Question 1

Match each description with the item below.
-Roger
B. Taney

Accepted Answer

A) was a presidential candidate for the Constitutional Union party in the 1860 election and ran on a highly vague platform 
B) was one of the most experienced presidents but had limited ability, facing events such as the Dred Scott decision early on that resulted in his undoing 
C) was Franklin Pierce's friend and secretary of war who was later elected president of the Confederacy 
D) was a reluctant Whig presidential candidate in 1848 who had previously had no party affiliation 
E) was a South Carolina congressman who openly campaigned for a pro-slavery Kansas and caned Charles Sumner
F)was the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed and saw it as a way to stop the slavery debate
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case who was from Maryland and supported the South
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate, which was unique because he had already been president as part of a different party
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850 and who had inherited the office rather than running for it 
A) was a presidential candidate for the Constitutional Union party in the 1860 election and ran on a highly vague platform 
B) was one of the most experienced presidents but had limited ability, facing events such as the Dred Scott decision early on that resulted in his undoing 
C) was Franklin Pierce's friend and secretary of war who was later elected president of the Confederacy 
D) was a reluctant Whig presidential candidate in 1848 who had previously had no party affiliation 
E) was a South Carolina congressman who openly campaigned for a pro-slavery Kansas and caned Charles Sumner
F)was the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed and saw it as a way to stop the slavery debate
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case who was from Maryland and supported the South
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate, which was unique because he had already been president as part of a different party
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850 and who had inherited the office rather than running for it H

Question 2

As the election of 1860 approached, the Democratic party

Accepted Answer

A)  renominated Buchanan. 
B)  was silent on the issue of slavery. 
C)  condemned the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
D)  was dominated by southern extremists. 
E)  broke up into warring northern and southern wings. 
A)  renominated Buchanan. 
B)  was silent on the issue of slavery. 
C)  condemned the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
D)  was dominated by southern extremists. 
E)  broke up into warring northern and southern wings. E

Question 3

Match each description with the item below.
-Preston Brooks

Accepted Answer

A) was a presidential candidate for the Constitutional Union party in the 1860 election and ran on a highly vague platform 
B) was one of the most experienced presidents but had limited ability, facing events such as the Dred Scott decision early on that resulted in his undoing 
C) was Franklin Pierce's friend and secretary of war who was later elected president of the Confederacy 
D) was a reluctant Whig presidential candidate in 1848 who had previously had no party affiliation 
E) was a South Carolina congressman who openly campaigned for a pro-slavery Kansas and caned Charles Sumner
F)was the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed and saw it as a way to stop the slavery debate
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case who was from Maryland and supported the South
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate, which was unique because he had already been president as part of a different party
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850 and who had inherited the office rather than running for it 
A) was a presidential candidate for the Constitutional Union party in the 1860 election and ran on a highly vague platform 
B) was one of the most experienced presidents but had limited ability, facing events such as the Dred Scott decision early on that resulted in his undoing 
C) was Franklin Pierce's friend and secretary of war who was later elected president of the Confederacy 
D) was a reluctant Whig presidential candidate in 1848 who had previously had no party affiliation 
E) was a South Carolina congressman who openly campaigned for a pro-slavery Kansas and caned Charles Sumner
F)was the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed and saw it as a way to stop the slavery debate
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case who was from Maryland and supported the South
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate, which was unique because he had already been president as part of a different party
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850 and who had inherited the office rather than running for it E

Question 4

Explain the issues that led to the Compromise of 1850 and show how the compromise was fashioned and passed.

Accepted Answer

The Compromise of 1850 was a series of l

Question 5

The Lincoln-Douglas debates

Accepted Answer

A)  saw Douglas abandon popular sovereignty, which angered his party. 
B)  bolstered Lincoln's eventual presidential prospects although he lost the election to the Senate. 
C)  accomplished little in terms of raising Lincoln's profile as a politician. 
D)  demonstrated Douglas's experiences with poverty and commitment to the working poor. 
E)  saw Lincoln endorse the Dred Scott ruling, which created public controversy. 
A)  saw Douglas abandon popular sovereignty, which angered his party. 
B)  bolstered Lincoln's eventual presidential prospects although he lost the election to the Senate. 
C)  accomplished little in terms of raising Lincoln's profile as a politician. 
D)  demonstrated Douglas's experiences with poverty and commitment to the working poor. 
E)  saw Lincoln endorse the Dred Scott ruling, which created public controversy.

Question 6

In the 1856 election, which of the following did the Democrats support?

Accepted Answer

A)  the idea that Congress should refuse to interfere with slavery in the states or territories 
B)  the repeal of both the Fugitive Slave Act and the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
C)  much of the agenda of the former Whigs, including the idea of slavery as barbaric 
D)  the reinstitution of the Missouri Compromise 
E)  federal funding for a transcontinental railroad and western expansion 
A)  the idea that Congress should refuse to interfere with slavery in the states or territories 
B)  the repeal of both the Fugitive Slave Act and the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
C)  much of the agenda of the former Whigs, including the idea of slavery as barbaric 
D)  the reinstitution of the Missouri Compromise 
E)  federal funding for a transcontinental railroad and western expansion

Question 7

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was intended to

Accepted Answer

A)  start a civil war. 
B)  unify the Republican party. 
C)  provoke slave insurrections. 
D)  punish enslaved African Americans for escaping. 
E)  provoke a fight with the U.S. Army. 
A)  start a civil war. 
B)  unify the Republican party. 
C)  provoke slave insurrections. 
D)  punish enslaved African Americans for escaping. 
E)  provoke a fight with the U.S. Army.

Question 8

The Panic of 1857

Accepted Answer

A)  became by far the worst depression in American history. 
B)  ended sectional bickering for a time as groups came together to restore the economy. 
C)  greatly weakened the confidence of southerners in their cotton economy. 
D)  was triggered by the violence in Kansas as residents feared for their lives. 
E)  inspired southerners to insist northerners should embrace slavery to avoid white workers voting 
A)  became by far the worst depression in American history. 
B)  ended sectional bickering for a time as groups came together to restore the economy. 
C)  greatly weakened the confidence of southerners in their cotton economy. 
D)  was triggered by the violence in Kansas as residents feared for their lives. 
E)  inspired southerners to insist northerners should embrace slavery to avoid white workers voting

Question 9

How did the Civil War begin?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lincoln got into a heated public argument with Jefferson Davis, and rather than issuing an apology, Lincoln issued a formal declaration of war as part of his inauguration speech. 
B)  Lincoln gave the South a deadline by which they needed to return to the Union to avoid breaking the law and facing reunification by force, but the South brazenly allowed this deadline to pass. 
C)  Jefferson Davis ordered Major Robert Anderson to abandon Fort Sumter and instead engage in diplomacy, but Anderson ignored the Confederate president's commands and launched an attack. 
D)  The U.S. Constitution had always described slavery as an evil, and Congress finally managed to reach a consensus that the practice had indeed forever been against the law. 
E)  Despite warnings that if the South were to fire first it would unite the public opinion of northerners against secessionists, Confederates began firing their cannons at Fort Sumter. 
A)  Lincoln got into a heated public argument with Jefferson Davis, and rather than issuing an apology, Lincoln issued a formal declaration of war as part of his inauguration speech. 
B)  Lincoln gave the South a deadline by which they needed to return to the Union to avoid breaking the law and facing reunification by force, but the South brazenly allowed this deadline to pass. 
C)  Jefferson Davis ordered Major Robert Anderson to abandon Fort Sumter and instead engage in diplomacy, but Anderson ignored the Confederate president's commands and launched an attack. 
D)  The U.S. Constitution had always described slavery as an evil, and Congress finally managed to reach a consensus that the practice had indeed forever been against the law. 
E)  Despite warnings that if the South were to fire first it would unite the public opinion of northerners against secessionists, Confederates began firing their cannons at Fort Sumter.

Question 10

Stephen Douglas's proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act

Accepted Answer

A)  might have allowed slavery in Kansas and Nebraska. 
B)  strengthened the Missouri Compromise. 
C)  showed his enthusiastic support of slavery. 
D)  strengthened his presidential prospects. 
E)  promoted construction of a transcontinental rail line along a southern route. 
A)  might have allowed slavery in Kansas and Nebraska. 
B)  strengthened the Missouri Compromise. 
C)  showed his enthusiastic support of slavery. 
D)  strengthened his presidential prospects. 
E)  promoted construction of a transcontinental rail line along a southern route.

Question 11

On what legal basis did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?

Accepted Answer

A)  He had married a free woman. 
B)  The physical abuse he suffered was illegal. 
C)  He argued that slavery was unconstitutional. 
D)  He claimed that living for extended periods in areas where slavery was forbidden
Made him free. 
E)  His father was a free man. 
A)  He had married a free woman. 
B)  The physical abuse he suffered was illegal. 
C)  He argued that slavery was unconstitutional. 
D)  He claimed that living for extended periods in areas where slavery was forbidden
Made him free. 
E)  His father was a free man.

Question 12

The Republican party was created in 1854 by the merger of several anti-slavery groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The idea of popular sovereignty

Accepted Answer

A)  solved the controversy over slavery's extension. 
B)  would allow people in the territories to decide whether to permit slavery. 
C)  guaranteed slavery would spread westward. 
D)  allowed Oregon to enter the Union as a slave state. 
E)  was adopted by the Whigs in the 1848 election. 
A)  solved the controversy over slavery's extension. 
B)  would allow people in the territories to decide whether to permit slavery. 
C)  guaranteed slavery would spread westward. 
D)  allowed Oregon to enter the Union as a slave state. 
E)  was adopted by the Whigs in the 1848 election.

Question 14

Match each description with the item below.
-James Buchanan

Accepted Answer

A) was a presidential candidate for the Constitutional Union party in the 1860 election and ran on a highly vague platform 
B) was one of the most experienced presidents but had limited ability, facing events such as the Dred Scott decision early on that resulted in his undoing 
C) was Franklin Pierce's friend and secretary of war who was later elected president of the Confederacy 
D) was a reluctant Whig presidential candidate in 1848 who had previously had no party affiliation 
E) was a South Carolina congressman who openly campaigned for a pro-slavery Kansas and caned Charles Sumner
F)was the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed and saw it as a way to stop the slavery debate
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case who was from Maryland and supported the South
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate, which was unique because he had already been president as part of a different party
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850 and who had inherited the office rather than running for it 
A) was a presidential candidate for the Constitutional Union party in the 1860 election and ran on a highly vague platform 
B) was one of the most experienced presidents but had limited ability, facing events such as the Dred Scott decision early on that resulted in his undoing 
C) was Franklin Pierce's friend and secretary of war who was later elected president of the Confederacy 
D) was a reluctant Whig presidential candidate in 1848 who had previously had no party affiliation 
E) was a South Carolina congressman who openly campaigned for a pro-slavery Kansas and caned Charles Sumner
F)was the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed and saw it as a way to stop the slavery debate
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case who was from Maryland and supported the South
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate, which was unique because he had already been president as part of a different party
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850 and who had inherited the office rather than running for it

Question 15

Match each description with the item below.
-John
C. Calhoun

Accepted Answer

A) was a presidential candidate for the Constitutional Union party in the 1860 election and ran on a highly vague platform 
B) was one of the most experienced presidents but had limited ability, facing events such as the Dred Scott decision early on that resulted in his undoing 
C) was Franklin Pierce's friend and secretary of war who was later elected president of the Confederacy 
D) was a reluctant Whig presidential candidate in 1848 who had previously had no party affiliation 
E) was a South Carolina congressman who openly campaigned for a pro-slavery Kansas and caned Charles Sumner
F)was the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed and saw it as a way to stop the slavery debate
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case who was from Maryland and supported the South
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate, which was unique because he had already been president as part of a different party
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850 and who had inherited the office rather than running for it 
A) was a presidential candidate for the Constitutional Union party in the 1860 election and ran on a highly vague platform 
B) was one of the most experienced presidents but had limited ability, facing events such as the Dred Scott decision early on that resulted in his undoing 
C) was Franklin Pierce's friend and secretary of war who was later elected president of the Confederacy 
D) was a reluctant Whig presidential candidate in 1848 who had previously had no party affiliation 
E) was a South Carolina congressman who openly campaigned for a pro-slavery Kansas and caned Charles Sumner
F)was the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed and saw it as a way to stop the slavery debate
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case who was from Maryland and supported the South
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate, which was unique because he had already been president as part of a different party
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850 and who had inherited the office rather than running for it

Question 16

What was the impact of Zachary Taylor's death?

Accepted Answer

A)  It strengthened the chance for compromise over slavery in 1850. 
B)  It put pro-slavery Franklin Pierce in the White House. 
C)  It put anti-slavery William H. Seward in the White House. 
D)  It prevented California from gaining admission into the Union. 
E)  It brought great relief to the nation, because he had started the current sectional crisis. 
A)  It strengthened the chance for compromise over slavery in 1850. 
B)  It put pro-slavery Franklin Pierce in the White House. 
C)  It put anti-slavery William H. Seward in the White House. 
D)  It prevented California from gaining admission into the Union. 
E)  It brought great relief to the nation, because he had started the current sectional crisis.

Question 17

Why was Preston Brooks regarded as a hero throughout the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  He convinced many northerners to reject the Republican party. 
B)  He violently attacked Charles Sumner who had just given an anti-slavery speech in Congress. 
C)  He demonstrated in a powerful speech that both North and South rejected political extremists. 
D)  He helped preserve slavery by spreading and emulating a message of pacifism at all costs. 
E)  He led the Pottawatomie Creek massacre and killed several abolitionists. 
A)  He convinced many northerners to reject the Republican party. 
B)  He violently attacked Charles Sumner who had just given an anti-slavery speech in Congress. 
C)  He demonstrated in a powerful speech that both North and South rejected political extremists. 
D)  He helped preserve slavery by spreading and emulating a message of pacifism at all costs. 
E)  He led the Pottawatomie Creek massacre and killed several abolitionists.

Question 18

A major reason the James Buchanan won the 1856 election was that

Accepted Answer

A)  the Republicans were mired in political scandal. 
B)  the Democrats were the only remaining national party. 
C)  the northern Whigs threw their support to the Democrats. 
D)  slavery and sectional divisions were not an issue in the election. 
E)  the Republicans did not have a candidate to run against him. 
A)  the Republicans were mired in political scandal. 
B)  the Democrats were the only remaining national party. 
C)  the northern Whigs threw their support to the Democrats. 
D)  slavery and sectional divisions were not an issue in the election. 
E)  the Republicans did not have a candidate to run against him.

Question 19

What was the significance of the 1848 presidential election, which included candidates Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, and Lewis Cass?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Free-Soilers divided both the Democratic vote and the Whig vote on the state-level in such a way that Taylor-who was a slave owner but opposed slavery in the West-won nationwide. 
B)  Because none of the candidates wanted to alienate possible supporters, their campaigns managed to avoid the topic of slavery in the western territories altogether, ultimately prolonging the issue. 
C)  The Democrats would take control of the White House, the Congress, and the Supreme Court in a showdown that guaranteed endorsement of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D)  The vote was decided in the House of Representatives after a tie between the Democrats and the Whigs, which resulted in an outcry by the public on the validity of the election. 
E)  The election broke up the Whig party to such an extent that it would never again have a candidate in future American elections and its platform would be subsumed under the other parties. 
A)  The Free-Soilers divided both the Democratic vote and the Whig vote on the state-level in such a way that Taylor-who was a slave owner but opposed slavery in the West-won nationwide. 
B)  Because none of the candidates wanted to alienate possible supporters, their campaigns managed to avoid the topic of slavery in the western territories altogether, ultimately prolonging the issue. 
C)  The Democrats would take control of the White House, the Congress, and the Supreme Court in a showdown that guaranteed endorsement of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D)  The vote was decided in the House of Representatives after a tie between the Democrats and the Whigs, which resulted in an outcry by the public on the validity of the election. 
E)  The election broke up the Whig party to such an extent that it would never again have a candidate in future American elections and its platform would be subsumed under the other parties.

Question 20

Congress never passed the Wilmot Proviso.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: The Gathering Storm

Match each description with the item below. -Roger B. Taney

As the election of 1860 approached, the Democratic party

Match each description with the item below. -Preston Brooks

Explain the issues that led to the Compromise of 1850 and show how the compromise was fashioned and passed.

The Lincoln-Douglas debates

In the 1856 election, which of the following did the Democrats support?

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was intended to

The Panic of 1857

How did the Civil War begin?

Stephen Douglas's proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act

On what legal basis did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?

The Republican party was created in 1854 by the merger of several anti-slavery groups.

The idea of popular sovereignty

Match each description with the item below. -James Buchanan

Match each description with the item below. -John C. Calhoun

What was the impact of Zachary Taylor's death?

Why was Preston Brooks regarded as a hero throughout the South?

A major reason the James Buchanan won the 1856 election was that

What was the significance of the 1848 presidential election, which included candidates Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, and Lewis Cass?

Congress never passed the Wilmot Proviso.

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