Question 1

Supporters of the Wilmot Proviso joined the Free-Soil party, as did

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A)  plantation owners. 
B)  enemies of Martin Van Buren. 
C)  "cotton Whigs." 
D)  pro-slavery Democrats. 
E)  anti-slavery Whigs. 
A)  plantation owners. 
B)  enemies of Martin Van Buren. 
C)  "cotton Whigs." 
D)  pro-slavery Democrats. 
E)  anti-slavery Whigs.

Question 2

The idea of popular sovereignty

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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 3

What was the state of the cotton economy in the South at the time of Lincoln's political ascension?

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A)  The cotton economy in the South was still thriving at record levels, and although such plans were not in place, southerners worried that Lincoln was determined to prevent its continued expansion. 
B)  The cotton economy had recently taken a serious downturn, and southerners blamed the rise of Lincoln and his public denunciation of slavery for the lack of people willing to buy southern cotton. 
C)  The recent invention of new industrial equipment promised to replace slave labor in the production of southern cotton, and as a result, Lincoln felt confident planning to free the enslaved population. 
D)  Although terrible drought in the South had destroyed most of the cotton crop, the wider American economy remained intact, which led Lincoln to feel confident that outlawing slavery was viable. 
E)  Because the tobacco industry, which also called for slave labor, had expanded and become far more important to the southern economy than cotton, southern politicians argued for reinstituting the international slave trade. 
A)  The cotton economy in the South was still thriving at record levels, and although such plans were not in place, southerners worried that Lincoln was determined to prevent its continued expansion. 
B)  The cotton economy had recently taken a serious downturn, and southerners blamed the rise of Lincoln and his public denunciation of slavery for the lack of people willing to buy southern cotton. 
C)  The recent invention of new industrial equipment promised to replace slave labor in the production of southern cotton, and as a result, Lincoln felt confident planning to free the enslaved population. 
D)  Although terrible drought in the South had destroyed most of the cotton crop, the wider American economy remained intact, which led Lincoln to feel confident that outlawing slavery was viable. 
E)  Because the tobacco industry, which also called for slave labor, had expanded and become far more important to the southern economy than cotton, southern politicians argued for reinstituting the international slave trade.

Question 4

The Lincoln-Douglas debates

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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 5

Why did the Whig party eventually collapse?

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A)  It no longer had sufficient numbers of people voting for it because it was entirely at odds with the Republican Party. 
B)  It opposed slavery to such a degree that it lost all support among southern voters and could not recover. 
C)  The strain of the Kansas-Nebraska Act pushed northern and southern members toward joining different parties. 
D)  The Republican party successfully defeated the major Whig candidates in the 1852 election. 
E)  Its economic policies were perceived as too socialist considering the recent onset of a major depression. 
A)  It no longer had sufficient numbers of people voting for it because it was entirely at odds with the Republican Party. 
B)  It opposed slavery to such a degree that it lost all support among southern voters and could not recover. 
C)  The strain of the Kansas-Nebraska Act pushed northern and southern members toward joining different parties. 
D)  The Republican party successfully defeated the major Whig candidates in the 1852 election. 
E)  Its economic policies were perceived as too socialist considering the recent onset of a major depression.

Question 6

By 1850, men significantly outnumbered women in California.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

As a result of the Compromise of 1850, California entered the Union as a free state.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

John Brown targeted Harpers Ferry, Virginia, because

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A)  he knew he had the support of the townspeople. 
B)  it was the site of a federal arsenal. 
C)  it was an important railroad center. 
D)  many abolitionists lived in the area. 
E)  it had banks with large deposits. 
A)  he knew he had the support of the townspeople. 
B)  it was the site of a federal arsenal. 
C)  it was an important railroad center. 
D)  many abolitionists lived in the area. 
E)  it had banks with large deposits.

Question 9

How did the federal government try to resolve the issue of slavery in the western territories during the 1850s?

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During the 1850s, the federal government

Question 10

Why did the states of the Confederate States of America secede after Lincoln's election?

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A)  Lincoln had promised to abolish slavery immediately after taking office, which greatly angered and scared southerners. 
B)  Lincoln was pushing for an invasion of the South in his victory speech, which alerted southerners that the time had come. 
C)  The southern secessionists were convinced that Lincoln would move against slavery despite his assurances otherwise. 
D)  Throughout the campaign, the southern secessionists had secretly planned to invade the North and impose slavery on the entire Union. 
E)  The southern secessionists believed that Jefferson Davis had won the 1860 election but was denied the office through fraud. 
A)  Lincoln had promised to abolish slavery immediately after taking office, which greatly angered and scared southerners. 
B)  Lincoln was pushing for an invasion of the South in his victory speech, which alerted southerners that the time had come. 
C)  The southern secessionists were convinced that Lincoln would move against slavery despite his assurances otherwise. 
D)  Throughout the campaign, the southern secessionists had secretly planned to invade the North and impose slavery on the entire Union. 
E)  The southern secessionists believed that Jefferson Davis had won the 1860 election but was denied the office through fraud.

Question 11

In the mid-nineteenth century, the population of Native Americans in California plummeted, likely due to diseases and violence introduced by white settlers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What was President James Polk's role in the controversy surrounding the Wilmot Proviso?

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A)  He pushed Congress to pass it because he believed it would help keep the Union together. 
B)  He enthusiastically supported it in order to protect the interests of slaveholders and the economy. 
C)  He dismissed it as an attempt to contain slavery and argued it was unrelated to the Mexican-American War. 
D)  He blamed the South for the Mexican-American War and saw it as a way to punish southerners. 
E)  He argued against it so persuasively that Wilmot's idea would have little influence on the Civil War. 
A)  He pushed Congress to pass it because he believed it would help keep the Union together. 
B)  He enthusiastically supported it in order to protect the interests of slaveholders and the economy. 
C)  He dismissed it as an attempt to contain slavery and argued it was unrelated to the Mexican-American War. 
D)  He blamed the South for the Mexican-American War and saw it as a way to punish southerners. 
E)  He argued against it so persuasively that Wilmot's idea would have little influence on the Civil War.

Question 13

Match each description with the item below.
-Preston Brooks

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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 14

During his senatorial run against Douglas, Lincoln stated his belief in racial equality.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

How did the Civil War begin?

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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 16

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 17

Why did seven southern states secede from the Union shortly after Lincoln's election in 1860?

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Seven southern states seceded from the U

Question 18

The Republican party reflected a combination of

Accepted Answer

A)  fire-eaters and Ultras. 
B)  conscience Whigs and anti-slavery Democrats. 
C)  Free-Soilers and Know-Nothings. 
D)  cotton Whigs and industrialists. 
E)  nativists and immigrants. 
A)  fire-eaters and Ultras. 
B)  conscience Whigs and anti-slavery Democrats. 
C)  Free-Soilers and Know-Nothings. 
D)  cotton Whigs and industrialists. 
E)  nativists and immigrants.

Question 19

The states of the Deep South did not secede from the Union until Lincoln took office.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

How did passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act impact the settlement of Kansas?

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A)  The act's vagueness about the status of slavery greatly discouraged settlement to the new state. 
B)  Popular sovereignty encouraged supporters and opponents of slavery to flood Kansas to vie for political control of the territory. 
C)  It ensured that Kansas would be admitted into the Union as a free state with a population deeply committed to abolition. 
D)  It made Kansas a slave state with a majority population of slaveholders who had traveled from the South. 
E)  It was similar to the Compromise of 1850 in that it soon provided a sense of resolution regarding the issue of slavery in a new state. 
A)  The act's vagueness about the status of slavery greatly discouraged settlement to the new state. 
B)  Popular sovereignty encouraged supporters and opponents of slavery to flood Kansas to vie for political control of the territory. 
C)  It ensured that Kansas would be admitted into the Union as a free state with a population deeply committed to abolition. 
D)  It made Kansas a slave state with a majority population of slaveholders who had traveled from the South. 
E)  It was similar to the Compromise of 1850 in that it soon provided a sense of resolution regarding the issue of slavery in a new state.

Exam 14: The Gathering Storm

Supporters of the Wilmot Proviso joined the Free-Soil party, as did

The idea of popular sovereignty

What was the state of the cotton economy in the South at the time of Lincoln's political ascension?

The Lincoln-Douglas debates

Why did the Whig party eventually collapse?

By 1850, men significantly outnumbered women in California.

As a result of the Compromise of 1850, California entered the Union as a free state.

John Brown targeted Harpers Ferry, Virginia, because

How did the federal government try to resolve the issue of slavery in the western territories during the 1850s?

Why did the states of the Confederate States of America secede after Lincoln's election?

In the mid-nineteenth century, the population of Native Americans in California plummeted, likely due to diseases and violence introduced by white settlers.

What was President James Polk's role in the controversy surrounding the Wilmot Proviso?

Match each description with the item below. -Preston Brooks

During his senatorial run against Douglas, Lincoln stated his belief in racial equality.

How did the Civil War begin?

Match each description with the item below. -James Buchanan

Why did seven southern states secede from the Union shortly after Lincoln's election in 1860?

The Republican party reflected a combination of

The states of the Deep South did not secede from the Union until Lincoln took office.

How did passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act impact the settlement of Kansas?

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