Road to the Civil War

The northern states developed this type of economy.

The southern states developed this type of economy.

I, Henry Clay, proposed this 1820 compromise, drawing a boundary between slave and free states in the new territories.

As president, I, Martin Van Buren, was reluctant to annex Texas as a state because of this issue?

The admission of California as a free state led to the need for this compromise.

This part of the Compromise of 1850 angered many Northerners.

I was an abolitionist author, orator, and former slave, known for elegant speeches. Who am I?

My book on the evils of slavery was a bestseller and helped turn public opinion in favor of abolition. Who am I?

What was the name of the book written by Harriett Becher Stowe?

In 1854 I, Stephen Douglas, introduced this act and the concept of popular sovereignty to deal with slavery in the new territories.