The Fugitive Slave Act Jeopardy Template

Who	What	When	Where	Historical Significance
100 Southern Slaveholders Who wanted to pass the act?	100 Force runaway slaves to be returned to their owners What did the act do?	100 1850 When was the second Fugitive Slave Act passed?	100 The slave states Which states wanted the Fugitive Slave Act?	100 Protect Southern slaveowners from losing their slaves and protect Southern politicians What issue was the act supposed to solve?
200 All citizens, regardless of the state they lived in Who did the law apply to?	200 The Fugitive Slave Act What is the name of the act?	200 1864 When were the Fugitive Slave Acts repealed?	200 Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, Missouri, Delaware, and Maryland Name a slave state	200 Creation of the Personal Liberty Laws, criticism against the government, and expansion of the Underground Railroad How did the North react to the Fugitive Slave Act?
300 Henry Clay, John Calhoun, and Daniel Webster Who was one of the three men that proposed the Compromise of 1850?	300 Underground Railroad What secret system did people create to help the slaves escape (not laws)?	300 1793 When was the first Fugitive Slave Act passed?	300 Maine, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, or Wisconsin Name a free state	300 The Civil War and heightened tensions between the North and South What was the Fugitive Slave Act a cause of?
400 Senator James M. Mason Who was the senator from Virginia?	400 Personal Liberty Laws What were the laws called that the northern states created to protect escaped slaves and non-slaves?	400 1861 When did the Civil War start?	400 Virginia Where did the act first begin to gain traction due to James Mason?	400 Gave the people accused of being escaped slaves a trial with a jury in the North What did the Personal Liberty Laws do?
500 Millard Fillmore Who was the president at the time?	500 Compromise of 1850 The Fugitive Slave Act is one of the five laws passed in the _______	500 1865 When did the Civil War end?	500 If it was above or below the latitude 36° 30' N What decided if a state was a slave state or not?	500 The Federal Commissioners were paid more money for bringing a slave back to their owner than for freeing them (even if they were never a slave in the first place) What about the Fugitive Slave Act was biased?

The Fugitive Slave Act

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