#1
Which event marked the beginning of political tensions between the North and South in the 19th century United States?
#2
Who was the President of the United States during the Compromise of 1850?
#3
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?
#4
Who delivered the famous 'House Divided' speech in 1858, emphasizing the growing divide over the issue of slavery?
#5
Who was the president of the United States at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861?
#6
Which political party emerged in the 1850s as a response to the tensions surrounding slavery?
#7
Who authored the book 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' which had a significant impact on increasing tensions over slavery?
#8
What was the primary objective of the Wilmot Proviso, proposed in 1846?
#9
Which legislation repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed settlers in the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide on the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty?
#10
Which political party emerged in the 1850s as a pro-slavery faction, advocating for the expansion of slavery into new territories?
#11
Which event led to the outbreak of the Civil War, ultimately resolving some of the political tensions of the 19th century?
#12
Which Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, were not citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court?
#13
What was the main objective of the Crittenden Compromise proposed in 1860?
#14
Which legislative act allowed for the admission of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state, maintaining the balance between free and slave states in Congress?
#15