______________ was a proxy war between Northerners and Southerners over the issue of slavery in the United States.
Blackhawk Down
Bleeding Kansas
Civil War
War of 1812
2. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
*Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. It repealed the _______________ and reopened the question of slavery in the West
Missouri Compromise
Great Compromise
Adams-Onis Treaty
Constitution
3. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who was the most popular __________________________ of his day
Poet
Athlete
Journalist
Mayor
4. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote ____________________ and a biography of his friend Franklin Pierce amongnst other things.
The Scarlet Letter
Sleepy Hollow
Moby Dick
Little Women
5. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
What number President was Abraham Lincoln?
13
14
15
16
6. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Lincoln was the first president born in a state that was not one of the ___________
original group of colonists
original 13 States
original 16 States
original 18 States
7. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Lincoln's formal education consisted of about ____________________________ months of schooling
6
12
18
24
8. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Who wrote the Commentaries on the Laws of England?
Blackstone
Moses
Hooker
Locke
9. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
___________________ debates are considered the most famous political debates in American history.
Lincoln-Adams
Adams-Jefferson
Darby-Douglas
Lincoln-Douglas
10. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Abraham Lincoln was the first _________ president
Whig
Republican
Democrat
Barnburner
11. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
What number President was James Buchanan?
13
14
15
16
12. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
James Buchanan was an active _________________ during his lifetime.
Freemason
Quaker
Mormon
Burgess
13. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
1846 Oregon Treaty established the ________________ parallel as the northern boundary of the western U.S
42
49
54
108
14. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
The Dred Scott Decision held that the United States Congress had no authority to prohibit ______________ in federal territories
slavery
abortion
idolatry
bigamy
15. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
James Buchanan denied the legal right of states to secede but held that the Federal Government legally could not prevent them, and then watched silently as ___________________ was the first state to secede