10 Questions
What did Zachary Taylor believe was more important than the expansion of slavery?
Preserving the unity of the nation
Who supported the idea of popular sovereignty in the territories?
Lewis Cass
Who became president after Zachary Taylor's death?
Millard Fillmore
Which former president supported excluding slavery from the territories?
Martin Van Buren
What created a division of free and slave states at the 36 30’ line?
Missouri Compromise
What was the impact of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
It facilitated the capture and return of runaway slaves to their Southern owners.
What significant political consequence arose from the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The creation of the Republican Party by members of Free Soil, Whig, and Democratic Parties.
What was one part of the Compromise of 1850 that benefited the South?
Popular Sovereignty used to decide on slavery in Kansas and Nebraska territories
What did Uncle Tom's Cabin achieve as a significant anti-slavery tool?
It made northerners and Europeans view all slave owners as inhuman.
What was a part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act that benefited the North?
Southern support for a northern transcontinental railroad.
Test your knowledge of the events and key figures that led to the Civil War in the United States, including the positions of political figures on slavery expansion and popular sovereignty in the territories.
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