Question 1

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 2

Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican party presidential nomination in part because he

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A) had been a strong supporter of William Seward. 
B) had never taken a stand on the issue of slavery in the territories. 
C) had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward. 
D) had more political experience than his opponents. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) had been a strong supporter of William Seward. 
B) had never taken a stand on the issue of slavery in the territories. 
C) had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward. 
D) had more political experience than his opponents. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 3

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.

Question 4

The Lecompton Constitution proposed that the state of Kansas

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A) be free of all slavery. 
B) hold a popular referendum on slavery. 
C) be controlled by the free-soilers if approved. 
D) allow slavery but prohibit slave auctions. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) be free of all slavery. 
B) hold a popular referendum on slavery. 
C) be controlled by the free-soilers if approved. 
D) allow slavery but prohibit slave auctions. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Confederate States of America

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The Confederate States of America was a

Question 6

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 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Lincoln-Douglas debates

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Question 8

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 9

The MOST significant result of the election of 1856 was that it

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A) showed that the Democrats still remained the majority party in the country. 
B) demonstrated the importance of charismatic leadership in the presidency. 
C) foreshadowed an ominous sectional clash over slavery in the election of 1860. 
D) offered the prospect of a viable presidential candidacy for Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas in 1860. 
E) signalled the demise of the Know-Nothing (American) Party. 
A) showed that the Democrats still remained the majority party in the country. 
B) demonstrated the importance of charismatic leadership in the presidency. 
C) foreshadowed an ominous sectional clash over slavery in the election of 1860. 
D) offered the prospect of a viable presidential candidacy for Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas in 1860. 
E) signalled the demise of the Know-Nothing (American) Party.

Question 10

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

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Question 11

To what extent was the Crittenden Compromise a realistic way to avoid Civil War? What, if any, modifications might have been made to the Crittenden Compromise of December 1860 to make it palatable to President Lincoln and his fellow Republicans, on the one hand, and to the South, on the other? How would your proposed modifications to the Crittenden Compromise influenced the views of the Border States toward possible secession?

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The Crittenden Compromise, proposed in D

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John C. Breckenridge

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John C. Breckenridge was a prominent pol

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel written by

Exam 19: Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

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

Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican party presidential nomination in part because he

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

The Lecompton Constitution proposed that the state of Kansas

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Confederate States of America

As a result of the panic of 1857, the South

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Lincoln-Douglas debates

The MOST significant result of the election of 1856 was that it

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John C. Breckenridge

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Uncle Tom's Cabin

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The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

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