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What tragic event is mentioned in the video that happen in Washington D.C.?
Plane Crash
Which volcano is mentioned as the most active on Earth?
Kilauea
Who were the individuals who secretly transported runaway slaves to freedom in the Northern states or Canada?
Conductors
In 1858 Illinois Republicans chose who to run for the U.S. Senate against Douglas, the Democratic incumbent.
Abraham Lincoln
Kansas did not become a state until what year?
1861
Ahmad al-Sharra was the interim leader in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad?
Syria
What does the term "vog" refer to in relation to volcanic activity?
A hazy air pollutant
What state became the first battleground between those favoring the extension of slavery and those opposing it?
Kansas
To gain wide support in the 1856 campaign, Republicans nominated who? A famous Western explorer.
John C. Frémont
Abraham Lincoln was a member of what party?
Republican
How many people were believed to have lost their lives in the plane crash?
67 People
According to UNICEF, how many children are not going to school inside Syria?
2 million
Lewis Cass, a senator from which state proposed that the citizens of each new territory should decide whether to permit slavery, an idea that came to be called popular sovereignty?
Michigan
In the 1856 President election the Democrats nominated who?
James Buchanan.
Who developed a plan to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
What amount is estimated for the destruction that will take decades to rebuild in Syria?
250 Billion
How many museums did Ben Melum visit in 12 hours to break the Guinness World Record?
42
At first, Congress did not pass Clay’s bill, in part because who opposed it?
Zachary Taylor
Hoping to attract the vote of former Whigs, the remaining delegates then chose former president who to represent the American Party?
Millard Fillmore
In 1858 Illinois Republicans chose Abraham Lincoln to run for the U.S. Senate against who, the Democratic incumbent?
Stephen Douglas
What has the new transitional government in Syria been authorized to do?
Create and enact a Constitution
What did NASA scientists discover on the asteroid Bennu?
The Building Blocks of Life
The personal experience influenced Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom's Cabin while she was a slave in what state?
Ohio
Who was an enslaved man whose Missouri slaveholder had taken him to live in free territory and then returned with who to Missouri.
Dred Scott
Who was the Georgia Senator who said, "Defend yourselves! The enemy is at your door."
Robert Toombs