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100
He led the attack on Harpers Ferry, Virginia
John Brown
100
The violence in the Kansas territory was called Bleeding Kansas
True
100
When asked what they believe, this group would answer with "I know nothing"
The American Party
100
The law established the Kansas Territory and would potentially allow it to have slavery
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
100
Name a famous drummer
Sounds good to me!
200
He is usually considered our worst president by historians
James Buchanan
200
Dred Scott was famously granted his freedom by the Supreme Court in 1857
False
200
These secret groups helped slaves escape from the Upper South to the North
The Underground Railroad
200
This book enraged southerners, who saw it as an attack on their way of life
Uncle Tom's Cabin
200
What is this a map of?
The Mongol Empire
300
He was brutally beaten for his speech, "The Crime Against Kansas"
Charles Sumner
300
Charles Sumner never returned to Congress after being beaten by Preston Brooks
False
300
Southerners almost all belonged to this political party, that sought to continue and advance slavery
The Democratic Party
300
This term is defined as: Letting a group of people decide something for themselves. In this case, slavery
Popular Sovereignty
300
What is the missing number in this sequence?
3, 9, 21, ___, 63
39
Its adding multiples of 6:
6, 12, 18, 24, etc
400
He ran for Governor of Illinois in 1858 but ended up losing
Abraham Lincoln
400
The Republican Party was formed by anti-slavery Whigs after the party's collapse
True
400
Abraham Lincoln would eventually be the first President from which political party?
The Republicans
400
He was the first Republican presidential candidate in 1856
John Freemont
400
What popular band from the 90s famously hated their most successful song and refused to ever play it live
Nirvana
500
She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
500
The Underground Railroad was a system of concealed railroads helping slaves esacpe
False, the name is a metaphor, there's no trains
500
The Know-Nothings were generally anti-what?
Immigration
500
These TWO people were asked to help John Brown attack Harper's Ferry, but declined
Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman
500
What fake language is this?
Elvish (Lord of the Rings)