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

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?

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 great American who made out this test is

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 protege of Andrew Jackson (known as “Young Hickory”) who became President in 1845 and then started a war with Mexico in order to acquire California was:

The Italian explorer who accidentally “discovered” America in 1492 was

Which Kentucky senator took the leading role in arranging passage through Congress of the complicated series of  bills known as the Compromise of 1850?