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- The Compromise of 1850 received a setback when President Zachary Taylor died before Clay's bill passed.
- According to the chart above, which of the following statements is accurate about the time period from 1790 to 1850
- Most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad.
- According to the map above, which was the next state after South Carolina to secede from the Union?
- According to the above chart, the ________ is the oldest U.S. political party that held influence during the 1850s.
- According to the time line, _________ during the period of time between 1848 and 1860 as a reaction to the growing slavery controversy in the territories.
- From reading this quotation by Lincoln, you can infer that the "Know-Nothings" were opposed to ______________.
- Southern States seceding from the Union
- According to this passage, thousands of people left for the gold mines of California for many reasons. Which of the following would NOT be considered a reason why people were willing to risk a hazardous overland trip to California.
- the _________ might have been supported by the Free Soil Party.
- Date of Declaration of Independence Adoption
- Refer to the time line above. As a way of helping the anti-slavery cause, which Underground Railroad activist personally brought enslaved persons to freedom, rather than supporting the cause by harboring them in her home.
- Crittenden Compromise proposed to extend the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific Ocean.
- The Fugitive Slave Act required ordinary citizens to help capture runaways.
- Why can it be said that the Battle of Antietam was a defeat for both sides?
- At the beginning of the Civil War, the greatest weakness of the North was
- After his victory in Chattanooga, __________ was promoted to the Commanding General of the Armies for the Union.
- The Union's overall strategic plan for winning the war involved all of the following EXCEPT:
- Which of the following battles occurred between Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Grant's Army of the Potomac?
- Which of the following men was the president of the Confederate States of America?