Question 1

During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln insisted that Stephen Douglas was indifferent to the immorality of slavery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What was one major reason the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision proved significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  It granted Dred Scott and many former enslaved African Americans freedom. 
B)  The Republicans applauded it during campaigns as an example of justice. 
C)  It implied that the Missouri Compromise had been unconstitutional. 
D)  It guaranteed the future admission of slave states. 
E)  It recognized that free blacks were U.S. citizens. 
A)  It granted Dred Scott and many former enslaved African Americans freedom. 
B)  The Republicans applauded it during campaigns as an example of justice. 
C)  It implied that the Missouri Compromise had been unconstitutional. 
D)  It guaranteed the future admission of slave states. 
E)  It recognized that free blacks were U.S. citizens.

Question 3

Congress never passed the Wilmot Proviso.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

At what point (if any) did the Civil War become inevitable? If you could change historical events, what would you do at that point to avoid war?

Accepted Answer

The Civil War became inevitable when the

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true of John Brown?

Accepted Answer

A)  Although a staunch abolitionist, he refused to engage in bloodshed for any cause. 
B)  He wrote the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution. 
C)  He sympathized with slave owners and worried about the southern economy. 
D)  He led a massacre against pro-slavery groups, which led to guerrilla warfare in Kansas. 
E)  He was fanatically committed to fighting to protect the institution of slavery. 
A)  Although a staunch abolitionist, he refused to engage in bloodshed for any cause. 
B)  He wrote the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution. 
C)  He sympathized with slave owners and worried about the southern economy. 
D)  He led a massacre against pro-slavery groups, which led to guerrilla warfare in Kansas. 
E)  He was fanatically committed to fighting to protect the institution of slavery.

During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln insisted that Stephen Douglas was indifferent to the immorality of slavery.

What was one major reason the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision proved significant?

Congress never passed the Wilmot Proviso.

At what point (if any) did the Civil War become inevitable? If you could change historical events, what would you do at that point to avoid war?

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

Which of the following statements is true of John Brown?

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian Era

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

Western Expansion

The War of the Union

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

The Reactionary Twenties

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The Second World War

The Cold War and the Fair Deal

Cold War America

A New Frontier and a Great Society

Rebellion and Reaction

Conservative Revival

Twenty-First-Century America

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Exam 14: The Gathering Storm

During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln insisted that Stephen Douglas was indifferent to the immorality of slavery.

What was one major reason the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision proved significant?

Congress never passed the Wilmot Proviso.

At what point (if any) did the Civil War become inevitable? If you could change historical events, what would you do at that point to avoid war?

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

Which of the following statements is true of John Brown?

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian Era

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

Western Expansion

The War of the Union

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

The Reactionary Twenties

25

The Second World War

The Cold War and the Fair Deal

Cold War America

A New Frontier and a Great Society

Rebellion and Reaction

Conservative Revival

Twenty-First-Century America

Filters