Question 1

Match the term with the definition.
-1854 law that divided Indian Territory into Kansas and Nebraska, repealed the Missouri Compromise, and left the new territories to decide the issue of slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty. The measure led to bloody fighting in Kansas.

Accepted Answer

A)  "Bleeding Kansas"
B)  Compromise of 1850
C)  Confederate States of America
D)  Dred Scott decision
E)  free laborF) Fugitive Slave ActG) Kansas-Nebraska ActH) Lincoln-Douglas debatesI) popular sovereigntyJ) Republican PartyK) Uncle Tom's CabinL) Wilmot ProvisoM) C) and L)
N) G) and H)

Question 2

Which issue in the debate of 1849-50 led to the Compromise of 1850?

Accepted Answer

A)   The balance of power between the North and the South in Congress
B)   Whether or not the nation should engage in a civil war
C)   Stricter interstate commerce regulations
D)   Whether or not Congress should raise taxes on importsE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

Why did Republican John C. Frémont's showing in the presidential election of 1856 worry southerners?

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Question 4

Explain why southern Democrats walked out of the Democratic nominating convention in Charleston in 1860. What did this example of the Lower South Democrats "voting with their feet" say about the nation's sectional party configuration?

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Splinterin...

Question 5

Match the term with the definition.
-Enormously popular 1852 antislavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It helped to solidify northern sentiment against slavery and to confirm white southerners' sense that no sympathy remained for them in the free states.

Accepted Answer

A)  "Bleeding Kansas"
B)  Compromise of 1850
C)  Confederate States of America
D)  Dred Scott decision
E)  free laborF) Fugitive Slave ActG) Kansas-Nebraska ActH) Lincoln-Douglas debatesI) popular sovereigntyJ) Republican PartyK) Uncle Tom's CabinL) Wilmot ProvisoM) B) and G)
N) K) and L)

Question 6

Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)  influence northerners' attitudes toward slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)   It included scientific evidence of the effects of slavery on those enslaved.
B)   It put forth a stirring moral indictment of slavery.
C)   Stowe argued that the North was not responsible for the institution of slavery.
D)   It suggested that northerners should pay for slaves to be sent to Africa.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 7

What made Abraham Lincoln an attractive candidate for the Republican nomination?

Accepted Answer

A)   He supported high tariffs.
B)   He represented the crucial state of Illinois.
C)   His extreme racial views appealed to antislavery southerners.
D)   He was good friends with powerful Democrats.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Although morally opposed to slavery, Abraham Lincoln held the same opinion of African Americans as most white Americans did in the 1850s. Discuss how Lincoln was able to separate his personal feelings about African Americans from his convictions about slavery. How did he believe these views could keep the Union from breaking apart?

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Question 9

What did the Wilmot Proviso of 1846 propose?

Accepted Answer

A)   Slavery would be allowed to expand only into the area below the southern boundary of Missouri.
B)   Any slaves taken in the area ceded by Mexico would be freed at age twenty-eight.
C)   People living in the area ceded by Mexico could choose for themselves whether or not to permit slavery.
D)   Slavery would be prohibited throughout the entire area ceded by Mexico.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 10

What did the Supreme Court rule in its 1857 Dred Scott decision?

Accepted Answer

A)   Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States.
B)   The Missouri Compromise was constitutional.
C)   Slaves were free once they visited northern states.
D)   Congress had the power to prohibit slavery in the territories.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 11

Match the term with the definition.
-1857 Supreme Court decision that ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. The decision denied the federal government the right to exclude slavery in the territories and declared that African Americans were not citizens.

Accepted Answer

A)  "Bleeding Kansas"
B)  Compromise of 1850
C)  Confederate States of America
D)  Dred Scott decision
E)  free laborF) Fugitive Slave ActG) Kansas-Nebraska ActH) Lincoln-Douglas debatesI) popular sovereigntyJ) Republican PartyK) Uncle Tom's CabinL) Wilmot ProvisoM) B) and G)
N) F) and J)

Question 12

What was the relationship between westward expansion and slavery? How did the Mexican-American War contribute to the sectional conflict, and what compromises were created?

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Slavery an...

Question 13

According to Map 14.3: The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854, which modern-day state was reserved for Indian habitation in the mid-nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   Kansas
B)   Oklahoma
C)   Colorado
D)   ArkansasE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 14

Who did the Democrats nominate as their presidential candidate in the election of 1856?

Accepted Answer

A)   James Buchanan
B)   John C. Frémont
C)   Stephen Douglas
D)   Millard FillmoreE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 15

What was the result of Preston Brooks's caning of Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner in 1856?

Accepted Answer

A)   It settled a longstanding personal grievance between the men.
B)   It further inflamed sectional passions over the institution of slavery.
C)   It ended Sumner's long career in the Senate.
D)   It resulted in Brooks becoming an outcast in his home state of South Carolina.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

How did more moderate southern Democrats respond to the choice of John C. Breckenridge as presidential nominee?

Accepted Answer

A)   They joined Republicans in an effort to preserve the Union.
B)   They attempted to revive the Whig party.
C)   They backed Breckenridge once he offered support for a federal slave code.
D)   They organized the Constitutional Union party.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Match the term with the definition.
-Series of debates during the 1858 Illinois senatorial race concerning slavery and freedom.

Accepted Answer

A)  "Bleeding Kansas"
B)  Compromise of 1850
C)  Confederate States of America
D)  Dred Scott decision
E)  free laborF) Fugitive Slave ActG) Kansas-Nebraska ActH) Lincoln-Douglas debatesI) popular sovereigntyJ) Republican PartyK) Uncle Tom's CabinL) Wilmot ProvisoM) I) and J)
N) D) and F)

Question 18

Match the term with the definition.
-The idea that government is subject to the will of the people. Applied to the territories, this idea meant that the residents of a territory should determine, through their legislatures, whether to allow slavery.

Accepted Answer

A)  "Bleeding Kansas"
B)  Compromise of 1850
C)  Confederate States of America
D)  Dred Scott decision
E)  free laborF) Fugitive Slave ActG) Kansas-Nebraska ActH) Lincoln-Douglas debatesI) popular sovereigntyJ) Republican PartyK) Uncle Tom's CabinL) Wilmot ProvisoM) B) and G)
N) C) and H)

Question 19

Why did the Whigs lose the election of 1852?

Accepted Answer

A)   Their "doughface" leaders were unpopular in the South.
B)   They insisted on going with the unpopular incumbent, Millard Fillmore, for president.
C)   They were less successful than the Democrats in bridging differences between northern and southern views.
D)   They tried to avoid controversy by having no real platform.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Explain how America's political parties realigned between the late 1840s and mid-1850s. What were the most important issues behind this realignment?

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