Question 1

In 1848, the Free Soil party platform advocated all of the following except

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A) support of the Wilmot Proviso. 
B) federal aid for internal improvements. 
C) free government homesteads for settlers. 
D) opposition to slavery in the territories. 
E) permitting slavery in selected western territories acquired through the Mexican War. 
A) support of the Wilmot Proviso. 
B) federal aid for internal improvements. 
C) free government homesteads for settlers. 
D) opposition to slavery in the territories. 
E) permitting slavery in selected western territories acquired through the Mexican War.

Question 2

For the political views he expressed in his Seventh of March speech, Daniel Webster was viciously condemned by

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A) northern Unionists. 
B) northern banking and commercial interests. 
C) abolitionists and Free-Soilers. 
D) Henry Clay. 
E) John C.Calhoun. 
A) northern Unionists. 
B) northern banking and commercial interests. 
C) abolitionists and Free-Soilers. 
D) Henry Clay. 
E) John C.Calhoun.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ostend Manifesto

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The Ostend Manifesto was a document writ

Question 4

By 1850, the South was losing perhaps ____ runaways a year out of its total of some 4 million slaves.

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A) 200 
B) 500 
C) 800 
D) 1,000 
E) 2,000 
A) 200 
B) 500 
C) 800 
D) 1,000 
E) 2,000

Question 5

The South grew increasingly worried about the future of slavery because

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A) the Wilmot Proposal was likely to be revived and enacted by Congress after the congressional elections of 1850. 
B) the admission of California might permanently tip the political balance against them. 
C) the Supreme Court was increasingly likely to issue a decision abolishing slavery everywhere in the United States. 
D) President Taylor was the first president openly critical of slavery. 
E) popular sovereignty would almost certainly prevent the spread of slavery. 
A) the Wilmot Proposal was likely to be revived and enacted by Congress after the congressional elections of 1850. 
B) the admission of California might permanently tip the political balance against them. 
C) the Supreme Court was increasingly likely to issue a decision abolishing slavery everywhere in the United States. 
D) President Taylor was the first president openly critical of slavery. 
E) popular sovereignty would almost certainly prevent the spread of slavery.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Zachary Taylor

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Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Kansas-Nebraska Act

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a significan

Question 8

The primary objective of Manifest Destiny expansionists in the 1850s was

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A) Panama. 
B) Nicaragua. 
C) Cuba. 
D) Hawaii. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) Panama. 
B) Nicaragua. 
C) Cuba. 
D) Hawaii. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Stephen A. Douglas

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Stephen A. Douglas was a prominent Ameri

Question 10

The election of 1852 was significant because it

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A) saw the victory of a pro-South northerner. 
B) marked the return of issues-oriented campaigning. 
C) saw the rise of purely national parties. 
D) marked the end of the Whig party. 
E) saw the considerable reduction of popular support for the Free Soil party in the North. 
A) saw the victory of a pro-South northerner. 
B) marked the return of issues-oriented campaigning. 
C) saw the rise of purely national parties. 
D) marked the end of the Whig party. 
E) saw the considerable reduction of popular support for the Free Soil party in the North.

Question 11

It has been said that "the historian who searches for examples of intelligent and tolerant statesmanship in the period 1850-1854 seeks almost in vain." Citing the "statesmanship" of men like Clay, Douglas, Webster, Calhoun, Pierce, and Fillmore, demonstrate that this argument is or is not supportable.

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The argument that the historian who sear

Question 12

Harriet Tubman gained fame

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A) by helping slaves to escape to Canada. 
B) in the gold fields of California. 
C) as an African American antislavery novelist. 
D) as an advocate of the Fugitive Slave Law. 
E) by urging white women to oppose slavery. 
A) by helping slaves to escape to Canada. 
B) in the gold fields of California. 
C) as an African American antislavery novelist. 
D) as an advocate of the Fugitive Slave Law. 
E) by urging white women to oppose slavery.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Gadsden Purchase

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The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 14

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 15

Most American leaders believed that the only way to keep the new Pacific Coast territories from breaking away from United States control was to

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A) allow slavery in these areas. 
B) build a canal across Central America. 
C) grant the territories quick statehood. 
D) construct a transcontinental railroad. 
E) establish large naval bases in San Diego and Seattle. 
A) allow slavery in these areas. 
B) build a canal across Central America. 
C) grant the territories quick statehood. 
D) construct a transcontinental railroad. 
E) establish large naval bases in San Diego and Seattle.

Question 16

In light of future evidence, it seems apparent that in the Compromise of 1850 the South made a tactical blunder and exacerbated sectional tensions by

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A) allowing a ban on the slave trade in Washington, D.C. 
B) demanding a strong fugitive-slave law. 
C) not insisting on federal protection of slavery in the territories. 
D) allowing the admission of California as a free state. 
E) allowing popular sovereignty in Nebraska territory. 
A) allowing a ban on the slave trade in Washington, D.C. 
B) demanding a strong fugitive-slave law. 
C) not insisting on federal protection of slavery in the territories. 
D) allowing the admission of California as a free state. 
E) allowing popular sovereignty in Nebraska territory.

Question 17

Write your definition of compromise. Then use this definition to argue that popular sovereignty was or was not a reasonable compromise among the different and competing stakeholders in America during the 1850s on the issue of expanding slavery into the nation's territories. Use specific examples of the strengths or weaknesses of popular sovereignty to support your argument.

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Compromise can be defined as a settlemen

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"personal liberty laws"

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Personal liberty laws were statutes enac

Question 19

Explain the popularity of the concept of popular sovereignty in certain regions of the country as a way to resolve the issue of slavery in the territories. Which stakeholders in the slavery debate supported and which stakeholders opposed the concept of popular sovereignty to resolve the issue of slavery in the territories? Then, explain why popular sovereignty ultimately failed to resolve the debate of slavery in the territories.

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The concept of popular sovereignty becam

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-filibustering

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Filibustering, in a historical context,

Exam 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

In 1848, the Free Soil party platform advocated all of the following except

For the political views he expressed in his Seventh of March speech, Daniel Webster was viciously condemned by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ostend Manifesto

By 1850, the South was losing perhaps ____ runaways a year out of its total of some 4 million slaves.

The South grew increasingly worried about the future of slavery because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Zachary Taylor

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Kansas-Nebraska Act

The primary objective of Manifest Destiny expansionists in the 1850s was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Stephen A. Douglas

The election of 1852 was significant because it

Harriet Tubman gained fame

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gadsden Purchase

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

Most American leaders believed that the only way to keep the new Pacific Coast territories from breaking away from United States control was to

In light of future evidence, it seems apparent that in the Compromise of 1850 the South made a tactical blunder and exacerbated sectional tensions by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"personal liberty laws"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -filibustering

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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

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

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

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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