given and reviewed in groups of 10 Highest score wins Four Categories Border Bedlam, Pick your President/Party, Laws and Effect

  2. Border Bedlam

  3. Q.1 • The Mexican American war was instigated in part to achieve the Texan border at what river?

  4. Q.2 • This land was purchased in order to build a Southern Continental Railroad…it never actually gets used though

  5. Q.3 • This treaty ended the Mexican American was and granted the US land in California, New Mexico, as well as parts of Colorado and Utah.

  6. Q.4 • The borders of this country were opened for trade by the US Navy (lead by Commodore Mathew Perry)

  7. Q5 • The “borders” were opened between the US and what two countries who contributed the most to US immigration during this time?

  8. Q 6 • True or False migration to Oregon preceded its annexation as a state

  9. Q7 • This 3rd Party ran as a coalition of Democratic and Whig forces who opposed the spread of slavery into territory gained from Mexico

  10. Q8 • What court cased called into question the usefulness of boundaries in determining the status of free vs. enslaved.

  11. Q9 • Bedlam is an apt word to describe the situation in Kansas in the 1850’s as disputed elections led to two rival governments located in what cities.

  12. Q10 • Name 3 states that seceded prior to Lincolns call for troops

  13. A.1 • The Rio Grande

  14. A.2 • The Gadsden Purchase

  15. A3 • The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

  16. A4 • Japan

  17. A 5 • Ireland and Germany

  18. A 6 • True- Friendly relationships with Britain who also claimed the land allowed for peaceful settlement prior to resolving the territorial issues

  19. A7 • Free Soil Party

  20. A8 • Dred Scott vs. Sanford

  21. A9 • Lecompton and Topeka

  22. A10

  23. Pick your President/Party

  24. Q.1 1844-1848 Responsible for • Annexing Oregon • Annexing Texas • The Mexican American War • Annexing the entire Southwest

  25. Q. 2 • 1848 – 1850 • Mexican American War Hero known as “Old Rough and Ready” sought to block Henry Clay’s Compromise for political reasons, however he failed due to his own death. • Coincidentally will be the last Whig president elected.

  26. Q 3 • As nativist sentiment became more pronounced in the 1840s and 50s the “_________________” party enjoyed considerable success in both the North and the South

  27. Q4 • This party formed in 1854 in strong opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska act, in 1856 they ran their first presidential candidate _____________

  28. Q5 • 1852-1856 • 1856-1860 Give the name/party of both presidents that preceded the Civil War

  29. Q6 • This event occurring in multiple iterations in 1858 elevated the national discourse on popular sovereignty and Dred Scott. As well as making one politician a national rather than local figure.

  30. Q7 • During the Civil War pro-peace Northern Democrats were known by what pejorative name?

  31. Q8 • 1865-1869 • Initially an opponent of the planter elite, this president will later prove to be an ally during his phase of Reconstruction

  32. Q9 • Corruption plagued both Northern Government and Southern Reconstruction governments and under the 1870s administration it became so prevalent it began to be known by what presidential sounding moniker • 1870-1877

  33. Q10 This political offshoot, overtook National Politics in 1877 by promoting free trade, the gold standard, and ending reconstruction politics.

  34. A.1 • James K Polk

  35. A. 2 • Zachary Taylor

  36. A4 • Know Nothing Party

  37. A4 • The Republican Party, John C Fremont

  38. A4 • Franklin Pierce – Dem • James Buchanan – Dem

  39. A. 6 • Lincoln-Douglas debates

  40. A7 • Copperheads

  41. A8 • Andrew Johnson

  42. A9 • “Grantism”

  43. A10 • Liberal Republicans

  44. Laws and Effect

  45. Q1 • The most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850, and one of the few provisions that specifically benefited the South

  46. Q2 • A popular “What if” in history concerns the ____________ Compromise; which would have extended the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific and offered a constitutional amendment to protect slavery in the South.

  47. Q3 • This act established that paper money printed by the union during the Civil War would be accepted at any publicly owned institution

  48. Q4 The Laws that built up to the Emancipation Proclamation

  49. Q5 • Name a law to be veto’d by Andrew Johnson, and that was later override

  50. Q6 • Laws put in place under Presidential Reconstruction to try and subjugate Freedmen

More Related