Question 1

All of the following are true statements about southerners in the secession movement EXCEPT

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A)  they regarded their region as a sub-nation with a distinct culture from the North. 
B)  the southern secessionists were inspired by worldwide impulses of nationalism. 
C)  they were dismayed by the political triumph of the new sectional Republican party, which seemed to threaten their "property" rights as a slaveholding minority. 
D)  a majority of southern secessionists believed the South had an absolute right to resume importation of slaves from Africa. 
E)  the development of the Underground Railroad and John Brown's raid represented two examples in secessionist southerners' minds of undue and unwarranted northern influence in southern political, economic, and social affairs. 
A)  they regarded their region as a sub-nation with a distinct culture from the North. 
B)  the southern secessionists were inspired by worldwide impulses of nationalism. 
C)  they were dismayed by the political triumph of the new sectional Republican party, which seemed to threaten their "property" rights as a slaveholding minority. 
D)  a majority of southern secessionists believed the South had an absolute right to resume importation of slaves from Africa. 
E)  the development of the Underground Railroad and John Brown's raid represented two examples in secessionist southerners' minds of undue and unwarranted northern influence in southern political, economic, and social affairs.

Question 2

The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was applauded by

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A)  abolitionists. 
B)  Republicans. 
C)  popular sovereignty proponents. 
D)  pro-slavery southerners. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  abolitionists. 
B)  Republicans. 
C)  popular sovereignty proponents. 
D)  pro-slavery southerners. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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A book by abolitioni

Question 4

Assess the validity of the following statement: "Kansas provided a horrible example of the working of popular sovereignty."

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The statement that "Kansas provided a ho

Question 5

Abraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because

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A)  it allowed the doctrine of popular sovereignty to be overridden once statehood was achieved. 
B)  it permitted slavery in the Utah territory. 
C)  its adoption might provoke Kentucky to leave the Union. 
D)  he felt bound by President Buchanan's earlier rejection of it. 
E)  he had been elected on a platform that opposed the extension of slavery. 
A)  it allowed the doctrine of popular sovereignty to be overridden once statehood was achieved. 
B)  it permitted slavery in the Utah territory. 
C)  its adoption might provoke Kentucky to leave the Union. 
D)  he felt bound by President Buchanan's earlier rejection of it. 
E)  he had been elected on a platform that opposed the extension of slavery.

Question 6

As a result of reading Uncle Tom's Cabin, many northerners

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A)  found the book's portrayal of slavery too extreme. 
B)  vowed to halt British and French efforts to help the Confederacy. 
C)  rejected Hinton Helper's picture of the South and slavery. 
D)  would have nothing to do with the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law. 
E)  sent guns to anti-slavery settlers in Kansas ("Beecher's Bibles"). 
A)  found the book's portrayal of slavery too extreme. 
B)  vowed to halt British and French efforts to help the Confederacy. 
C)  rejected Hinton Helper's picture of the South and slavery. 
D)  would have nothing to do with the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law. 
E)  sent guns to anti-slavery settlers in Kansas ("Beecher's Bibles").

Question 7

The situation in Kansas in the mid-1850s indicated the impracticality of ____ in the territories.

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A)  abolitionism 
B)  free soil 
C)  popular sovereignty 
D)  slavery 
E)  cotton growing 
A)  abolitionism 
B)  free soil 
C)  popular sovereignty 
D)  slavery 
E)  cotton growing

Question 8

In the presidential election of 1856, the Republicans

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A)  although not victorious, revealed impressive popular appeal in the Northeast and parts of the West for the first presidential election. 
B)  lost behind their most popular leader, Senator William Seward. 
C)  made their debut as the most successful third party in American history. 
D)  proved unable to present a clear platform on slavery expansion. 
E)  finished third behind the Democrats and the Know-Nothings. 
A)  although not victorious, revealed impressive popular appeal in the Northeast and parts of the West for the first presidential election. 
B)  lost behind their most popular leader, Senator William Seward. 
C)  made their debut as the most successful third party in American history. 
D)  proved unable to present a clear platform on slavery expansion. 
E)  finished third behind the Democrats and the Know-Nothings.

Question 9

"Lame-duck" President James Buchanan asserted following the presidential election of 1860 that

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A)  southern states had a legal right to secede from the Union. 
B)  southern states did not have any legitimate political or economic grievances against the northern states. 
C)  the election of 1860 was a fraud. 
D)  southern states had no choice but to secede from the Union. 
E)  southern states could not legally secede under the Constitution, but was unable to find the presidential authority under the Constitution to use American armed forces to prevent the seven southern states that had voted for secession from doing so. 
A)  southern states had a legal right to secede from the Union. 
B)  southern states did not have any legitimate political or economic grievances against the northern states. 
C)  the election of 1860 was a fraud. 
D)  southern states had no choice but to secede from the Union. 
E)  southern states could not legally secede under the Constitution, but was unable to find the presidential authority under the Constitution to use American armed forces to prevent the seven southern states that had voted for secession from doing so.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the Lecompton Constitution.

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Confined citizens of Kansas to the choic

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the Freeport Doctrine.

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Douglas's response to Lincoln,

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the Dred Scott decision.

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The Supreme Court decision tha

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the Freeport question.

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The question referred to the contradicti

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of Dred Scott.

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Enslaved person who sued for h

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of "Beecher's Bibles".

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Rifles carried by emigrant abo

Question 16

As a result of the panic of 1857, the South

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A)  became more economically dependent on the North. 
B)  became hostile to Wall Street and the stock market. 
C)  overconfidently believed that it was now economically superior to the North. 
D)  stopped considering the viability of an independent southern nation. 
E)  saw the need to develop manufacturing. 
A)  became more economically dependent on the North. 
B)  became hostile to Wall Street and the stock market. 
C)  overconfidently believed that it was now economically superior to the North. 
D)  stopped considering the viability of an independent southern nation. 
E)  saw the need to develop manufacturing.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the Tariff of 1857.

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A low tariff passed

Question 18

In "Varying Viewpoints," the authors argue that both northerners and southerners saw their way of life threatened by the time of the onset of the Civil War in April 1861. How and why could both northerners and southerners feel this way? Do you feel that both northerners and southerners were each justified in fearing that their different ways of life were each being threatened by crucial political, economic, and social developments in America from 1848 to 1861? How may northern and southern paranoid fears about the loss of their distinctive ways of life played a role in providing the political momentum for the drift toward disunion and ultimately the onset of the Civil War?

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Both northerners and southerners felt th

Question 19

In "Bleeding Kansas" in the mid-1850s, ____ was/were identified with the proslavery element, and ____ was/were associated with the anti-slavery Free Soilers.

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A)  Beecher's Bibles; border ruffians 
B)  John Brown; Preston Brooks 
C)  the Pottawatomie massacre; the sack of Lawrence 
D)  the Lecompton Constitution; the New England Immigrant Aid Society 
E)  Stephen A. Douglas; William Sumner 
A)  Beecher's Bibles; border ruffians 
B)  John Brown; Preston Brooks 
C)  the Pottawatomie massacre; the sack of Lawrence 
D)  the Lecompton Constitution; the New England Immigrant Aid Society 
E)  Stephen A. Douglas; William Sumner

Question 20

Lincoln-Douglas debates

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Seven meetings between Senate

Exam 18: Drifting Toward Disunion

All of the following are true statements about southerners in the secession movement EXCEPT

The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was applauded by

Identify and state the historical significance of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Assess the validity of the following statement: "Kansas provided a horrible example of the working of popular sovereignty."

Abraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because

As a result of reading Uncle Tom's Cabin, many northerners

The situation in Kansas in the mid-1850s indicated the impracticality of ____ in the territories.

In the presidential election of 1856, the Republicans

"Lame-duck" President James Buchanan asserted following the presidential election of 1860 that

Identify and state the historical significance of the Lecompton Constitution.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Freeport Doctrine.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Dred Scott decision.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Freeport question.

Identify and state the historical significance of Dred Scott.

Identify and state the historical significance of "Beecher's Bibles".

As a result of the panic of 1857, the South

Identify and state the historical significance of the Tariff of 1857.

In "Bleeding Kansas" in the mid-1850s, ____ was/were identified with the proslavery element, and ____ was/were associated with the anti-slavery Free Soilers.

Lincoln-Douglas debates

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

The Cold War Begins

American Zenith

The Stormy Sixties

A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

The American People Face a New Century

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