Question

Question
Which legislation was passed to preserve the Union before the Civil War began?
Responses

the Dred Scott decision
the Dred Scott decision

the Fifteenth Amendment
the Fifteenth Amendment

the Compromise of 1850
the Compromise of 1850

the Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 1

The legislation passed to preserve the Union before the Civil War began was **the Compromise of 1850**. This series of laws was intended to address the tensions between slave and free states and helped to delay the outbreak of the Civil War.