Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of John C. Calhoun.

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Senator who defended

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Millard Fillmore.

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Vice-president who r

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the Underground Railroad.

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A network of safehouses and in

Question 4

An event that helped prompt the congressional enactment of the Compromise of 1850 was when President Zachary Taylor

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A)  led an invasion of Texas to halt its attempts to take part of New Mexico. 
B)  supported fellow southerner John C. Calhoun's plan for union. 
C)  died suddenly and a conciliatory Millard Fillmore became president. 
D)  resigned the presidency and a conciliatory James Buchanan became president. 
E)  decided not to run for re-election. 
A)  led an invasion of Texas to halt its attempts to take part of New Mexico. 
B)  supported fellow southerner John C. Calhoun's plan for union. 
C)  died suddenly and a conciliatory Millard Fillmore became president. 
D)  resigned the presidency and a conciliatory James Buchanan became president. 
E)  decided not to run for re-election.

Question 5

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 included all of the following provisions EXCEPT

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A)  the requirement that fugitive slaves be returned from Canada. 
B)  denial of a jury trial to runaway slaves. 
C)  denial of fleeing slaves' right to testify on their own behalf. 
D)  the penalty of imprisonment for northerners who helped slaves to escape. 
E)  a higher payment to the federal official responsible for determining the case of a fugitive if the official determined that the fugitive was a slave and not a free black person. 
A)  the requirement that fugitive slaves be returned from Canada. 
B)  denial of a jury trial to runaway slaves. 
C)  denial of fleeing slaves' right to testify on their own behalf. 
D)  the penalty of imprisonment for northerners who helped slaves to escape. 
E)  a higher payment to the federal official responsible for determining the case of a fugitive if the official determined that the fugitive was a slave and not a free black person.

Question 6

The Pierce administration's secret scheme to gain control of Cuba was stopped when

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A)  Spain threatened a preemptive war against the United States. 
B)  the secret Ostend Manifesto was leaked to the public. 
C)  United States leaders signed the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. 
D)  Spain declared that it would abolish slavery in Cuba. 
E)  United States adventurers bungled their invasion. 
A)  Spain threatened a preemptive war against the United States. 
B)  the secret Ostend Manifesto was leaked to the public. 
C)  United States leaders signed the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. 
D)  Spain declared that it would abolish slavery in Cuba. 
E)  United States adventurers bungled their invasion.

Question 7

During the 1850s, slaves probably gained their freedom most frequently by

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A)  running away. 
B)  being emancipated in their masters' will. 
C)  rebellion. 
D)  appeal to the courts. 
E)  self-purchase or voluntary emancipation. 
A)  running away. 
B)  being emancipated in their masters' will. 
C)  rebellion. 
D)  appeal to the courts. 
E)  self-purchase or voluntary emancipation.

Question 8

Explain the relationship between the Ostend Manifesto and the slavery controversy in the United States.

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The Ostend Manifesto was a document writ

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of William Walker.

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American adventurer

Question 10

The Young Guard, composed of certain Senators and Representatives from the North,

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A)  regarded preserving the Union as their top priority. 
B)  agreed fully with the Old Guard on the issue of slavery. 
C)  saw expansionism as a solution to the slavery question. 
D)  gave support to John C. Calhoun's plan for rescuing the Union. 
E)  were most interested in purging and purifying the Union than in preserving it. 
A)  regarded preserving the Union as their top priority. 
B)  agreed fully with the Old Guard on the issue of slavery. 
C)  saw expansionism as a solution to the slavery question. 
D)  gave support to John C. Calhoun's plan for rescuing the Union. 
E)  were most interested in purging and purifying the Union than in preserving it.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of James Gadsden.

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A South Carolina railroad man.

Question 12

Southern delegates met at a convention in Nashville in the June of 1850 to

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A)  plan southern secession. 
B)  develop a series of compromise political proposals over slavery to preserve the Union. 
C)  propose a series of constitutional amendments to protect the legality of slavery. 
D)  denounce Daniel Webster as a traitor to the South. 
E)  condemn the political compromises over slavery being worked out in Congress. 
A)  plan southern secession. 
B)  develop a series of compromise political proposals over slavery to preserve the Union. 
C)  propose a series of constitutional amendments to protect the legality of slavery. 
D)  denounce Daniel Webster as a traitor to the South. 
E)  condemn the political compromises over slavery being worked out in Congress.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of Franklin Pierce.

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Known as the fainting general,

Question 14

One of Stephen Douglas's mistakes in proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act was

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A)  not securing the transcontinental railroad for the North. 
B)  overestimating the protest to the bill. 
C)  allowing slavery to spread into new territory. 
D)  underestimating the depth of northern opposition to the spread of slavery. 
E)  believing that slavery could not survive in Kansas. 
A)  not securing the transcontinental railroad for the North. 
B)  overestimating the protest to the bill. 
C)  allowing slavery to spread into new territory. 
D)  underestimating the depth of northern opposition to the spread of slavery. 
E)  believing that slavery could not survive in Kansas.

Question 15

The Underground Railroad consisted of

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A)  an informal network of homes where slaves could hide on their escape to freedom. 
B)  a train that hid slaves in cargo areas and carried them to freedom in the north. 
C)  a vehicle for capturing and returning runaway slaves back to the south. 
D)  a radical new transportation design. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  an informal network of homes where slaves could hide on their escape to freedom. 
B)  a train that hid slaves in cargo areas and carried them to freedom in the north. 
C)  a vehicle for capturing and returning runaway slaves back to the south. 
D)  a radical new transportation design. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 16

The most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was the concession to the South concerning

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A)  slavery in the District of Columbia. 
B)  slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories. 
C)  the revised, more stringent and coercive Fugitive Slave Law. 
D)  settlement of the Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute. 
E)  continuation of the interstate slave trade. 
A)  slavery in the District of Columbia. 
B)  slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories. 
C)  the revised, more stringent and coercive Fugitive Slave Law. 
D)  settlement of the Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute. 
E)  continuation of the interstate slave trade.

Question 17

The issue of runaway slaves was important to most southerners because

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A)  the South was losing a significant and irreplaceable portion of its labor force. 
B)  the overwhelming success of the Underground Railroad posed critical and immediate threat to the southern way of life. 
C)  while the overall loss of property was relatively insignificant, the loss of honor and the passing of moral judgments by northerners were felt more. 
D)  escaped slaves would likely organize a black army to stage armed rebellions against white southern planters and their plantations. 
E)  escaped slaves would travel north or to Canada and quickly undermine the legitimacy of southerners' racial superiority theories among political leaders of the North and the South. 
A)  the South was losing a significant and irreplaceable portion of its labor force. 
B)  the overwhelming success of the Underground Railroad posed critical and immediate threat to the southern way of life. 
C)  while the overall loss of property was relatively insignificant, the loss of honor and the passing of moral judgments by northerners were felt more. 
D)  escaped slaves would likely organize a black army to stage armed rebellions against white southern planters and their plantations. 
E)  escaped slaves would travel north or to Canada and quickly undermine the legitimacy of southerners' racial superiority theories among political leaders of the North and the South.

Question 18

To what extent was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 a serious mistake for southern interests?

Accepted Answer

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was a se

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the Opium War.

Accepted Answer

A war between the British and

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of Martin Van Buren.

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Former President and

Exam 17: Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Identify and state the historical significance of John C. Calhoun.

Identify and state the historical significance of Millard Fillmore.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Underground Railroad.

An event that helped prompt the congressional enactment of the Compromise of 1850 was when President Zachary Taylor

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 included all of the following provisions EXCEPT

The Pierce administration's secret scheme to gain control of Cuba was stopped when

During the 1850s, slaves probably gained their freedom most frequently by

Explain the relationship between the Ostend Manifesto and the slavery controversy in the United States.

Identify and state the historical significance of William Walker.

The Young Guard, composed of certain Senators and Representatives from the North,

Identify and state the historical significance of James Gadsden.

Southern delegates met at a convention in Nashville in the June of 1850 to

Identify and state the historical significance of Franklin Pierce.

One of Stephen Douglas's mistakes in proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act was

The Underground Railroad consisted of

The most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was the concession to the South concerning

The issue of runaway slaves was important to most southerners because

To what extent was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 a serious mistake for southern interests?

Identify and state the historical significance of the Opium War.

Identify and state the historical significance of Martin Van Buren.

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The Rise of a Mass Democracy

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