Question 1

Irish immigrant men in the 1850s

Accepted Answer

A)  were not legally white. 
B)  pushed free black workers out of low-wage jobs. 
C)  could not vote. 
D)  were mostly Protestant. 
E)  faced no discrimination in employment, housing, and education. 
A)  were not legally white. 
B)  pushed free black workers out of low-wage jobs. 
C)  could not vote. 
D)  were mostly Protestant. 
E)  faced no discrimination in employment, housing, and education.

Question 2

Analyze Roger Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case. How did the ruling mirror the sectional debates that had been occurring in Congress? What consequences did the decision have on the liberties and freedoms of blacks in America?

Accepted Answer

Roger Taney's decision in the Dred Scott

Question 3

As it divided over the issue of slavery, the Catholic Church broke into northern and southern branches.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which statement is true regarding the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Accepted Answer

A)  The treaty was designed to prevent the separation of families and the interruption of established trade routes. 
B)  The treaty protected the rights of Indians in the ceded territory to maintain their homelands and hunting grounds. 
C)  The treaty had little impact on Mexican citizens because only about 10,000 people lived in the Mexican Cession. 
D)  The treaty nullified the property rights of large Mexican landholders in California. 
E)  The treaty ceded California and present-day New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah to the United States. 
A)  The treaty was designed to prevent the separation of families and the interruption of established trade routes. 
B)  The treaty protected the rights of Indians in the ceded territory to maintain their homelands and hunting grounds. 
C)  The treaty had little impact on Mexican citizens because only about 10,000 people lived in the Mexican Cession. 
D)  The treaty nullified the property rights of large Mexican landholders in California. 
E)  The treaty ceded California and present-day New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah to the United States.

Question 5

According to John L. O'Sullivan's Democratic Review, what was the key to the history of nations and the rise and fall of empires?

Accepted Answer

A)  race 
B)  democracy 
C)  economic freedom 
D)  slavery 
E)  printing 
A)  race 
B)  democracy 
C)  economic freedom 
D)  slavery 
E)  printing

Question 6

Which was the dominant group in the disputed territory in southern Texas until the 1870s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Apaches 
B)  Comanches 
C)  Mexico 
D)  Spain 
E)  the United States 
A)  Apaches 
B)  Comanches 
C)  Mexico 
D)  Spain 
E)  the United States

Question 7

The famous Lincoln-Douglas debates took place during the campaign for

Accepted Answer

A)  U.S. president in 1856. 
B)  U.S. president in 1860. 
C)  governor of Illinois in 1858. 
D)  a congressional seat from Illinois in 1856. 
E)  U.S. senator from Illinois in 1858. 
A)  U.S. president in 1856. 
B)  U.S. president in 1860. 
C)  governor of Illinois in 1858. 
D)  a congressional seat from Illinois in 1856. 
E)  U.S. senator from Illinois in 1858.

Question 8

In 1821, the opening of the Santa Fe Trail between Santa Fe and ________ led to a reorientation of New Mexico's commerce from the rest of Mexico to the United States.

Accepted Answer

A)  Houston, Texas, 
B)  San Diego, California, 
C)  New Orleans, Louisiana, 
D)  Omaha, Nebraska, 
E)  Independence, Missouri, 
A)  Houston, Texas, 
B)  San Diego, California, 
C)  New Orleans, Louisiana, 
D)  Omaha, Nebraska, 
E)  Independence, Missouri,

Question 9

The free labor ideology assumed that free labor could not compete with slave labor and so slavery's expansion had to be halted to ensure freedom for the white laborer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

President Martin Van Buren rejected adding Texas to the United States because

Accepted Answer

A)  the Texas Republic's congress opposed joining the United States, preferring to stay independent. 
B)  the Mexican army's resounding victory at the Alamo made him fearful of antagonizing a powerful government. 
C)  the population of Texas was too small to justify it. 
D)  Henry Clay wanted to add it and, as the Whig leader, he was Van Buren's sworn enemy. 
E)  the presence of slaves there would reignite the issue of slavery, and he preferred to avoid it. 
A)  the Texas Republic's congress opposed joining the United States, preferring to stay independent. 
B)  the Mexican army's resounding victory at the Alamo made him fearful of antagonizing a powerful government. 
C)  the population of Texas was too small to justify it. 
D)  Henry Clay wanted to add it and, as the Whig leader, he was Van Buren's sworn enemy. 
E)  the presence of slaves there would reignite the issue of slavery, and he preferred to avoid it.

Question 11

In the late 1850s, a white slaveholder living in Mississippi most likely voted for candidates from which political party?

Accepted Answer

A)  Free Soil 
B)  Democratic 
C)  American 
D)  Whig 
E)  Republican 
A)  Free Soil 
B)  Democratic 
C)  American 
D)  Whig 
E)  Republican

Question 12

The Republican free labor ideology

Accepted Answer

A)  convinced northerners that Catholic immigrants posed a more significant threat than the southern slave power. 
B)  won Republicans significant support from non-slaveholders in the South in 1856. 
C)  owed its origins to Abraham Lincoln's reemergence in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
D)  accepted southerners' point that slavery protected their liberty, but explained that the economic benefits of free labor would outweigh the damage abolition would do to southern liberty. 
E)  suggested that free labor and slave labor were essentially incompatible. 
A)  convinced northerners that Catholic immigrants posed a more significant threat than the southern slave power. 
B)  won Republicans significant support from non-slaveholders in the South in 1856. 
C)  owed its origins to Abraham Lincoln's reemergence in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
D)  accepted southerners' point that slavery protected their liberty, but explained that the economic benefits of free labor would outweigh the damage abolition would do to southern liberty. 
E)  suggested that free labor and slave labor were essentially incompatible.

Question 13

The slave states of the Upper South reacted more favorably to Lincoln's election than did the slave states of the Lower South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which was a result of the 1861 attack on Fort Sumter?

Accepted Answer

A)  Davis gained control of the most essential fort in the South. 
B)  Support for the Confederacy collapsed in South Carolina. 
C)  The Union army lost more than 3,000 soldiers. 
D)  Lincoln succeeded in making the South fire the first shot. 
E)  Virginia and North Carolina defected from the Confederacy. 
A)  Davis gained control of the most essential fort in the South. 
B)  Support for the Confederacy collapsed in South Carolina. 
C)  The Union army lost more than 3,000 soldiers. 
D)  Lincoln succeeded in making the South fire the first shot. 
E)  Virginia and North Carolina defected from the Confederacy.

Question 15

From 1848 to 1860, most of the railroad construction was in which region?

Accepted Answer

A)  Northeast 
B)  Southeast 
C)  Southwest 
D)  Midwest 
E)  West Coast 
A)  Northeast 
B)  Southeast 
C)  Southwest 
D)  Midwest 
E)  West Coast

Question 16

During his debate with Abraham Lincoln in Freeport, Illinois, Stephen Douglas

Accepted Answer

A)  called for the free-soil principle to determine the status of slavery in the West. 
B)  denounced popular sovereignty as a fraud. 
C)  praised the temperance movement and other key social reforms. 
D)  insisted that popular sovereignty was compatible with the Dred Scott decision. 
E)  argued that slaveholders had a constitutional right to take their slaves anywhere. 
A)  called for the free-soil principle to determine the status of slavery in the West. 
B)  denounced popular sovereignty as a fraud. 
C)  praised the temperance movement and other key social reforms. 
D)  insisted that popular sovereignty was compatible with the Dred Scott decision. 
E)  argued that slaveholders had a constitutional right to take their slaves anywhere.

Question 17

The caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks

Accepted Answer

A)  showed the extreme violence of which northern abolitionists were capable. 
B)  actually helped the new Republican Party. 
C)  was denounced by most southerners as barbaric. 
D)  occurred because Sumner praised the attack on Lawrence, Kansas. 
E)  was unusual because both men were proslavery Democrats. 
A)  showed the extreme violence of which northern abolitionists were capable. 
B)  actually helped the new Republican Party. 
C)  was denounced by most southerners as barbaric. 
D)  occurred because Sumner praised the attack on Lawrence, Kansas. 
E)  was unusual because both men were proslavery Democrats.

Question 18

What was ironic about the Fugitive Slave Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  Only ten slaves were returned to the South. 
B)  Abolitionists endorsed this federal legislation. 
C)  Ex-slaves who gained their freedom before 1850 resented the law. 
D)  The South promoted states' rights, but with this law agreed to strong federal action. 
E)  It resulted in the North and South gaining more respect for each other's way of life. 
A)  Only ten slaves were returned to the South. 
B)  Abolitionists endorsed this federal legislation. 
C)  Ex-slaves who gained their freedom before 1850 resented the law. 
D)  The South promoted states' rights, but with this law agreed to strong federal action. 
E)  It resulted in the North and South gaining more respect for each other's way of life.

Question 19

John O'Sullivan declared that race was the key to the history of nations and the rise and fall of empires. How accurate do you think that statement was? Why?

Accepted Answer

John O'Sullivan's statement that race wa

Question 20

Which political faction was most upset when the United States and Britain split territory in Oregon at the forty-ninth parallel?

Accepted Answer

A)  southern Democrats 
B)  northern Democrats 
C)  Liberty Party members 
D)  northern Whigs 
E)  southern Whigs 
A)  southern Democrats 
B)  northern Democrats 
C)  Liberty Party members 
D)  northern Whigs 
E)  southern Whigs

Exam 13: A House Divided, 1840-1861

Irish immigrant men in the 1850s

Analyze Roger Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case. How did the ruling mirror the sectional debates that had been occurring in Congress? What consequences did the decision have on the liberties and freedoms of blacks in America?

As it divided over the issue of slavery, the Catholic Church broke into northern and southern branches.

Which statement is true regarding the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

According to John L. O'Sullivan's Democratic Review, what was the key to the history of nations and the rise and fall of empires?

Which was the dominant group in the disputed territory in southern Texas until the 1870s?

The famous Lincoln-Douglas debates took place during the campaign for

In 1821, the opening of the Santa Fe Trail between Santa Fe and ________ led to a reorientation of New Mexico's commerce from the rest of Mexico to the United States.

The free labor ideology assumed that free labor could not compete with slave labor and so slavery's expansion had to be halted to ensure freedom for the white laborer.

President Martin Van Buren rejected adding Texas to the United States because

In the late 1850s, a white slaveholder living in Mississippi most likely voted for candidates from which political party?

The Republican free labor ideology

The slave states of the Upper South reacted more favorably to Lincoln's election than did the slave states of the Lower South.

Which was a result of the 1861 attack on Fort Sumter?

From 1848 to 1860, most of the railroad construction was in which region?

During his debate with Abraham Lincoln in Freeport, Illinois, Stephen Douglas

The caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks

What was ironic about the Fugitive Slave Act?

John O'Sullivan declared that race was the key to the history of nations and the rise and fall of empires. How accurate do you think that statement was? Why?

Which political faction was most upset when the United States and Britain split territory in Oregon at the forty-ninth parallel?

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The American Revolution, 1763-1783

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Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

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Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

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A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

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Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

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