Timeline #2

Question 1

Who said, ‘Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.’?

Answer 1

Frederick Douglass

Question 2

What did Abraham Lincoln say to Harriet Beecher Stowe upon their meeting?

Answer 2

‘So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.’

Question 3

What years did the Mexican-American War take place?

Answer 3

1846-48

Question 4

What significant event began in 1849?

Answer 4

California Gold Rush

Question 5

What was established in 1850?

Answer 5

Compromise of 1850

Question 6

What legislation was enacted in 1854?

Answer 6

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 7

Fill in the blank: The _______ was a significant conflict from 1846 to 1848.

Answer 7

Mexican-American War

Question 8

Fill in the blank: The _______ is known for the discovery of gold that led to a massive influx of settlers in California.

Answer 8

California Gold Rush

Question 9

True or False: The Compromise of 1850 was a series of laws aimed at resolving tensions between free and slave states.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True or False: The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed in 1864.

Answer 10

False