Question 1

In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott decision that

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A)  slavery was inconsistent with the constitution and must be abolished. 
B)  protection of slavery was guaranteed in all the territories of the United States. 
C)  slavery would be constitutional only in those areas that were already slave territories. 
D)  abolition of slavery would be done only in those areas in which it is already abolished. 
E)  slavery was constitutional, but the slave trade was unconstitutional. 
A)  slavery was inconsistent with the constitution and must be abolished. 
B)  protection of slavery was guaranteed in all the territories of the United States. 
C)  slavery would be constitutional only in those areas that were already slave territories. 
D)  abolition of slavery would be done only in those areas in which it is already abolished. 
E)  slavery was constitutional, but the slave trade was unconstitutional.

Question 2

The roots of Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery sentiments lay in the

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A)  evangelical religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening. 
B)  rationalist theories of the Enlightenment. 
C)  economic theories of Robert Owen and Karl Marx. 
D)  evangelical ideas of Jonathan Edwards and First Great Awakening. 
E)  feminist ideals of the Seneca Falls Convention. 
A)  evangelical religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening. 
B)  rationalist theories of the Enlightenment. 
C)  economic theories of Robert Owen and Karl Marx. 
D)  evangelical ideas of Jonathan Edwards and First Great Awakening. 
E)  feminist ideals of the Seneca Falls Convention.

Question 3

In the North, the panic of 1857 created calls for

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A)  an end to the gold standard and dependence on British investment. 
B)  free homesteads and higher protective tariffs. 
C)  price supports for farmers. 
D)  federal regulation of land and stock speculation. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  an end to the gold standard and dependence on British investment. 
B)  free homesteads and higher protective tariffs. 
C)  price supports for farmers. 
D)  federal regulation of land and stock speculation. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 4

Kansas Territory's Lecompton Constitution was supported by

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A)  President James Buchanan. 
B)  Stephen A. Douglas. 
C)  the Republican party. 
D)  proslavery settlers in Kansas. 
E)  Henry Ward Beecher. 
A)  President James Buchanan. 
B)  Stephen A. Douglas. 
C)  the Republican party. 
D)  proslavery settlers in Kansas. 
E)  Henry Ward Beecher.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of Roger Taney.

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Chief Justice of the

Question 6

James Buchanan won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1856 because he

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A)  campaigned against the policy of popular sovereignty. 
B)  had gained fame as a western explorer and soldier. 
C)  controlled the key swing state of Pennsylvania. 
D)  had extensive administrative and foreign policy experience. 
E)  could distance himself and the Democrats from the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
A)  campaigned against the policy of popular sovereignty. 
B)  had gained fame as a western explorer and soldier. 
C)  controlled the key swing state of Pennsylvania. 
D)  had extensive administrative and foreign policy experience. 
E)  could distance himself and the Democrats from the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of Charles Sumner.

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Massachusetts Senator and abol

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of "Bleeding Kansas".

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A series of violent civil conf

Question 9

Hinton R. Helper's book, The Impending Crisis of the South, argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were

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A)  African Americans. 
B)  southern planters. 
C)  northern Republican abolitionists. 
D)  western farmers. 
E)  non-slaveholding southern whites. 
A)  African Americans. 
B)  southern planters. 
C)  northern Republican abolitionists. 
D)  western farmers. 
E)  non-slaveholding southern whites.

Question 10

To what extent did each of these individuals contribute to the commencement of the Civil War in April 1861: John Brown, Stephen Douglas, and Abraham Lincoln?

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John Brown, Stephen Douglas, and Abraham

Question 11

The government of the Confederate States of America was first organized in

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A)  Atlanta, Georgia in February 1860. 
B)  Montgomery, Alabama in February 1861. 
C)  Richmond, Virginia in February 1861. 
D)  Knoxville, Tennessee in February 1860. 
E)  Charleston, South Carolina in February 1861. 
A)  Atlanta, Georgia in February 1860. 
B)  Montgomery, Alabama in February 1861. 
C)  Richmond, Virginia in February 1861. 
D)  Knoxville, Tennessee in February 1860. 
E)  Charleston, South Carolina in February 1861.

Question 12

The clash and political fallout between Congressman Preston S. Brooks of South Carolina and Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts in 1856 revealed that

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A)  despite stark differences over the issue of slavery, a political compromise and consensus over slavery was likely to emerge in Congress. 
B)  the importance of honor to northerners. 
C)  despite divisions over slavery, the House of Representatives would unite to expel a member for bad conduct. 
D)  passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South. 
E)  there were stark divisions between the House and the Senate over slavery in the Democratic party. 
A)  despite stark differences over the issue of slavery, a political compromise and consensus over slavery was likely to emerge in Congress. 
B)  the importance of honor to northerners. 
C)  despite divisions over slavery, the House of Representatives would unite to expel a member for bad conduct. 
D)  passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South. 
E)  there were stark divisions between the House and the Senate over slavery in the Democratic party.

Question 13

Uncle Tom's Cabin may be described as

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A)  a firsthand account of slavery. 
B)  a success only in the United States. 
C)  a romanticized account of slavery. 
D)  having little effect on the start of the Civil War. 
E)  a powerful political force. 
A)  a firsthand account of slavery. 
B)  a success only in the United States. 
C)  a romanticized account of slavery. 
D)  having little effect on the start of the Civil War. 
E)  a powerful political force.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the Crittenden Compromise.

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Proposed by Senator John Crittenden of K

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of The Impending Crisis of the South.

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A book by Hinton R.

Question 16

The 1860 Republican party platform favored

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A)  the abolition of slavery. 
B)  protective tariffs. 
C)  construction of a transcontinental railroad. 
D)  free homesteads. 
E)  non-extension of slavery. 
A)  the abolition of slavery. 
B)  protective tariffs. 
C)  construction of a transcontinental railroad. 
D)  free homesteads. 
E)  non-extension of slavery.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of nationalism in the South.

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The increasingly popular idea

Question 18

The Lecompton Constitution was written so that Kansas

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A)  could enter the Union as either a slave state or a free state. 
B)  would hold a popular referendum on slavery after admission to the Union. 
C)  would permit temporary residents like the abolitionists and border ruffians to vote. 
D)  would allow slavery but prohibit the slave trade. 
E)  would continue to permit slavery for owners of slaves who held slaves in Kansas at the time of the ratification vote, even if the voters of Kansas enacted the Lecompton Constitution "without slavery." 
A)  could enter the Union as either a slave state or a free state. 
B)  would hold a popular referendum on slavery after admission to the Union. 
C)  would permit temporary residents like the abolitionists and border ruffians to vote. 
D)  would allow slavery but prohibit the slave trade. 
E)  would continue to permit slavery for owners of slaves who held slaves in Kansas at the time of the ratification vote, even if the voters of Kansas enacted the Lecompton Constitution "without slavery."

Question 19

When the people of Britain and France read Uncle Tom's Cabin, their governments

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A)  realized that intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South would not be popular. 
B)  concluded that they must end slavery in their own territory. 
C)  decided to give aid to the slaveholding South. 
D)  banned the book. 
E)  distributed the book as anti-American propaganda. 
A)  realized that intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South would not be popular. 
B)  concluded that they must end slavery in their own territory. 
C)  decided to give aid to the slaveholding South. 
D)  banned the book. 
E)  distributed the book as anti-American propaganda.

Exam 18: Drifting Toward Disunion

In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott decision that

The roots of Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery sentiments lay in the

In the North, the panic of 1857 created calls for

Kansas Territory's Lecompton Constitution was supported by

Identify and state the historical significance of Roger Taney.

James Buchanan won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1856 because he

Identify and state the historical significance of Charles Sumner.

Identify and state the historical significance of "Bleeding Kansas".

Hinton R. Helper's book, The Impending Crisis of the South, argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were

To what extent did each of these individuals contribute to the commencement of the Civil War in April 1861: John Brown, Stephen Douglas, and Abraham Lincoln?

The government of the Confederate States of America was first organized in

The clash and political fallout between Congressman Preston S. Brooks of South Carolina and Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts in 1856 revealed that

Uncle Tom's Cabin may be described as

Identify and state the historical significance of the Crittenden Compromise.

Identify and state the historical significance of The Impending Crisis of the South.

The 1860 Republican party platform favored

Identify and state the historical significance of nationalism in the South.

The Lecompton Constitution was written so that Kansas

When the people of Britain and France read Uncle Tom's Cabin, their governments

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