Question 1
Which legislative effort attempted to balance the power between free and slave states?
Question 2
What was the outcome of the 1860 Presidential Election that triggered southern secession?
Question 3
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the focus of the Civil War?
Question 4
What publication highlighted the horrors of slavery and influenced public opinion in the North?
Question 5
What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Question 6
What was Lincoln's primary goal at the beginning of the Civil War?
Question 7
Which battle demonstrated the inexperience of both the Union and Confederate troops early in the war?
Question 8
What event marked the beginning of the American Civil War?
Question 9
Which invention by Eli Whitney is credited with expanding slavery in the South?
Question 10
Which new political party did Abraham Lincoln represent, which was viewed as anti-slavery by Southern Democrats?
Question 11
What was the Confederate strategy at the start of the Civil War?
Question 12
Which act led to 'Bleeding Kansas,' escalating tensions between pro- and anti-slavery factions?
Question 13
What career did Lincoln pursue before entering politics?
Question 14
Which Union military strategy involved taking control of the Mississippi River?
Question 15
Who attempted to incite a slave uprising through a raid at Harper's Ferry?