| Question | Answer |
| Compromise of 1850 allowed 1 more free state than slave state into the Union. | none
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Compromise of 1850 also created a very harsh Fugitive Slave Act, forcing Northerners to report and return runaway slaves the South. | none
| The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plains | none
| Tensions over slavery led to issues like the Compromise of 1850, the creation of the Free-soil Party and the Fugitive Slave Act. | none
| Uncle Tom’s Cabin became a driving force in the expansion of the the Abolitionist Movement. | none
| Kansas-Nebraska Act used the idea of popular sovereignty to decide if slavery would exist in new states. | none
| Did you know Coca-Cola used to be the color green? | none
| Pro- and Anti-slavery settlers flooded into Kansas territory where tempers erupted into violence in what was known as Bleeding Kansas. | none
| Famed Anti-slavery senator Charles Sumner was beaten by Preston Brooks with a cane on the Senate Floor after comments he made. | none
| FYI-cattle can be led upstairs, but never downstairs | none
| The new Republican Party was formed as an Anti-slavery challenger to Southern Democrats. | none
| Dred Scott SCOTUS decision claimed that no African-Americans could be considered citizens of the the U.S. | none
| More money is printed everyday for Monopoly than the US Treasury | none
| Abraham Lincoln emerged as a legitimate politician after his debates with Stephen Douglas. | none
| John Brown and a small group seized weapons from a federal armory in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia in hopes of starting a slave uprising. | none
| John Brown was convicted of murder and treason for his actions and condemned to death. | none
| Southerners feared a “John Brown the second” to which a South Carolina newspaper stated “the sooner we get out of the Union, the better”. | none
| Did you know the US government owns 1 of every 3 acres in the United States | none
| Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, signalling a major backlash from Southern states. | none
| South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union after Lincoln’s election. | none
| South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi joined together to form the Confederate States of America. | none
| There is only one bird that can fly backwards: the Hummingbird | none
| Jefferson Davis became the Confederate president. | none |
