Trivia: What major event caused Lincoln to reenter politics in 1854?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Election of James Buchanan
Mexican-American War
The correct answer is Kansas-Nebraska Act
So why is this answer correct? : In 1820, the Missouri Compromise banned slavery in all future states on Louisiana Purchase land north of the 36th parallel. But in 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act effectively repealed the compromise, leaving citizens of each state to decide the issue of slavery for themselves. Lincoln had gone back to practicing law by that time, but he reentered politics after the act passed. “I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again,” he wrote years later.