In 1798, Congress passed a Sedition Act, which made it punishable by fine or by imprisonment to publicly criticize Congress or the President (despite the obvious contradiction of the First Amendment to the Constitution). Which President signed this odious legislation into law?

English colonists developed the concept of “no taxation without representation” in opposition to the:

The southern movement to secede from the Union began about a month after this man won the presidency, despite receiving no electoral votes from any of the slave states.  He was:

The capital city of the Confederacy was originally Montgomery, Alabama.. But after four upper South states joined the seven original Confederate states from the Deep South, the capital was moved to this city, where it remained until the end of the war.  What city was this?

Toussaint L’Overture was:

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 made the war a war to end slavery in addition to the original Union goal, which was to:

The one and only President of the Confederate States of America was:

The 1781 battle in Virginia, which became the last battle of the Revolutionary War, was fought at:

The highest-ranking American general in the war against Mexico (nicknamed “Old Fuss and Feathers”) completed his successful military campaign by fighting his way from the Mexican gulf coast to Mexico City, forcing a Mexican surrender.  Who was he?

The best 19th century example of an internal development (infrastructure) project that ultimately had tremendous economic impact was the Erie Canal (completed in 1824).  This canal helped turn which American city into the country’s most important port city?